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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 E	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SE	0.7 SW	2.3 SE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	0.8 E	0.4 SW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	15	14	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	20	10	16	16	8	14	7	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1205	1147	3291	1820	1333	1627	689	642	6739	5335	2403	1855	728	1682	2013	992	133	462	414	306	99	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.71	11:03AM 1.77		10:42PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.85		2:41AM 1.85			12:04AM 1.96	12:18PM 2.04		12:05AM 3.25	12:12PM 2.96		12:40AM 3.31	12:50PM 3.00		12:45AM 3.13		1:30PM 3.42	1:48AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		5:01AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58	8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34	5:18PM 0.91		6:12AM 0.44	5:54PM 0.76		6:03AM 0.19	6:25PM 0.31		6:41AM 0.11	6:52PM 0.01		7:21AM 0.63		7:40PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	1
High °C	13	14	15	14	20	21	15	11	16	14	16	12	11	14	14	13	23	16	15	15	17	13
Low °C	11	13	15	10	16	19	12	11	15	14	15	11	11	12	13	11	19	15	15	13	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	13	20	21	14	9	14	12	16	10	9	14	13	12	23	15	15	13	16	11
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 E	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 S	2.5 SE	1.1 SW	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	15	14	14	10	13	12	10	12	10	9	11	11	10	9	16	8	14	7	14	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 ESE	-	0.1 SW	1.5 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	8	6	13	14	12	12	9	-	18	10	11	20	18	16	9	9	16	14	7	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.1 NE	-	0.6 W	0.8 SW	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	4	-	-	-	-	2	5	10	10	9	11	11	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	6	12

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1083	1646	1910	3163	3027	3169	1469	1593	1546	3936	3227	1174	1206	1739	1603	1037	1417	1172	1224	633	572	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78				10:20AM 2.51				10:31PM 2.70				10:59AM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 0.74								4:21AM 1.16				4:40PM 1.07				5:01AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	14	13	12	10	15	20	21	18	16	13	16	12	13	17
Chill °C (?)	11	9	9	10	13	14	12	13	13	12	10	8	14	20	21	18	15	12	15	10	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	16	16	8	8	7	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	21	12	12	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	9	9	9	11	11	10	12	16	9	9	9	9	16	12	16	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	901	1541	1534	1147	1153	1205	1256	1250	730	1874	3257	651	633	926	855	816	2184	894	725	1693	1811	2577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							1:23AM 1.71								9:40AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)									3:35AM 1.31	4:10AM 0.74											3:58PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	12	12	12	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	15	15	15	17	18	20	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	11	8	9	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	14	16	18	20	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	15	15	9	8	8	11	11	10	12	16	9	9	9	9	8	16	9	9	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 N	1.1 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 N	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	12	12	12	9	9	6	16	8	12	12	12	12	16	13	16	12	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	10	11	9	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	7	-	-	16

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