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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	10	19	17	16	14	13	11	16	10	9	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	8
Energy(?)	203	351	538	315	392	436	458	490	565	550	840	187	490	505	119	369	194	494	338	142	623	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:47PM 2.88	11:55AM 2.12		12:25AM 2.12	12:47PM 2.18	2:53PM 2.54	3:27AM 2.57		2:18PM 2.30	1:31AM 3.37		5:47PM 2.00			1:56PM 3.17	2:49AM 2.71		2:40PM 3.01	3:41AM 2.83	9:41AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	5:59PM 0.16		6:36AM 0.30		9:15PM 0.14	8:12AM 0.17		7:16PM 0.55	6:58AM 0.05		12:03AM 0.06	8:19AM 0.41		8:41PM 0.16	8:29AM 0.28		9:32PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	6
High °C	16	14	11	18	18	15	17	18	13	16	15	15	18	17	16	16	21	15	19	17	15	17
Low °C	15	13	11	17	17	14	17	15	10	16	15	12	14	16	14	15	20	13	19	16	11	16
Chill °C (?)	16	12	9	18	18	15	17	18	11	16	14	15	18	17	16	16	21	14	19	17	14	17
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.4 W
Period (s)	8	12	12	10	10	9	11	11	14	13	11	10	10	9	11	11	12	10	10	10	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	12	24	21	12	12	12	17	16	-	8	13	13	-	13	12	5	14	10	7	13	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	-

	Friday 02							Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	18	18	11	11	11	11	17	11	14
Energy(?)	505	532	249	692	234	529	554	538	551	568	614	256	368	815	951	509	517	500	516	537	424	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:24AM 2.47			11:00AM 2.03					1:39AM 2.55			11:20AM 3.38				11:45PM 3.24				11:36AM 3.28		5:27PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 0.40				5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	16	17	11	10	15	14	16	14	15	18	13
Chill °C (?)	10	14	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	16	17	9	8	15	14	16	14	15	18	11
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	7	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	14	8	7	7	7	21	21	20	20	21	21	18	18	19	18	18	18	17	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 02
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	15	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	6
Energy(?)	375	480	139	480	175	532	520	420	413	409	409	213	270	427	423	275	230	296	272	285	318	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:40AM 2.16			2:18PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 0.40												4:33PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	15	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	18	18	13	13	18	18	17	18	16	16	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	15	14	15	14	14	11	11	10	10	18	18	11	11	18	18	17	18	16	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	14	6	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	12	7	7	8	7	7	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 W	0.6 N	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	14	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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