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

	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	396	325	965	403	803	1192	1270	1131	1148	281	1508	1586	619	1069	451	246	809	710	318	1834	1365	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21	4:02AM 1.99		1:24AM 2.12	4:45AM 1.98	4:50PM 2.32	2:52AM 2.21		3:17PM 2.24	3:37AM 2.15				8:59AM 1.78		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74		9:07PM 1.83	9:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.11	6:38PM 0.43	7:13PM 0.15	10:56AM 0.11		8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07		9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15	3:04PM 0.42	10:21PM 0.32		4:41PM 0.07	2:25AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.31	3:34AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	12	15	14	11	17	17	14	13	13	12	17	17	15	13	10	14	20	12	16	18
Low °C	15	12	10	12	13	11	14	16	12	13	12	11	16	16	13	12	9	14	17	11	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	12	11	15	14	9	17	17	14	13	12	11	17	17	15	13	8	14	20	10	16	18
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	8	13	11	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	12	8	13	12	11	11	12	18	16	18	12	13	9	19	14	17	-	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19							Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	12	10	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	848	734	663	725	304	695	541	593	1207	1341	1258	1237	511	1001	1245	1047	1019	1210	1270	1173	1131	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29	6:36PM 2.01				4:45AM 1.98				5:07PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02AM 0.15			6:35PM 0.17	9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01	12:07AM 0.13	1:36AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	9	14	17	16	9	10	10	10	12	15	15	14	13	11	12	11	14	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	7	6	9	14	17	16	9	8	9	9	12	15	15	13	13	11	11	10	14	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	12	10	13	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	861	817	848	1093	391	868	944	551	663	663	629	629	185	38	572	220	133	541	542	542	541	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:08PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)					5:41AM 0.57	6:16AM 0.25															9:49PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	14	16	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	16	12	13	18	12	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	6	13	16	6	7	9	10	10	10	11	15	10	11	18	12	10	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	10	6	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	-	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	11	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	-	10	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.3 WSW	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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