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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	5	1	5	4	4	4	3	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	7.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	11	11	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	8	10	17	16	8	15
Energy(?)	608	430	403	2423	1179	154	3229	1630	1802	1592	775	14906	6715	3034	1822	1360	1611	894	1025	1007	302	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59		2:00AM 1.63			2:19AM 1.71		2:16PM 1.73	12:11AM 1.89	12:23PM 1.99		12:52AM 2.01	12:18PM 2.04					1:15AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47	7:29PM 0.41	7:41AM 0.45	4:33PM 0.69	7:53PM 0.36	10:06AM 0.35			6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:12AM 0.44	6:29PM 0.38	11:06PM 0.22	10:02AM 0.22		7:05PM 0.30	7:21AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	23	15	13	14	15	14	19	20	15	16	13	14	15	17	15	15	15	14	21	17
Low °C	19	18	21	15	11	13	15	10	17	18	12	14	13	13	15	16	14	12	15	12	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	17	23	13	12	12	14	13	19	20	15	15	10	13	14	17	15	15	14	13	21	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 ENE	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	-	11	8	14	14	14	13	12	15	12	11	10	12	11	10	17	16	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	-	1.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	13	9	-	8	11	6	13	12	12	12	-	-	18	13	10	15	18	11	10	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	3.0 W	1.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	7.5 S	4.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	-	0.3 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	11	9	3	-	-	-	-	2	12	11	9	8	8	8	3	10	-	2	2

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	1	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NW	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	8	8	7	8	9	8	7	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	325	812	767	756	526	860	1191	325	556	557	1841	1832	2085	2839	3093	3095	156	1591	4358	3731	3032	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57		9:26AM 1.65		2:42PM 1.43			10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75	2:44PM 1.61			10:42PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 0.54				6:56AM 0.51				6:55PM 0.47				5:01AM 0.68								4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	16	16	17	17	13	12	24	15	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	22	18	15	15	17	17	12	11	24	14	11	11	8	8	14	14	12	13	12	13	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	2.5 NW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	0.3 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	7	8	9	8	7	9	11	11	11	15	15	15	8	14	13	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	12	12	16	16	-	7	7	15	8	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.9 NE	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	7	8	-	2	7	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	14	-	-	-

	Thursday 12										Friday 13
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	1	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 N	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	6	6	13	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	8	7	9	9	6
Energy(?)	314	607	608	644	178	352	302	371	673	750	25	132	132	132	568	568	21	596	730	1822	1191	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:26AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)						6:23PM 0.49									3:12AM 0.82			6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	8	6	3	2
High °C	23	20	20	20	18	19	17	17	18	16	18	21	20	19	18	18	16	21	14	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	23	20	20	20	17	18	16	16	18	15	18	21	20	19	17	17	15	21	12	11	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	12	13	12	7	13	12	10	10	10	8	8	8	12	12	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	11	9	6	9	10	9	8	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	16	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 N	2.5 N	-	1.5 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	6	4	7	7	8	-	3	3	3	6	6	8	8	7	7	-	6

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