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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	Wed		Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	1	1	9	6	6	4	3	2	6	7	3	5	4	0	4	8	5	4	1	1	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.9 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 SW	3.5 W	2.2 SW	2.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	22	13	13	16	16	16	6	17	16	15	10	14	13	15	13	15	14	15	15	13
Energy(?)	475	28	23	10160	4957	6148	2935	858	306	8867	5609	781	2231	3974	1626	1247	3901	2010	2922	68	50	2700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:41PM 1.74	11:47AM 1.84		8:09PM 2.70	8:54AM 1.85	1:51PM 1.86	3:13AM 1.22		1:48PM 2.28	1:42AM 1.84		1:47PM 2.10	11:06PM 1.94	10:48AM 2.63		12:26AM 2.05	12:43PM 2.04		11:38PM 3.17	11:55AM 3.16	4:19PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	5:01PM 0.35	2:03AM 0.66	5:24AM 0.27	1:58PM 1.26	2:26AM 0.82			8:55PM 0.05	9:00AM 0.23		7:27PM 0.26	7:45AM 0.23			4:38AM 0.29	6:20PM 0.27		6:38AM 0.26	6:53PM 0.25		5:48AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	14	-	-	-	-	11	39	2	-	-	2	2
High °C	11	11	15	11	10	16	12	16	15	12	9	12	12	11	12	16	15	11	14	17	17	13
Low °C	10	11	15	11	9	12	12	14	10	11	8	8	12	10	11	10	13	10	13	15	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	9	13	8	8	15	11	14	15	10	8	10	12	10	10	14	13	8	13	17	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	7:55	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 NW	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 SW	3.5 W	2.2 SW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	8	8	19	13	16	16	16	15	12	16	15	16	14	13	15	13	15	10	5	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 NW	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	2.0 W	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	19	-	-	10	10	17	11	8	-	16	15	6	16	6	14	5	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 NW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	-	2.3 W	-	-	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	2	13	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	10	-	9	6	-	7	-	-	2	-

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	1	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.8 W	0.2 S	0.6 SE	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	22	10	23	9	22	9	5	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1484	1366	1858	636	1159	1012	66	88	94	8103	13126	9356	8193	9486	7408	5573	5361	5603	4608	1766	1705	1210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:35PM 1.81			12:10AM 1.79			8:46AM 2.35	10:13AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					1:23AM 0.89					6:20PM 0.97								4:21PM 0.45			3:22AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	8	12	9	11	10	15	18	11	11	9	7	8	8	11	16	16	15	15	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	6	10	8	10	9	14	17	10	8	6	5	6	6	11	15	15	14	14	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.9 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	9	5	9	9	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	3.0 SW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	24	24	22	24	23	22	12	8	21	-	18	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.6 NE	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	4	6	-	-	-	5	3	5	13	14	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 15										Thursday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	1	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.3 S	0.7 S	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	5.5 W	6.0 W	6.0 W	6.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	24	11	10	11	11	11	8	9	8	22	12	22	22	22	22	11	12	12	12	9	9	14
Energy(?)	694	1146	1484	476	689	271	44	103	20	576	2124	2342	1332	2464	1202	7871	8989	10235	10652	1060	1118	2732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:13PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)														2:03AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	8	15	11	13	9	10	12	11	12	12	12	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	14	6	15	11	13	7	8	10	8	10	10	9	6	8	10	4	4	3	3	10	10	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.7 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	11	8	9	3	22	12	12	12	22	10	-	-	-	-	22	22	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	24	8	24	9	9	9	5	10	8	12	22	22	22	18	22	-	-	-	-	18	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 ENE	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.5 NW	0.5 NE	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	-	5.5 W	6.0 W	6.0 W	6.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.3 SW
Period (s)	5	3	10	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	12	12	6	10	-	11	12	12	12	9	9	14

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