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

	Sun	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 N	2.2 N	0.8 NW	3.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	13	12	10	11	11	15	14	13	13	13	11	10	12	9	8	12	13	20	17
Energy(?)	1699	815	1068	568	154	922	705	618	1679	1493	418	2075	1728	153	1978	2613	1146	1019	1149	1376	1929	4760
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 2.15		4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00	3:21AM 2.82	4:35AM 1.83	4:26PM 2.48		4:59AM 2.46	5:08PM 2.47	9:01PM 2.21	7:58AM 1.82		8:48PM 1.79	8:32AM 1.77		12:29AM 1.90	10:18AM 1.95		10:05PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		9:53AM 0.15		10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26		9:10PM 0.40	10:56AM 0.56		10:42PM 0.63	11:24AM 0.63		3:16AM 0.68		2:30PM 0.45	2:59AM 0.58		3:41PM 0.37		4:10AM 0.48	4:39PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	11	19	16	15	18	19	14	15	17	17	19	18	17	21	20	17	22	23	17	12	14	14
Low °C	10	17	16	14	15	17	11	15	15	15	18	16	16	18	20	17	19	19	16	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	19	16	15	18	19	13	15	17	17	19	18	16	21	20	16	22	23	17	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:02	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 N	2.2 N	0.8 NW	0.2 S	3.0 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	16	13	12	10	11	11	15	14	13	13	13	11	16	12	14	10	12	13	13	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 E	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	16	18	12	7	12	9	19	18	13	13	14	13	12	-	-	14	14	13	13	9	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	3.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	9	8	8	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1556	1699	1589	1243	1337	1027	839	1188	770	634	591	619	821	832	1571	1791	534	705	407	1168	1452	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 2.15				2:02PM 3.10				2:55AM 2.79					5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15				8:45PM 0.23					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47	2:25AM 0.37			10:56AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	11	15	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	19	14	12	10	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	10	15	18	15	15	15	15	15	14	18	19	19	14	10	8	9	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	10	16	13	12	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	14	19	5	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 22				Monday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1759	1759	1556	1426	1898	1699	420	1761	636	636	647	696	1280	1318	395	344	1220	1027	1074	969	841	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:41AM 3.16	2:46AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 0.17												9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	15	13	10	10	11	14	15	15	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	15	12	9	9	10	14	15	15	17	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	18	18	-	-	16	16	6	17	5	5	14	18	-	-	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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