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

	Fri	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Aramoana Spit Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 ENE	3.5 W	2.3 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	11	11	9	12	12	12	7	12	13	9	12	7
Energy(?)	3025	822	1703	2417	1904	713	871	249	1496	1100	2595	1616	394	433	402	942	655	586	1180	339	4128	486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:49AM 2.64		4:09PM 2.54		4:46AM 2.55	6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02			5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94		6:32AM 1.87			7:41AM 1.82	6:23PM 2.41	9:10PM 1.98	8:44AM 1.81		7:38PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		10:09AM 0.38		11:44PM 0.06	11:04AM 0.46		1:11AM 0.73		1:28PM 0.27	10:12PM 0.46	11:33AM 0.49		12:10AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55	3:35PM 0.33	11:35PM 0.61			3:26AM 0.40		2:55PM 0.53	1:54AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	1	13	8	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	3	1	-	9	3
High °C	14	21	13	9	11	15	14	16	14	15	15	14	13	15	16	13	14	12	11	14	10	15
Low °C	13	18	13	8	11	15	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	10	12	11	9	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	21	12	8	9	14	13	16	12	13	15	14	13	15	15	12	13	12	9	11	8	13
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 NW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	2.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	11	11	9	12	12	9	8	12	13	13	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 W	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	-	9	-	10	12	12	-	18	8	8	10	-	11	-	16	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 E	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	1.5 ENE	3.5 W	2.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	7	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	2	3	9	12	7

	Fri	Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3033	3025	3091	2389	2586	2304	1084	3420	3017	2003	2221	2036	1891	1700	1632	713	1056	530	1352	568	509	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17				5:27PM 2.00			3:20AM 2.23									4:19AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13							9:30AM 0.27				9:59PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Temp. °C	14	13	13	15	15	21	17	9	9	12	9	9	10	13	11	15	13	12	12	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	14	14	21	16	7	8	12	8	7	8	12	8	15	12	11	11	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	1.3 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	9	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	9	7	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	10	-	6

	Friday 07				Saturday 08
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	0.2 ESE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	11	13	14	10	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1979	3033	3033	1832	3004	2273	742	2372	2334	2058	2809	2809	2809	2586	2286	784	5433	1067	11	5803	5927	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:41PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			9:39PM 0.22	10:44PM 0.00										8:36AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	14	14	14	16	12	15	14	16	15	12	13	13	13	14	18	13	17	14	9	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	16	10	15	13	16	14	12	11	11	11	12	18	11	16	12	6	14	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	11	13	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	15	-	7	10	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	2.4 W	0.4 SW	3.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	13	3	10	13	13	-

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Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
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