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 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	6	5	6	4	4	6	5	4	8	4	8	9	7	5	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	4.0 SW	2.1 W	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	17	16	14	14	13	11	11	10	12	12	13	15	16	14	14	11	10	12
Energy	1155	1190	1080	852	5722	3187	5215	1841	1397	5135	3283	1201	7530	1393	7679	9459	6315	3419	1513	2814	3551	1646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		9:44PM 3.16	11:04AM 2.14		11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45		1:00AM 2.26		12:46PM 2.26			5:32PM 2.01		7:14AM 1.75		8:31PM 1.74	3:45AM 2.08	4:24PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		4:49AM 0.24	5:08PM 0.18		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	6:54PM 0.18	6:37AM 0.21		10:37PM 0.11	6:57AM 0.59		11:35PM 0.14		1:13PM 0.10	2:55AM 0.01	10:08AM 0.16		10:39PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	35	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	17	6	2
High °C	14	13	14	14	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	7	11	9	8	8	9	11	12	12	12
Low °C	14	13	14	13	11	10	9	8	10	8	10	8	6	8	8	5	7	9	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	11	12	10	10	11	7	8	8	3	11	6	5	7	8	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 SW	2.1 W	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	17	16	14	14	13	14	21	10	12	12	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	6	18	6	-	8	8	12	-	-	12	11	20	12	16	-	-	-	-	18	18	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 W	3.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	12	-	13	-	-	-	5	11	10	-

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	6	9	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	12	13	12	13	15	14	16	14	11	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1213	1155	1493	2674	1190	1128	1080	1421	1797	852	843	109	5722	8476	3187	6282	5662	5215	4403	3573	1841	1608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 2.85								9:44PM 3.16	2:27AM 2.47	4:09AM 1.56		11:04AM 2.14				11:30PM 2.17				11:26AM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)				4:44AM 0.10					7:47PM 0.13							5:18PM 0.28				5:43AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	10	13	14	14	13	11	14	10	15	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	8	13	12	14	11	8	14	8	15	9	11	12	12	10	8	7	7	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	13	12	13	15	14	16	14	11	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	16	18	16	6	5	11	-	-	13	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	6	9	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy	1164	1164	1213	1178	1172	1155	1184	1246	1493	1173	2618	2674	1411	1284	1190	1177	1177	1128	1168	1080	1080	1076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 2.85												9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)											4:44AM 0.10											3:40PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	16	16	7	18	18	18	18	16	18	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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