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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	Thu		Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	13	11	11	10	12	12	21	20	20
Energy(?)	367	932	660	246	282	355	613	248	434	449	313	114	145	472	126	180	196	327	342	511	836	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 1.78	10:01AM 2.39		10:23PM 2.42	10:20AM 2.70		3:10AM 1.84	12:06PM 1.97		12:27AM 1.97	12:08PM 3.24		12:21AM 2.70	6:36AM 1.64	2:02PM 2.06	12:31AM 2.93	6:31AM 1.83			5:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 0.77			4:13PM 0.67		4:05AM 0.63	5:37PM 0.65	8:48PM 0.34	6:00AM 0.61	6:16PM 0.58		6:01AM 1.02	6:14PM 0.32		12:54PM 0.29			12:49PM 0.32	1:46PM 0.24	11:29PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.31	2:31PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	14
High °C	19	16	16	18	13	18	13	11	15	14	12	15	18	12	18	15	15	17	17	18	21	19
Low °C	19	15	16	18	12	16	12	8	14	14	9	13	16	9	14	15	14	15	16	17	21	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	18	12	18	12	11	15	13	10	14	18	10	18	14	14	17	17	18	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	8	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	13	11	11	7	12	12	12	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	14	8	8	7	7	11	8	12	12	8	16	15	14	10	14	14	10	8	23	21	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 NE	0.3 SW	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	4	3	3	4	-	-	8	4	2	-	11	4

	Thursday 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	8	8	12	11	8
Energy(?)	1116	1086	733	542	514	504	660	717	575	537	506	214	300	282	575	328	335	377	446	711	663	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 2.29									10:30PM 2.98				12:09PM 1.89		4:04PM 1.65			3:10AM 1.84	5:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.77			3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	11	16	16	15	13	14	14	13	13	18	14	12	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	9	16	16	14	12	14	14	12	12	18	13	10	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	7	7	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	0.1 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	7	7	7	11	11	11	7	-	10	12	12	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 SE	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	8	8	-	-	8

	Thursday 15										Friday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 E	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	13	14	7	7	12	12	7
Energy(?)	1147	1131	754	367	447	615	1071	1350	959	945	932	419	531	521	290	700	519	305	350	830	876	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										10:18PM 1.78					3:43AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	12	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	13	16	13	15	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	9	16	16	15	13	16	16	13	11	16	12	14	9	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 E	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	7	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	13	14	13	7	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	14	11	8	7	10	7	8	8	7	7	7	14	-	7	10	14	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.7 E	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	6	5	-

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