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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	2.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 NW	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.1 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	15	12	14	11	12	7	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1293	1196	1959	990	775	560	579	310	1134	363	1352	6675	2326	978	1961	1838	1810	1147	651	799	344	962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 1.55	10:16AM 1.48	5:23PM 1.51	9:16PM 1.56	6:35AM 1.55		7:31PM 1.61	5:47AM 2.34											1:36AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		2:02PM 0.61	2:41AM 0.64	3:38AM 0.52				1:06PM 0.69	1:46AM 0.77												7:29PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	15	10	15	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	18	16	12	17	15	13	17	19	18	20	16	19	21	15	14	13	11	11	13	14	11	11
Low °C	16	13	10	15	14	11	13	16	17	17	16	18	19	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	9	8
Chill °C (?)	18	15	9	17	15	12	17	18	18	20	16	19	21	14	13	12	11	10	13	14	9	8
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.1 SE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 NW	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.1 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	11	12	8	12	8	9	10	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.5 W	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	15	-	14	13	9	12	8	9	-	11	-	16	16	14	8	13	13	7	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	12	-	-	6	7	7	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Thursday 09					Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.5 E	2.2 W	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	10	14	14	11	13	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1093	1379	1196	606	2288	1185	2344	1199	1041	883	808	758	558	513	519	758	579	600	760	1063	1006	1349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:36AM 2.04							5:24AM 1.56				3:52PM 2.21						9:39AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			2:02PM 0.61	3:03PM 0.49						9:42AM 1.01				10:42PM 0.99		5:50AM 0.31				3:51PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	16	16	13	12	9	8	9	17	17	15	14	13	14	15	14	17	17	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	16	12	10	7	7	7	17	17	15	14	13	14	14	14	17	17	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	2.2 W	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	16	13	15	15	13	10	6	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	5	12	12	12	12	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Thursday 09																	Friday 10
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 NNE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	845	1407	1293	671	1163	1379	567	524	2346	619	556	556	364	327	547	375	1185	1185	1125	1020	446	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 1.48		9:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:28AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	15	18	15	15	14	18	17	16	15	15	14	16	12	12	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	15	14	18	14	14	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	16	10	10	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	10	15	15	10	15	8	8	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	14	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	13	13	15	15	13	12	12	-	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	10	10	10	10	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.4 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	5	3	3	-	8	4	6	6	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	6	6	6	3

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