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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	4	4	3	2	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	2.1 W	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 NNW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	11	12	7	19	10	16	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	13	13	14	9
Energy(?)	77	1005	295	1576	571	677	526	987	1786	717	1773	884	895	1565	972	1067	926	1631	1320	931	205	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 1.51	9:13AM 1.75		8:34PM 2.30	4:11AM 2.94	4:46PM 2.92		12:27PM 1.65		12:49AM 1.78				8:05AM 2.83		9:06PM 1.85	9:49AM 1.85		1:37AM 2.00	10:01AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 0.12			4:53PM 0.58	2:53AM 0.94	10:26AM 1.04		11:01PM 1.12	6:24AM 0.29	6:43PM 0.30		7:15AM 0.27		1:16AM 0.75		3:44PM 0.39	3:24AM 0.54		3:41PM 0.37	7:14PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	13	17	16	14	16	14	16	19	18	16	15	16	10	12	12	9	13	16	12	13
Low °C	17	16	12	15	15	13	14	13	15	18	17	14	14	15	7	10	12	7	11	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	17	16	14	15	13	16	19	18	16	15	15	8	10	10	8	11	16	11	13
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SE	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	11	12	11	11	10	13	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	-	8	8	8	13	11	18	16	9	8	8	7	13	8	16	16	8	9	11	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.1 W	1.0 S	-	-	2.0 NNW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	9	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 22							Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	9	5	9	8	8	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	18	9
Energy(?)	325	230	93	51	54	791	1567	1406	1119	2347	1576	1000	631	720	502	274	1081	700	1014	677	696	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 1.50						3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62						4:36AM 1.90				4:35PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)							9:08PM 0.78			4:37AM 0.36					9:44PM 0.40					10:36AM 0.45	3:01PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	20	18	18	14	14	12	10	12	15	17	18	15	13	13	10	14	15	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	11	15	20	18	18	12	14	12	9	12	15	17	18	15	13	13	8	14	15	17	15	17
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 SW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	9	8	9	8	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	6	9	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	8	8	6	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	16	11	16	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 N	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	5	4	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	9	8	6	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	9	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	334	271	107	74	123	686	1154	1214	1161	96	98	98	98	2723	1992	1005	6525	1788	3809	1494	2768	1880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:55PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			3:10AM 0.14					8:40AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	17	14	15	11	14	15	16	18	18	19	20	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	17	13	13	7	13	14	15	17	17	18	20	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 W	0.1 N	2.1 W	0.2 ENE	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	9	8	6	8	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	-	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	6	8	15	9	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	7	9	-	12	16	16	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NW	-	1.0 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	9	12	-	13	-	13	-

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