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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	7	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 W	0.5 ENE	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	9	11	8	9	10	10	11	12	9	12	12	18	16
Energy(?)	719	788	1692	279	954	79	897	432	1451	476	408	273	189	424	678	469	75	1015	1957	1683	1055	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:31AM 3.03		10:41PM 2.51		3:08PM 1.72	3:33AM 1.83					4:25PM 1.73		5:19AM 2.25	5:28PM 2.19			2:55PM 1.91	8:17PM 1.31	9:01AM 1.41		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 1.20		7:53AM 0.77		9:10PM 0.36	6:59AM 0.49	5:42PM 0.48	9:51PM 0.35	9:09AM 0.70		10:33PM 0.34	11:25AM 0.98		11:15PM 0.35	7:59AM 0.50		2:24AM 0.27		3:35PM 0.25	3:08AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	13	1	5	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	9	2
High °C	17	16	13	9	13	18	12	11	9	14	14	12	18	13	12	26	16	14	16	16	12	14
Low °C	15	15	9	8	13	11	11	10	8	14	14	11	16	12	11	24	15	12	16	15	10	12
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	8	10	17	11	8	6	13	13	11	18	11	10	26	15	13	16	16	11	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	12	8	8	12	7	9	11	8	9	10	10	11	12	9	12	12	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	8	10	8	9	12	11	14	8	8	8	11	7	7	14	10	11	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 W	0.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	8	4	8	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	9	12	9	9	10	8	8
Energy(?)	1073	1324	1357	1152	797	1499	3155	563	762	742	727	702	282	326	1122	1126	3526	1435	1656	530	487	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:28PM 1.70			10:29PM 2.68	2:53AM 1.81				3:36PM 2.23			11:56PM 2.03		5:46AM 1.48				6:06PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.23									8:57AM 0.43				9:10PM 0.36					12:36PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	5	8	6	7	4	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	15	18	17	13	13	14	10	9	8	8	9	10	9	10	7	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	18	17	12	12	14	8	7	8	6	7	7	6	8	4	10	9	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 N	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	9	13	13	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	13	11	12	9	9	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	11	10	-	7	7	-	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	15	13	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	12	11	-	6	-	-	-	11	7	5	9	12	9	9	-	8	8

	Thursday 18
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 W	3.5 W	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	7	5
Energy(?)	1229	1122	1862	1119	861	861	258	1411	719	522	692	681	206	212	797	423	3219	163	221	246	202	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)														2:56PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)																	6:00PM 0.42					10:42PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	15	16	18	16	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	14	15	18	16	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	1.3 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	9	9	12	12	10	-	10	10	10	7	7	10	-	10	8	8	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	1.7 SW	-	3.5 W	0.6 NE	-	0.4 WNW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	11	-	11	4	-	3	5	5

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