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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	Sat		Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	5	6	5	4	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	18	16	15	15	15	15	14	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	10	8	11	12	11	12
Energy(?)	2254	3234	2339	2068	2724	5055	2186	2052	4261	5239	2460	1635	1206	711	594	560	230	219	291	426	720	368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:33AM 1.83		6:26PM 2.50	7:44AM 1.84		7:34PM 2.57	8:09AM 2.58		8:37PM 2.68			10:59PM 2.12	10:50AM 2.02	12:56PM 2.48	11:11PM 2.09	11:38AM 2.05		11:10PM 2.96	11:35AM 2.83	2:31PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14AM 0.60		12:07PM 0.54	12:41AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.53	1:50AM 0.47		3:57PM 0.42	2:53AM 0.36	5:50AM 0.38	4:54PM 0.36		4:35AM 0.38			5:24AM 0.33	5:48PM 0.36		5:26AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	8	10	10	11	10	9	11	14
Low °C	11	8	9	10	8	9	9	7	8	10	8	8	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	8	10	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	7	10	9	9	9	10	8	11	10	8	7	10	9	10	9	8	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	0.9 SE
Period (s)	15	18	16	15	15	15	15	14	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	10	10	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E
Period (s)	21	-	-	20	20	-	-	10	9	9	8	-	-	-	11	11	9	12	20	18	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19			Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	3150	7297	5189	3234	3056	3315	2339	2107	1845	2402	1418	3907	4555	4902	5055	3578	4094	3495	3111	1842	1680	4142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 1.78									6:26PM 2.50	9:26PM 2.27			7:44AM 1.84	10:03AM 2.34			8:21PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				11:31PM 0.55					12:07PM 0.54				2:21AM 0.37				2:02PM 0.59				1:50AM 0.47	4:51AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	9	8	7	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	8	9	6	8	6	6	7	9	10	9	7	7	7	6	8	8	10	10	7	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	18	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	18	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	20	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19	Sunday 20
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	18	15	19	19	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	3192	4421	4561	2356	2495	7297	2433	4130	3338	3184	3093	2913	2659	2591	3847	2230	3357	3315	2954	2398	2339	1966
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:58PM 1.78													6:33AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)														1:12AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	7
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	10	9	8	9	9	6	8	6	5	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	18	15	19	19	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	20	19	21	20	18	20	20	-	10	-	10	10	10	-	10	17	17	17	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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