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

	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	1.4 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 SW	1.9 NNW	2.5 SW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW
Period(s)	18	14	16	13	17	16	16	14	13	13	13	19	11	17	11	12	11	12	10	13	11	10
Energy	1225	1114	871	639	727	828	516	806	608	658	229	240	520	369	338	1491	683	550	814	2417	1417	1251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:12PM 3.03			12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26			2:47PM 2.13		3:08AM 2.14	3:53PM 2.07					8:04AM 1.82	4:56PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53AM -0.01	4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04			7:38AM -0.02		9:37PM 0.41	7:06AM 0.65		10:34PM 0.46	9:33AM 0.13		9:09PM 0.51	9:21AM 0.37	1:22PM 0.17	10:01PM 0.53			10:41PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7
High °C	11	9	12	9	7	8	9	8	11	12	9	14	13	14	15	13	15	14	14	9	17	14
Low °C	10	8	10	7	7	8	8	7	10	11	6	12	12	13	14	12	13	11	13	8	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	12	8	5	8	7	6	10	10	9	13	12	13	15	12	14	13	13	6	17	13
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:04	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 SW	1.9 NNW	2.5 SW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW
Period (s)	18	14	16	13	13	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	11	9	11	12	11	12	10	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	19	17	7	-	21	21	20	20	19	18	11	6	10	10	4	14	-	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13
Energy	1039	1225	1230	1148	1114	1003	871	721	529	639	588	798	727	958	828	717	680	516	503	852	806	720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 3.03									12:25AM 2.28				1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)				3:59AM 0.03				4:23PM -0.05					6:44AM -0.04				7:12PM 0.16				7:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	9	8	9	12	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	8	8	9	12	10	9	7	6	6	5	7	8	8	7	7	8	4	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	19	18	17	17	6	7	6	6	-	-	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	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	Beatons 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	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16
Energy	2110	1061	1039	1112	1135	1225	1213	1359	1230	1148	1092	1148	1108	1035	1114	1047	1031	1003	589	871	871	860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					10:12PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)											4:24AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	9	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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