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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	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	3	4	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	1.7 NNW	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 NE	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	10	7	10	16	14	11	12	10	13	13	16	8	11	11	13	13	16	15	14
Energy(?)	2028	495	943	2512	302	54	1144	6398	1746	2589	646	1400	1005	599	682	5323	2780	2371	2817	871	2206	2089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 1.82	7:02AM 2.77		10:09PM 2.23	10:41AM 2.27	12:16PM 1.84	12:48AM 1.73		1:14PM 2.32	2:21AM 1.82	9:40AM 2.61	2:45PM 1.90	9:05PM 3.17	9:24AM 3.83	2:39PM 2.38		4:39AM 1.43	5:23PM 1.51		11:59AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 0.44		12:49PM 0.75		4:28AM 0.47		6:37PM 0.23	6:26AM 0.18		8:13PM 0.22	3:29AM 0.29			3:12AM 0.67		10:34PM 0.19	10:51AM 0.19		9:25PM 0.78	5:53AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	9	5	7	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	9
High °C	14	11	16	14	14	16	8	10	8	11	5	13	13	11	10	11	10	11	13	9	12	11
Low °C	13	10	11	14	13	16	7	8	5	11	3	8	10	9	10	11	7	10	12	8	11	9
Chill °C (?)	14	10	15	12	13	16	4	8	6	10	4	12	11	9	8	10	9	10	12	7	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	1.9 NW	2.5 S	3.0 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 NE	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 W
Period (s)	13	10	14	14	-	6	16	10	11	12	10	13	13	16	8	11	11	13	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 NNW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	20	15	9	-	-	10	12	-	14	-	14	-	-	12	15	14	13	10	-	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	3.5 WNW	1.7 NNW	0.4 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	10	7	4	8	14	-	-	2	6	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	4	1	1	2	3	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 SSW	2.1 NNE	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 NNE	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	2.5 NNW	1.3 N	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.1 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	13	13	11	11	14	7	13	6	8	11	9	8	8	15	9	14	13	9	13	13
Energy(?)	3376	3688	1703	1942	2008	1027	250	597	563	377	236	4805	289	1195	224	1182	47	178	306	987	5710	5022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:22PM 2.78					11:36AM 1.79					12:43AM 1.80		6:57AM 3.22		1:50PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						3:27AM 0.55				5:42PM 0.96	6:33PM 0.25								8:11PM 0.32			3:22AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	-	7	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	18	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	7	17	15	10	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	12	11	13	16	18	11	12	14	11	10	13	12	4	17	14	8	2	3	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	0.8 S	1.3 NE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNE	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	13	15	13	13	11	11	9	7	13	7	8	11	9	8	8	15	9	14	13	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	16	-	16	16	-	10	14	9	8	8	10	-	9	-	13	12	5	5	6	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	2.1 NNE	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 NW	2.5 NNW	-	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 NW	2.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	4	-	4	8	-	8	5	4	6	9	-	-

	Tuesday 16											Wednesday 17
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	4	1	1	2	3	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	15	16	16	5	16	16	9	13	9	6	6	14	10	10	10	14	14	9
Energy(?)	3445	3370	2020	1941	4662	2182	544	70	2185	821	172	2649	166	12	13	426	99	97	191	297	2624	2928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:48AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	12	15	16	14	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	12	13	11	11	10	12	11	10	12	12	12	13	10	14	16	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	15	16	9	9	16	16	9	13	9	6	6	9	9	9	10	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	18	19	16	16	16	16	9	9	10	16	10	17	17	14	10	10	10	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 N	-	1.2 N	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 NE	-	-	2.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	5	5	-	5	2	-	6	-	-	7	-	8	9

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