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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	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Sat
	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	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	14	13	6	10	8	10	12	12	11	11	8	10	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7
Energy(?)	836	1183	209	25	169	20	4472	1861	1044	637	426	710	382	1118	1672	1834	1593	966	374	58	615	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 2.18	8:28AM 2.13	5:23PM 2.46	7:24PM 1.69	5:58AM 2.36			7:22AM 2.67	2:18PM 1.28	7:54PM 2.08		2:25PM 1.79	2:58AM 1.78		3:23PM 1.66	3:41AM 1.82		4:13PM 1.44		10:52AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72	2:18AM 0.73			1:42AM 0.64	12:10PM 0.91	4:58PM 0.50	11:38PM 1.52			2:06AM 0.85	7:42AM 0.49		8:32PM 0.44	9:05AM 0.50		9:17PM 0.43	8:08AM 0.45		10:12PM 0.62	4:45AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	19	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	2	1	-	-	5	-	-	4
High °C	15	21	19	30	27	19	14	16	14	21	19	15	13	15	13	12	13	12	15	16	16	17
Low °C	12	21	14	26	26	11	12	16	12	18	18	13	13	15	11	11	13	10	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	21	19	30	27	18	12	15	13	21	18	13	12	14	13	11	12	11	15	16	15	17
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.2 ENE	2.4 SSW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	1.6 ENE	1.3 N
Period (s)	14	10	5	10	8	10	12	10	11	11	9	19	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 E	0.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	1.2 NW	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	-	0.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	13	12	8	5	7	10	11	10	9	10	-	16	14	8	8	7	-	10	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	3.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.6 NE	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	3	5	3	12	12	-	4	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	7	-

	Saturday 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	5	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	0.3 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.9 NE	1.6 NNE	1.0 NNE	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	6	9	12	11	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	11
Energy(?)	1086	1209	1001	1007	1059	769	793	419	117	2247	42	3174	141	311	373	1549	1362	1419	2874	1577	1203	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)												5:49PM 2.19		12:26AM 1.88				12:51PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:51PM 0.72			12:46AM 0.54			9:56AM 1.37	11:36AM 1.30						6:37AM 0.45					7:26PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	11	10	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	4	9	3	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	21	21	18	17	17	19	18	18	31	15	20	18	10	12	13	12	15	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	21	21	18	16	17	18	18	17	31	15	20	18	7	10	13	11	14	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 SW	0.7 NNW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNE	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	14	13	14	11	9	13	5	-	12	-	9	8	10	9	12	7	10	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.2 E	-	0.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	12	13	14	6	12	-	7	-	5	16	15	15	7	15	11	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	0.7 W	3.5 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	2	-	3	-	4	6	9	4	11	5	8	6	9	10	10	10	-	-	-

	Saturday 10																Sunday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	5	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NNE	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	0.1 S	1.8 N	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	11	14	15	14	6	14	10	14	9	7	6	6	14	6	13	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1130	1139	836	824	824	1182	723	1147	221	588	46	546	69	48	278	261	6	261	184	73	73	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:40PM 3.68	4:58PM 2.86							11:47PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)						12:19PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	3	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	12	12	12	14	18	15	19	18	24	18	26	18	23	24	20	20	20	20	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	13	18	15	19	18	24	18	26	18	23	24	20	20	20	19	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	11	10	11	14	6	14	10	7	9	7	9	9	7	9	13	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	15	14	15	5	12	12	5	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	-	1.4 NNW	-	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	0.7 N	1.8 N	0.7 NE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	4	-	5	-	6	6	4	6	5	7	7	6

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