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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	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	16	13	13	11	11	11	16	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	10	9	13	14	19
Energy(?)	2498	1699	815	1068	535	406	1030	705	591	1720	1396	1139	660	2507	1793	4179	3658	2375	1214	700	696	2467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00			5:20PM 1.78		4:59AM 2.46	5:44PM 2.33		7:58AM 1.82			7:32AM 2.58		10:01PM 1.89	10:18AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		12:18AM 0.21	9:53AM 0.15		10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26		11:19PM 0.47	9:42AM 0.52		11:30PM 0.65	11:24AM 0.63		11:26PM 0.76		2:30PM 0.45	1:06AM 0.77		3:41PM 0.37		4:10AM 0.48	4:39PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	1	-	11	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	19	16	15	20	19	14	16	16	17	19	17	17	21	22	17	17	18	12	13	13
Low °C	12	10	17	16	13	17	17	11	16	16	16	17	16	15	18	20	16	17	18	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	19	16	15	20	19	14	16	16	17	19	16	16	21	22	16	16	18	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.1 SE	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 N	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	16	7	13	9	11	11	16	14	13	11	12	12	10	12	10	9	13	12	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	18	12	13	12	-	19	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	17	14	14	13	-	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	4	9

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1437	1636	1556	1699	1589	1243	1337	1027	839	1188	1011	634	591	619	825	946	254	250	853	705	774	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:37AM 2.15				2:02PM 3.10				2:55AM 2.79				3:11PM 2.88					5:26AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15				9:24PM 0.39					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	15	19	15	15	15	15	16	14	18	19	17	14	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	11	9	10	15	19	15	15	15	15	16	13	18	19	17	14	13	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	16	16	-	-	10	16	13	13	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	19	19	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22										Monday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1298	1369	2498	2476	2452	1783	1759	1759	512	1628	1498	462	479	529	1589	1718	614	625	1280	1318	1337	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															3:37AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	15	14	11	11	13	13	10	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	16	15	15	14	15	14	11	11	13	13	9	9	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	5	18	18	5	5	5	16	16	18	18	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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