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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 E	1.8 WSW	1.7 E	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	13	13	12	18	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	10	13	10	13	13	13	16
Energy(?)	6196	2084	2068	1083	1004	343	175	1207	928	794	930	1281	1476	1241	1528	660	1351	721	868	2169	1484	1712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.85		4:27PM 1.41	10:50PM 2.73	11:05AM 2.91		12:54AM 2.14	5:43AM 1.55	1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21		4:21PM 2.02	12:49AM 3.39	7:13AM 1.54	1:02PM 3.12	1:53AM 2.21		5:58PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28			4:55AM 0.26	4:54PM 0.10		12:09PM 0.50		7:24PM 0.02	7:41AM 0.07					7:43PM 0.07	7:35AM 0.55		12:18AM 0.21	9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	16	16	16	15	13	10	14	13	12	12	14	11	19	16	13	16	15	14	15
Low °C	13	16	11	12	14	15	15	12	8	11	13	11	12	13	11	15	16	12	14	15	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	15	11	16	15	15	14	11	10	13	11	11	12	13	10	19	16	11	16	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 E	1.8 WSW	1.7 E	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	13	12	10	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	10	13	10	13	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	12	-	-	10	18	12	11	10	8	-	-	7	-	-	12	16	13	10	18	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 WNW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	13	-	-

	Monday 16					Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	12	9	8	10	10	11
Energy(?)	6196	5440	3794	3274	1034	1193	1028	1249	1083	501	904	850	714	783	215	234	303	901	536	1146	1018	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55										4:48AM 1.50		11:37AM 2.15				12:54AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	7:30AM 0.38				9:34PM 0.47					10:12AM 0.48		6:08PM 0.20									9:06PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	19	19	17	16	15	14	18	16	17	15	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	13	14	14	15	12	11	19	19	17	15	14	14	18	16	17	14	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	12	9	8	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.2 NNW	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	-	7	-	10	9	9	18	10	18	18	17	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16																Tuesday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	13	15	13	13	13	14	16	14	16	13	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6673	6196	6196	5651	1566	2544	2242	3320	3360	1144	2980	2887	2887	2985	978	565	1341	435	807	2153	2153	1614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				2:04AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	7:30AM 0.38										5:29PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	18	16	16	20	14	19	14	14	14	13	15	16	15	14	14	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	18	14	14	20	12	19	12	12	12	12	15	16	14	14	14	12	12	12
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 S	1.6 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	12	16	15	16	-	-	14	16	14	16	13	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	12	8	12	12	12	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	17	13	4	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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