South Island New Zealand Surf

Detailed South Island New Zealand surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in South Island New Zealand. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in South Island New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Island New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Island New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Breaker Bay Wellington
Rating	2	4	2	2	4	8	4	7	5	2	5	4	3	4	3	1	2	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.6 NE	1.1 W	1.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.2 SW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	14	7	13	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	12	12	10	14	7	9	8	7
Energy(?)	362	183	488	261	192	1225	1934	11053	5559	282	1107	2018	1408	1789	1064	49	15	253	615	1174	401	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 2.82	9:40AM 1.76		10:07PM 1.76	10:26AM 1.79	2:24PM 1.64	10:54PM 1.80			12:55AM 2.24			11:16PM 1.99	12:27PM 1.93		12:57AM 1.95		3:47PM 1.73		4:12AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:07PM 0.76	2:00AM 1.31		2:02PM 0.81		4:19AM 0.57			8:58AM 0.44	6:49PM 0.74		8:52AM 1.10	5:07PM 0.61		6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38		7:05AM 0.50		9:51PM 0.35	10:21AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	17	19	14	12	13	13	10	15	16	13	19	20	17	22	10	9	11	15	11	16
Low °C	18	15	16	18	13	9	13	13	9	12	16	11	17	19	15	21	9	7	11	15	9	15
Chill °C (?)	18	13	17	18	13	11	12	11	9	14	15	12	19	20	16	22	7	6	9	14	11	15
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	0.6 SSW	-	2.4 W	2.2 SW	-	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	11	7	14	14	13	9	17	16	15	15	-	13	12	-	12	6	5	14	9	15	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	9	14	9	12	18	8	-	16	9	-	11	9	-	10	11	10	7	8	15	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	0.4 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.6 WNW	-	0.6 NW	4.5 WSW	-	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	-	0.5 NW	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	2.4 S	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	3	7	6	-	4	16	-	6	14	-	5	11	6	3	5	6	7	9	8	7

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	2	5	5	4	5	7	8	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	1.5 NE	0.8 W	1.9 W	1.2 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	8	13	8	13	13	8	12	11	18	17	16	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	554	615	270	409	246	663	1122	1110	623	264	216	1240	213	3874	3209	1225	4322	6409	7783	2455	2461	2201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 2.74				9:16PM 1.74					11:01AM 2.15			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76					1:06PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 0.53				1:06PM 0.82				3:30AM 0.56									4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	12	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	10	14	15	18	18	17	17	17	15	17	18	12	12	13	13	10	9	9	10	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	13	15	18	18	17	17	17	14	16	18	10	10	13	13	8	7	7	8	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.5 NE	0.8 W	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	8	13	8	13	5	8	12	11	9	17	16	16	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	14	16	14	15	14	8	-	8	5	6	13	10	10	18	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	2.3 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NNW	0.8 NE	1.9 W	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	4	5	4	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Sunday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	2	5	5	4	5	7	8	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	11	11	12	14	14	11	11	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	432	699	404	470	369	398	391	52	366	38	234	231	57	236	237	511	609	663	663	650	725	742
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	12	10	12	10	11	14	13	15	16	18	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	14	12	8	12	8	10	12	13	13	16	18	12	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	11	11	8	14	14	11	11	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 W	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	14	6	14	18	18	9	-	9	16	16	12	11	11	16	15	15	15	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	6

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