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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	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Breaker Bay Wellington
Rating	8	4	5	6	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	6	7	6	9	9	8	9	13	12
Energy(?)	1247	1926	3411	7820	854	3083	2223	774	974	1431	144	756	31	219	320	67	291	527	582	356	2000	1854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 2.20	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84	3:07PM 1.63	2:13AM 1.77		2:56PM 2.23	10:51PM 3.06	11:10AM 3.10		2:17AM 2.25		4:13PM 2.22	2:56AM 2.24	11:43AM 3.05		12:47AM 3.15	7:53AM 1.41		8:13PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 0.57	4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56		7:47PM 0.39	8:15AM 0.44			5:04AM 1.19	5:56PM 0.64	8:10PM 0.66	9:39AM 0.42		8:48PM 0.62	5:31AM 0.42	6:35PM 1.09				2:22AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	3	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	19	-
High °C	13	14	13	10	13	16	14	17	16	13	8	10	17	13	13	11	12	14	10	16	17	17
Low °C	9	12	13	9	11	15	12	14	16	9	8	9	10	11	10	9	12	13	7	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	7	11	16	12	17	15	12	5	7	16	12	13	11	10	13	6	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 SW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	6	14	5	8	7	6	11	10	10	9	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	18	8	8	-	8	12	11	10	13	10	12	10	9	14	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 W	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	6	7	2	9	9	8	-	-	5

	Mon	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	7	8	2	4	4	3	5	5	7	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.7 NE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 W	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	17	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10	13	9
Energy(?)	687	1247	3026	6058	7029	448	2331	2218	754	4842	5319	6622	5592	2068	710	1289	1771	1230	1071	3010	1357	1385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 1.76					1:06PM 1.66								2:15PM 2.23		9:20PM 2.70	10:09PM 2.99		4:55AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07		3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71				6:49PM 0.74						11:10AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	9	9	12	18	10	9	9	11	10	10	12	13	13	11	16	12	12	11	15	20
Chill °C (?)	13	10	7	7	11	18	10	7	7	9	10	9	10	12	12	9	16	12	12	9	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.7 NE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	-	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 SSW	2.0 W	1.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	17	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	-	14	9	9	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	18	13	-	-	11	8	8	8	8	12	8	-	9	8	13	10	13	13	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	3	-	-	10	-	9

	Monday 15				Tuesday 16
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	7	8	2	4	4	3	5	5	7	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.4 NE	2.2 W	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	18	8	13	18	18	10	10	17	16	17	17	16	9	17	17	7	17	7
Energy(?)	509	691	687	680	1260	457	309	577	261	1758	1725	5173	6475	1663	743	4258	994	2442	2717	225	3180	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:05PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1
High °C	14	14	13	12	11	19	11	11	11	13	13	12	10	12	13	13	16	14	14	26	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	12	10	18	11	11	10	12	13	12	8	12	13	13	14	13	13	26	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.7 N	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.4 NE	2.2 W	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	10	10	17	16	17	17	16	8	17	17	7	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.0 N	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 W	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.4 SE	1.2 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	18	13	13	14	18	12	12	9	-	8	9	10	18	8	8	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	3	9	3

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