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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	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 N	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	3.0 E	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	10	14	10	15	11	14	11	10	8	9	12	10	11	10	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	754	1650	868	1861	1110	1231	1293	273	1637	565	623	462	343	413	529	867	858	666	3770	5024	2535	2574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 1.80	2:26AM 1.76		3:00PM 1.68	7:16PM 1.58	7:40AM 1.48		10:43PM 1.35	11:00AM 1.27		9:08PM 1.51	11:06AM 1.51		9:55PM 1.55	10:24AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:12AM 0.51		8:21PM 0.54	8:42AM 0.58		1:43AM 0.64		2:23PM 0.56		4:55AM 0.35	5:03PM 0.35		4:55AM 0.50	4:02PM 0.36		4:39AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	-	5	11	16
High °C	15	15	16	22	18	16	18	14	13	18	15	15	17	18	15	16	12	10	17	11	12	12
Low °C	14	14	15	18	15	12	14	13	11	16	14	13	13	16	13	14	11	8	16	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	22	18	15	18	13	12	18	15	15	16	17	14	15	10	10	17	8	10	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	0.8 SW	3.0 E	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	14	12	9	10	10	10	15	11	14	11	10	8	13	12	10	11	16	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	9	10	10	13	14	13	-	14	7	14	6	12	6	11	12	18	10	6	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.1 NNE	0.8 W	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	9	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	6	-	7	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07					Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	11
Energy(?)	807	875	1538	1283	1092	1491	2660	1983	2700	1061	1240	1091	1256	1131	1205	1125	1293	1406	1186	1083	1023	2516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:12PM 1.78							9:26AM 1.31							7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		9:12AM 0.51			8:21PM 0.54		12:45AM 0.60								2:02AM 0.40				2:02PM 0.61			11:20PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	17	22	23	18	18	15	15	15	14	18	15	13	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	13	14	14	13	12	11	12	16	22	23	18	17	15	15	15	14	18	14	11	10	8
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	1.2 SW	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	7	-	14	14	14	-	13	13	11	10	9	13	13	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.9 NNE	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	8	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	5	6	-	4	-	-	-	4	6	4	5	5	11

	Tuesday 07																	Wednesday 08
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 N	2.1 N	2.3 N	1.4 SW	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	10	10	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	13
Energy(?)	796	796	754	921	1140	1474	1555	576	469	391	408	1160	1389	1328	1378	1139	1539	1491	1491	2389	2660	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						3:30AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)							12:09PM 0.52		3:00PM 0.30										12:45AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	13	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	14	13	13	12	13	14	16	16	16	10	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 N	2.1 N	2.3 N	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	14	14	14	10	10	8	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	14	8	8	9	14	10	10	8	14	8	9	9	-	-	-	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-

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