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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	13	13
Energy(?)	1144	1004	232	191	640	787	797	308	830	64	1062	1250	1283	1222	975	997	2321	1477	730	655	744	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:50AM 2.02	4:27PM 1.41	12:17AM 2.05	12:28PM 2.14		3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98	12:36AM 2.20	12:25PM 3.47		12:49AM 3.39		2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21		4:41PM 2.52		6:23AM 1.88			6:59AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)				6:24AM 0.26	6:46PM 0.08	9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14			6:17AM 0.50	6:38PM 0.43		7:30AM 0.19		8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07		12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21	2:04PM 0.20	1:19AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	49	13	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	15	13	11	14	13	12	14	16	12	16	16	13	17	15	13	18	17	16	18
Low °C	13	14	15	15	12	8	11	13	10	14	14	11	13	13	12	14	14	12	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	14	11	11	14	12	11	13	16	11	16	16	12	17	14	12	18	16	16	18
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	7	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	10	19	18	10	10	8	7	-	8	-	-	12	11	-	10	18	16	18	16	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	0.7 NW	1.6 WSW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	8	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	5	4	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	6	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1144	573	904	762	714	734	676	520	738	211	547	631	1034	787	864	734	663	720	615	215	527	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:42AM 1.92			11:12AM 3.28				12:54AM 2.14					3:37PM 1.98	5:03PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		10:12AM 0.48		6:08PM 0.20								5:24PM 0.56					8:24AM 0.29				9:49PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	18	10	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	18	19	18	16	14	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	9	8	8	9	14	14	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	18	19	18	16	13	16	13	16	14	14	16	15	8	7	8	8	14	13	13	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	2.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 NE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	7	8	13	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	5	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	7	-	10	9	9	9	13	18	10	17	17	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	12	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 18
	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	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1250	726	1144	1083	1100	1130	1046	1048	231	263	276	291	666	763	714	633	630	734	699	213	676	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:50AM 2.02			2:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)										4:47PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	18	15	16	14	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	13	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	17	14	15	12	17	17
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	6	7	6	7	3

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