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

	Thu	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.1 E	0.4 SSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 E	2.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.9 W	3.5 W	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	11	10	13	7	8	9	9	12	12	16	13	13	11	11	9	10	14	10	10	15
Energy(?)	1883	990	775	513	35	295	1246	515	809	5900	1378	88	1647	1459	983	1455	337	889	412	923	2238	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:35AM 1.54		6:16PM 1.55	6:42AM 1.58	5:59PM 2.49		6:30AM 2.57							2:02PM 1.45					3:02AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 0.64	11:03AM 0.77		12:32AM 0.83			11:24PM 0.99					1:44PM 1.01								9:16AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	9	5	1	4	-	3	9	-	8	8
High °C	13	17	15	14	20	18	18	18	20	19	17	14	12	14	13	10	13	13	11	11	12	9
Low °C	10	15	15	13	16	15	17	16	17	18	14	13	12	13	12	9	9	12	10	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	11	17	15	14	20	17	18	18	20	18	17	13	11	14	12	8	11	11	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 E	2.1 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	14	11	10	5	9	8	9	9	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	9	10	14	13	18	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.7 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	14	13	14	7	12	12	8	-	-	-	18	12	14	12	13	10	12	11	19	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	2	7	8	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	9	10	10	7

	Thu	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.0 W	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	11	9	10	13	10	12	7	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1030	1774	2208	1199	1022	703	808	549	543	513	519	233	300	216	333	299	790	1796	1808	1220	1331	1610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 1.55			5:24AM 1.56				4:48PM 2.46				5:18AM 2.49							12:06AM 1.59			11:35AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 0.76				10:28AM 1.35				10:42PM 0.99				11:25AM 0.93							6:22AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	8	9	16	18	14	14	14	14	10	14	17	21	16	18	15	15	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	7	7	16	18	14	14	14	14	9	14	17	21	15	18	14	14	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	2.1 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	14	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	11	9	10	9	6	12	7	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.8 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	6	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	5	11	9	-	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	0.3 NNE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	7	8	8	8	8	9

	Thursday 09					Friday 10
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.9 N	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	10	12	14	16	13	14	14	14	11	13	12	5	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1030	2783	1526	1533	1822	622	457	645	461	461	837	802	881	826	50	965	219	176	176	223	211	189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:48AM 2.16							11:00AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	10	15	15	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	9	13	10	13	12	12	10	13	12	12	14	8	15	14	14	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	2.2 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	10	8	8	8	8	8	14	11	13	12	14	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.9 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	-	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	10	13	15	14	14	4	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	9	10	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	4	-	4

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