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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 NNW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	7	9	11	12	12	13	11	13	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	12	13	12	13	14
Energy(?)	176	189	559	906	352	934	398	1403	1146	1179	1082	892	609	1496	1655	699	937	438	496	764	1121	412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:31PM 1.33	11:35PM 3.26	12:23PM 2.14		12:05AM 2.99		1:48PM 2.29		4:45AM 1.98	1:40PM 2.18	8:05PM 1.64	5:32AM 1.94	5:39PM 2.28	3:37AM 2.15		4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05			11:23AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 0.21			6:16AM 0.25	6:35PM 0.17		7:41AM 0.07		10:17PM 0.07	10:56AM 0.11		2:26AM 0.39	11:46AM 0.15		9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15		10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26	4:18PM 0.09	11:19PM 0.47	5:17AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	10	16	13	12	15	17	11	18	18	14	18	16	14	17	17	14	18	17	14	17
Low °C	15	15	7	16	12	10	12	15	11	14	17	12	16	14	13	16	17	12	17	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	16	12	11	15	16	10	18	18	13	18	16	14	16	17	14	18	17	14	17
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	7	9	11	12	12	13	11	13	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	12	13	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 W	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.9 W	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	12	8	10	-	12	10	13	12	11	6	13	18	16	18	12	6	7	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.5 NE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.1 NE	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	11	6	8	8	11	9	11	11	12	12	11	8	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10
Energy(?)	254	221	529	1055	1029	509	848	734	551	616	696	201	532	593	1207	1341	1258	1182	522	713	1245	1191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						11:27PM 2.88						6:13PM 1.49			1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29	6:55PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26AM 0.21		5:59PM 0.24					9:11AM 0.16				9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	15	16	16	16	8	7	9	14	16	15	9	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	22	14	16	16	16	7	6	8	14	16	14	9	8	9	9	12	14	15	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.9 WSW	2.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	8	12	11	9	11	11	12	12	11	8	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	1.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 S	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	10	17	17	8	12	10	10	10	7	8	11	8	10	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 18																Thursday 19
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 W	0.5 S	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	8	9	12	8	8	7	7	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	236	212	176	1186	1105	229	822	1567	542	711	1137	111	1033	1310	926	960	798	828	305	112	848	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:47AM 2.05													12:54AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)											5:59PM 0.24			8:50PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	16	19	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	13	8	16
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	16	16	15	12	11	11	12	16	19	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	12	7	15
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	10	8	18	12	8	9	10	7	12	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	5	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	14	5	-	-	7	10	17	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	7	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 W	0.9 NW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	9	-	8	8	7	7	9	5	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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