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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	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	1	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	4	6	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.3 SW	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	3.0 SSE	2.0 E	1.1 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.5 SW	3.0 S	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	10	6	8	7	9	6	11	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1975	4023	2976	657	4736	2792	29	1622	804	711	591	395	95	153	384	1475	915	93	3061	1625	2146	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 2.15		7:36AM 1.71	6:42PM 2.16		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84	7:36PM 2.18	6:39AM 1.82		7:02PM 1.84	9:59AM 1.95		7:18PM 1.84	7:15AM 2.72		7:48PM 3.02	8:24AM 2.98	3:03PM 1.44	3:12AM 1.50	9:21AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 0.54			11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		2:04AM 0.59	12:53PM 0.51		1:24AM 0.44		4:41PM 0.34	1:37AM 0.51		1:33PM 1.00	2:06AM 0.93			8:52PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	1	6	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	1	7	16	4
High °C	14	11	10	12	15	12	19	14	13	17	17	16	22	15	13	14	12	12	14	16	14	13
Low °C	14	11	9	11	14	10	17	14	10	16	17	13	18	14	12	13	12	11	13	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	10	14	11	19	13	13	16	17	16	22	14	12	12	10	10	13	16	13	12
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.4 NE	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.1 SSE	0.2 S	1.1 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	13	6	12	12	12	12	11	10	6	8	9	9	6	15	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.9 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	8	7	12	14	13	11	13	8	7	7	8	11	-	-	8	15	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.8 W	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 S	-	3.5 ESE	3.5 SW	3.0 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	15	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	7	7	-	11	8	8	3

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	10	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	8	6	13
Energy(?)	1221	1506	3494	1707	1504	2297	2488	2976	3197	3108	2772	2310	557	905	4421	3330	2340	1901	1519	41	63	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:24AM 2.71	5:35AM 2.17				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84								4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:36PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:29AM 0.56					10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	1:38PM 0.51			10:05PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	10	13	15	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	14	14	11	11	12	10	10	14	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	14	7	13	14	10	9	8	8	7	7	11	14	14	10	10	12	9	9	14	19	19	16
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.3 NW	1.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	16	9	16	10	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	8	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 W
Period (s)	19	16	11	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	13	12	12	11	11	14	9	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.1 W	3.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	794	3444	3702	2122	1506	1728	1728	3345	3345	3062	3076	2811	1200	1664	4536	2381	2230	2219	2108	144	108	2320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 1.87		5:35AM 2.17										3:38PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)										10:19AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	2	-	-	3
High °C	14	10	13	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	13	16	13	13	13	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	14	8	11	8	7	7	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	11	11	11	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.3 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	17	14	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	4	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	3.5 WNW	0.9 NE	1.7 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 NE	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	16	9	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	6	10	10	9	9	9	-	7	-

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