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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	3	2	5	3	1	7	5	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	3.5 NNW	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	9	9	10	15	14	13	9	16	12	16	8	15	11	12	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	3796	3376	1519	298	1987	60	72	9648	4643	3251	518	1211	775	943	2085	1591	4620	2789	5020	1719	2252	757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	glass	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 1.83		7:44PM 1.82	8:36AM 1.84		10:09PM 2.23	10:41AM 2.27		12:20AM 1.86		1:14PM 2.32	1:20AM 1.79				9:27AM 3.12	2:24PM 1.83		4:39AM 1.43	5:17PM 1.40	11:03PM 3.09	11:59AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.38	2:12AM 0.44		1:19PM 1.26		4:28AM 0.47	4:59PM 0.54	6:07PM 0.28	6:56AM 0.16		7:09PM 0.21	7:26AM 0.14	3:37PM 0.33	8:58PM 0.22	3:17AM 0.28		10:34PM 0.19	10:51AM 0.19			5:53AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	2	-	-	4	-
High °C	13	15	15	14	14	11	17	11	9	12	9	5	15	13	12	12	12	8	12	12	10	10
Low °C	9	14	12	11	14	8	16	10	8	8	8	3	12	13	10	10	11	7	9	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	14	14	13	12	9	17	8	7	12	7	2	15	11	9	10	11	5	11	11	7	8
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 W	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	9	14	8	6	10	10	13	9	10	12	16	12	15	11	12	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	2.3 NW	-	-	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	18	16	9	14	-	9	10	10	-	-	12	16	7	10	16	8	14	-	-	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	1.0 NE	3.0 WNW	0.3 NW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 NNE	0.8 NE	3.5 NNW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	9	3	-	15	14	-	-	3	7	4	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	5	2	2	3	1	1	2	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 NE	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	13	14	11	12	14	7	7	8	8	11	9	9	13	9	9	14	16	13
Energy(?)	3585	3269	3376	3688	1703	2291	2108	1042	1014	509	227	334	215	4032	283	332	504	64	76	238	5059	6585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:03AM 1.83			6:22PM 2.78	9:08PM 2.18				10:47AM 1.85					12:43AM 1.80				1:50PM 1.60		8:29PM 2.83	9:09PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35PM 0.63					3:27AM 0.55				5:33PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	10	12	14	14	12	13	14	12	15	15	13	14	11	12	11	13	11	17	16	14	9	8
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	12	11	11	13	10	14	13	11	13	10	11	9	13	8	17	15	12	7	6
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	13	14	11	12	14	7	7	8	8	11	9	9	13	9	9	14	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	18	17	16	-	16	-	-	11	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	12	6	5	6	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	4	9	9	4	4	6	-	-

	Tuesday 16																	Wednesday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	5	2	2	3	1	1	2	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	16	13	9	5	15	9	10	10	16	14
Energy(?)	4239	7608	3796	3856	1988	3467	3501	1940	3628	1064	986	345	354	2367	200	24	490	147	143	269	2567	2846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	10:47PM 1.67		12:26AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)											4:34PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	14	12	9	12	12	11	13	10	12	12	15	15	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	7	12	11	12	13	11	5	10	11	10	13	8	11	11	15	15	13	12	11
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	9	9	13	9	5	9	9	9	10	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	18	17	20	16	16	16	12	16	9	16	16	17	13	14	15	11	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	5	-	4	-	5	-	-	5	-	-

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