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

	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Port Robinson Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	1.2 SSE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	5	4	12	12	12	12	11	12	20	16	16
Energy(?)	1610	1661	889	2163	1216	708	1594	1579	1079	359	331	38	72	2010	3904	2189	2673	1093	2143	604	1732	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			6:43AM 2.77			7:52AM 2.42		12:43AM 1.92	9:03AM 2.56		10:19PM 1.86	10:45AM 1.97		12:02AM 2.10	12:15PM 2.18		10:48PM 3.00	11:07AM 3.20	3:28PM 2.02	1:26AM 2.19		1:39PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		12:15AM 0.71			1:16AM 0.75		3:01PM 0.59			4:06PM 0.48		4:34AM 0.48	4:59PM 0.37		6:08AM 0.26	6:33PM 0.05		4:54AM 0.15		7:15PM 0.01	8:53AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	22	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	16	12	18	13	11	15	15	15	21	14	10	10	11	10	12	14	14	19	22
Low °C	17	16	16	15	10	15	12	9	11	15	11	16	8	9	10	10	8	8	13	12	14	17
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	16	11	18	12	10	14	14	15	21	11	7	8	9	7	12	13	13	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	-	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	5	4	12	12	12	-	11	12	20	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.5 S	-	0.8 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	7	13	-	4	-	-	9	12	11	8	12	15	12	16	-	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.5 NNE	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	15	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Beatons Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	13	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1992	2128	1026	1318	1034	1003	2118	810	806	2182	2228	2161	1973	1345	1389	1293	957	889	1475	1579	1384	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 2.31				6:28AM 2.37	7:18AM 1.71	10:57AM 1.71			8:02PM 1.72				9:21AM 1.86					10:12PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 0.71									2:20AM 0.68				1:43PM 0.71					4:23AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	19	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	18	16	16	16	15	16	11	18	15	15	14	13	10	11	12	15	16	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	22	18	16	16	16	14	16	9	18	15	15	14	12	10	11	11	15	16	10	10	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	13	13	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	13	20	13	13	16	16	16	17	12	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25										Thursday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2197	2110	1401	1762	1397	1724	1898	1440	1562	1689	1682	1661	1656	2317	2118	422	1153	1025	1158	1725	1699	1699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:34PM 2.54												5:57AM 2.52			8:03AM 1.81	9:40AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)												12:54AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	19	18	19	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	12	11	11	16	16	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	18	19	17	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	10	8	9	15	15	7	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	1.0 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	4	-	-	-

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