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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	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	3	5	5	5	2	2	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.8 W	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	16	11	7	12	10	12	12	14	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1416	222	349	623	279	691	4501	4126	906	262	186	5617	1897	1100	924	142	143	880	2130	1569	1233	1668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:03AM 2.13		3:17PM 2.28		5:12AM 1.94	1:01PM 3.26	8:46PM 1.39	9:10AM 1.47	3:30PM 2.13		9:37AM 1.39		8:48PM 1.80	10:14AM 1.48		10:30PM 2.36	11:16AM 1.45			5:55AM 1.74		9:10PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09AM 0.19		11:00PM 0.12	11:24AM 0.20		2:59AM 0.13			11:27PM 0.40		3:37PM 0.14	3:10AM 0.26	4:05AM 0.15	4:43PM 0.13		5:10AM 0.14	3:22PM 0.91	12:30AM 0.55	12:17PM 0.64	1:14PM 0.48	3:27AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	22	17	16	22	13	11	15	18	13	18	16	14	18	17	14	16	16	13	18	17	14
Low °C	12	19	15	15	19	11	10	11	13	9	16	16	11	13	17	14	13	16	12	14	16	11
Chill °C (?)	12	22	16	16	22	10	8	15	18	12	18	14	14	18	17	13	16	16	11	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	-	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.1 N	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	16	11	8	12	10	12	-	14	15	7	6	16	13	12	12	6	7	10	17	16	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SE	1.2 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	10	14	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	9	11	11	20	11	9	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WNW	1.8 W	-	0.5 W	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	-	3	8	12	-	-	3	2	13	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	14	16	12	10	9	16	10	12	11	10	10	10	10	8	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1265	1013	1138	929	659	545	746	801	1263	1928	513	501	585	285	201	253	295	670	5978	4247	4126	3933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:06AM 2.25	4:32AM 1.95		12:24PM 3.25											8:12PM 1.40		3:13AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 0.08						1:56PM 0.18		8:25PM 0.06		1:41AM 0.14				2:14PM 0.16			12:20AM 0.70			9:27AM 0.18	11:00AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	14	16	23	21	12	12	18	17	18	20	23	13	14	9	10	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	12	16	23	21	10	10	17	17	18	20	23	13	13	6	8	9	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 S	0.9 E	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	16	12	10	10	8	10	12	11	10	10	10	6	11	8	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 W	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 N	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	7	8	7	6	12	11	15	12	11	11	5	10	10	10	10	14	13	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 NW	-	0.8 W	-	0.6 W	0.8 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 SE	-	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	4	-	3	4	9	16	5	6	5	6	3	6	-	8	13	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	18	12	12	15	15	12	9	8	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	8	8
Energy(?)	1369	1265	1801	1719	1582	635	279	236	277	329	184	132	165	150	161	54	137	269	211	440	808	944
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:08AM 3.08						6:54AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 0.08			10:18PM 0.12			1:20AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	12	12	15	16	16	13	13	17	17	16	20	19	19	21	18	18	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	11	14	15	15	12	12	16	17	16	20	18	19	21	18	18	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	18	12	12	15	15	8	7	8	7	12	8	7	7	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	6	6	9	9	7	9	9	12	9	14	-	4	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 W	2.2 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	11	3	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	4	5	8	6	8	8

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