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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	3.0 NW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	12	11	11	11	16	15	13	14	13	12	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	15	14
Energy(?)	649	1068	574	135	870	693	611	1700	758	857	1580	2418	2162	1568	3619	1974	1238	757	989	832	1075	2153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.13	2:54AM 2.96		3:23PM 2.68	3:50AM 2.61		6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84		7:28PM 1.78	7:58AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.82	9:15AM 1.86		10:01PM 1.89	9:36AM 1.85		10:05PM 1.84	10:27AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			8:44PM 0.45	9:14AM 0.86		9:39PM 0.44	10:11AM 0.48		12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:42AM 0.62		2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		3:41PM 0.37			3:52PM 0.49		4:16AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	14	6	8	1
High °C	17	17	15	18	20	15	15	17	19	19	18	17	18	19	16	18	23	23	11	12	12	11
Low °C	16	17	14	15	17	12	15	15	17	17	16	17	17	18	15	18	20	17	11	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	18	20	15	15	17	19	19	18	16	18	19	15	17	23	23	9	11	12	9
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 NW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	16	13	12	11	11	11	16	15	13	14	13	12	11	10	11	13	13	9	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	12	7	12	9	19	18	13	6	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	9	13	13	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	3.5 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23					Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1337	1027	1079	531	770	634	591	818	741	847	1476	1450	853	693	718	1200	1363	1384	1700	1673	1502	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:30PM 3.09				2:55AM 2.79	4:27AM 2.05				5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:53AM 0.15				8:45PM 0.23					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	18	16	16	16	15	14	15	18	20	19	15	13	12	12	11	15	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	10	15	18	16	16	16	15	13	14	18	20	19	15	12	11	11	9	14	15	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	10	12	11	12	10	10	12	10	10	11	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23																Tuesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1280	1318	649	790	849	848	848	969	841	704	428	420	692	683	591	591	574	574	747	625	629	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:08PM 2.13											3:34AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)																10:21PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	11	12	16	16	16	10	10	10	16	16	10	13	13	13	7	7	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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