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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	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	5.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	11	13	9	12	12	12	12	9	10	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	5347	3829	1196	1585	5269	3742	967	1402	835	3200	81	31	106	7310	1968	2009	765	1293	1279	6162	2042	3156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 1.40	11:30AM 1.56	5:34PM 1.72	6:18PM 1.78			6:32PM 1.81	7:12AM 1.81		7:35PM 2.87	7:47AM 2.58		9:50PM 1.98			11:48PM 2.35		12:15PM 2.36	11:12PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			5:16AM 0.08		12:49AM 0.47	6:05AM 0.11	2:55PM 0.71	12:55AM 0.58		1:29PM 0.63	1:53AM 1.10		3:36PM 0.46		6:26AM 0.18	5:47PM 0.46		6:07AM 0.34			6:49AM 0.33	5:47PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	-	10	8	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	51	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	12	11	16	17	15	14	14	9	15	13	10	11	10	6	14	13	13	10	13
Low °C	11	8	9	11	10	11	15	15	11	14	7	15	8	7	10	10	4	10	12	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	10	5	9	10	8	15	17	14	13	12	7	15	12	6	11	8	5	12	12	10	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	6:31	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 W	2.1 W	0.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 W	0.7 NE	0.4 S	0.6 NNE	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	4.0 NNW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	22	13	16	14	14	11	8	9	5	14	12	12	9	10	16	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	-	0.3 N	0.3 NW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SE	2.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	9	6	15	9	5	9	-	8	10	10	11	9	16	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 W	5.0 W	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.9 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	13	-	-	4	4	9	3	-	3	12	5	-	-	2	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	8	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 S	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	12	12	11
Energy(?)	3766	3234	7798	3150	5254	1200	4544	1057	1060	1060	1308	1514	7035	6639	3268	3467	4954	4413	2891	3879	1920	1478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							7:28AM 2.24			5:09PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53PM -0.05		10:36PM 0.60		5:09AM 0.08		10:46AM 0.62				10:55PM 0.74	12:49AM 0.47				2:55PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	16	18	16	13	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	8	10	10	11	11	7	7	8	15	18	15	11	13	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 S	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	2.1 W	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	18	16	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 14											Monday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	8	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	4709	3281	3944	5347	740	3514	3449	2039	2039	1879	2235	2914	5490	3728	3564	3459	3459	3405	3405	4866	4544	4544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							6:44PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)											10:01PM 1.10				2:31AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	11
Chill °C (?)	7	5	5	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	4	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 SW	0.2 ENE	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	11	-	14	11	-	13	13	13	13	13	14	-	12	-	-	-	-	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	0.2 WNW	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	12	12	13	2	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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