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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SE	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	9	13	12	13
Energy(?)	3497	3204	3989	1056	1428	1210	834	389	275	235	320	359	399	952	765	388	361	505	652	574	724	3299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:25AM 1.62	3:55PM 1.71		4:11AM 1.67	4:45PM 1.62		5:05AM 1.58	5:50PM 1.54		11:52AM 1.50	6:05PM 2.03		6:46AM 2.07		12:00AM 1.61	8:15AM 2.58	2:05PM 1.42	8:37PM 2.18	8:36AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		1:22AM 0.48			10:06PM 0.60	10:27AM 0.66		10:54PM 0.71	11:26AM 0.76		1:06AM 0.86	5:18AM 0.53		12:23AM 1.04		1:27PM 1.41				2:44AM 0.84		4:01PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	6	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	20	1	1	-	-	3
High °C	17	15	17	11	16	12	16	15	18	19	16	21	20	16	23	15	11	17	15	16	20	16
Low °C	16	15	15	11	14	9	16	12	15	17	14	18	18	14	21	13	8	13	14	13	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	8	16	10	16	15	18	19	16	21	20	16	23	14	10	17	14	14	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	8:20	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	13	12	11	6	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	9	7	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	17	14	14	12	11	5	13	11	10	9	12	7	8	8	8	8	12	13	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	1.2 ENE	-	0.9 NNE	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 S	0.9 NE	1.6 NW	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	3	-	-	4	4	6	3	5	-	6	6	7	6	8	6	4	-

	Sunday 08			Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1262	3376	3058	3204	4435	4571	3989	3534	3274	3069	1867	1075	1122	1423	1119	541	826	506	539	563	537	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:30AM 1.77				3:55PM 1.71				3:32AM 2.39					4:10PM 2.63			3:51AM 2.41	5:05AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							9:42AM 0.55								9:48AM 0.74		2:40PM 0.58			10:10PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	9	10	15	14	14	15	12	16	11	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	7	10	15	13	14	15	10	16	9	15	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	7	7	11	11	17	17	16	16	16	-	14	10	5	5	10	12	5	14	5	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	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	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	1.6 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1297	3525	3428	3468	3465	3516	3402	3204	3204	3204	3075	839	1670	1659	1659	1292	2716	1153	136	1509	1669	3988
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)														2:52AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)									9:26PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	11	9	15	15	15	14	9	15	15	15	18	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	9	6	15	15	15	14	6	15	14	15	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	1.6 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	8	11	11	11	11	15	11	6	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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