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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	5	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	3	9	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	5.0 W	2.0 S	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	14	10	13	9	9	12	10	12	9	10	13	10	14
Energy(?)	6236	5347	3829	1196	1585	5269	3742	967	1524	835	2360	81	31	52	7310	1178	2009	765	1274	2364	3415	4242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 1.53		8:06PM 1.73	11:16AM 1.53				12:22PM 1.55	9:08PM 2.18	7:12AM 1.81		7:45PM 1.88	8:07AM 2.86		9:45PM 1.94		12:47PM 1.94	11:48PM 2.35		12:15PM 2.36	12:30AM 2.40	11:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 0.55	2:31AM 0.31	5:11AM -0.03	5:52PM 0.09	11:59PM 0.67	5:57AM 0.26				1:29PM 0.63	2:03AM 0.51		1:53PM 0.62		6:40AM 0.16			6:07AM 0.34		6:29PM 0.40	5:26AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	2	8	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	49	-
High °C	10	12	9	10	12	11	16	18	14	15	14	10	16	16	10	9	11	7	14	13	11	10
Low °C	8	11	8	10	11	10	12	15	12	11	14	8	15	13	8	7	10	4	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	7	9	5	10	10	8	15	18	13	14	12	9	16	14	6	7	10	4	13	10	10	9
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.9 W	2.1 W	0.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NE	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.9 W	2.0 S	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.5 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	13	22	13	16	12	14	14	8	9	9	14	10	12	9	10	13	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	-	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.4 SSW	0.3 NW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	11	6	-	9	5	7	-	11	10	10	11	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	5.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	-	13	-	-	13	4	10	3	-	6	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	8	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	9	13	12	12	13	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	12
Energy(?)	2281	1318	3766	3234	7798	3150	1432	1200	4544	1057	1060	1060	1308	1514	7035	3508	3268	3467	4954	4413	2891	3879
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									7:28AM 2.24			5:09PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			2:04PM 0.37	4:53PM -0.05		10:36PM 0.60		5:09AM 0.08		10:46AM 0.62				10:55PM 0.74	12:49AM 0.47	3:55AM 0.27			2:55PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	11	9	8	9	6	6	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	16	17	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	5	10	8	6	5	8	4	3	7	10	11	11	11	11	8	7	9	15	16	16	11	13
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	2.1 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	13	12	12	13	10	11	12	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	13	13	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	12	18	16	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	12	9	-	12	12	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sunday 14																	Monday 15
	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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	8	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 S	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	14	12	12	13	11	12	13	10	10	10	10	13	13	8	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1824	1428	6236	2281	2558	6718	4611	3379	3301	2040	1767	1594	2206	3785	5410	448	3424	3829	3728	3728	3728	5183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:33AM 1.58					3:49PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:07AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	6	8	8	10	11	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	5	2	4	5	7	8	4	5	8	10	10	10	10	9	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	5
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.2 ENE	3.0 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW	1.3 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	10	13	12	12	-	12	12	-	10	10	10	10	13	14	8	12	-	-	-	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	-	12	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	14	12	12	13	11	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	14	13	13	13	13	13

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