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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	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	5	5	7	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 N	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	3.5 W	3.0 NNW	1.1 SW	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	7	-	9	9	14	13	13	11	12	9	15	13	10	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1834	5109	3796	2260	1479	879	349	0	64	68	6783	2825	2400	1615	716	329	136	3743	2366	482	5131	5293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 1.72		5:46AM 2.75		6:57PM 1.72	8:31AM 1.80		10:09PM 2.23	10:41AM 2.27	12:01PM 1.91	8:34PM 3.00	8:51AM 2.56		10:36PM 2.05		1:20PM 1.95	1:45AM 1.91	3:04AM 1.72			3:48AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 0.59			1:20AM 0.67		5:16PM 0.33		4:28AM 0.47		2:47AM 0.97		5:47PM 0.46		7:10AM 0.15		7:34PM 0.21	9:23AM 0.16	4:22PM 0.24	10:18PM 0.50	9:59AM 0.23	4:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	-	-	9	-	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	13	16	13	18	14	17	17	10	8	10	8	14	16	11	13	13	8	13	11
Low °C	12	9	9	13	14	10	17	12	16	14	5	5	10	7	12	14	7	8	13	7	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	12	15	12	18	12	17	16	7	6	9	5	12	15	8	12	13	5	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 S	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	-	3.0 NNW	1.1 SW	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	22	13	13	14	14	6	-	6	9	-	13	13	11	12	9	15	-	10	14	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 NW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	1.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	18	18	9	9	10	-	9	12	-	10	9	10	13	13	9	-	11	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	4.0 SW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	1.7 N	3.0 NW	-	1.0 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	1.3 NW	3.5 W	-	-	4.0 W	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	3	4	7	8	-	4	14	-	-	-	3	3	12	13	-	-	13	-

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	6	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	5.0 WNW	2.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	12	12	12	14	6	13	9	11	7	9	9
Energy(?)	4125	1181	1442	1634	3806	5350	3741	3514	3398	3053	1703	1996	2143	1496	879	696	510	200	10143	566	329	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.82									6:22PM 2.78					10:47AM 1.85			7:30PM 2.40		12:43AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				11:19PM 0.91					2:55PM 0.71	4:18PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	1	1	20	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	10	10	12	11	7	11	11	15	16	12	13	13	13	13	15	12	11	12	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	9	5	9	9	14	15	11	12	12	12	12	14	10	10	11	15	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 NE	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	4.0 WNW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	21	13	18	13	13	16	13	12	12	12	14	6	13	8	11	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	16	16	11	16	16	-	-	9	9	7	9	-	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.8 NNE	1.0 W	-	5.0 WNW	2.0 NNE	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	-	11	7	4	-

	Monday 15											Tuesday 16
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	6	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	5.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	0.2 ENE	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	-	13	6
Energy(?)	2396	1181	1617	1834	2496	7116	2877	5419	5507	5252	1442	1634	5429	5514	5180	14	4614	2135	2366	0	323	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:58PM 2.17		9:20PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)												11:08PM 0.69				4:00AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	10	10	9	11	9	9	13	14	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	8	7	8	9	10	6	6	6	8	6	6	11	14	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	20	12	20	12	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	9	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 W	2.3 W	-	5.0 W	0.5 NW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.2 WSW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	12	5	12	12	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	3	-	6

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