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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	4	4	9	5	5	5	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	15	6	13	12	16	15	15	15	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1008	1500	1108	196	1664	792	895	717	412	290	527	339	52	451	369	1253	6807	2293	3247	8232	1931	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 1.85		6:57AM 1.82		10:08PM 1.69	6:56AM 1.71	6:50PM 2.82	7:15PM 1.81	7:19AM 2.74		11:59PM 1.67	12:45PM 2.19		7:57PM 2.48	8:57AM 2.35		9:17PM 2.36	9:15AM 2.60		9:32PM 2.60	10:31AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 0.62		12:40AM 0.40		3:56PM 0.36				1:30AM 0.67		1:32PM 1.34		6:28AM 1.09	2:22PM 0.73	2:12AM 0.70		3:05PM 0.70	3:28AM 0.64		2:51PM 0.59	3:43AM 0.59	4:22AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	22	3	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	13	16	13	13	15	14	17	16	15	16	16	14	23	12	11	12	14	12	18	17	14	21
Low °C	12	15	10	11	14	14	16	16	12	15	15	13	21	11	11	12	13	9	16	17	10	17
Chill °C (?)	11	15	11	11	14	14	17	16	15	16	16	14	23	10	11	12	12	11	18	16	14	21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 SW	-	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	7	6	13	8	16	-	15	15	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	1.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	15	11	16	8	15	14	14	5	16	15	8	11	5	8	-	6	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 NNW	1.4 W	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	1.2 NW	3.0 W	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	6	-	-	15	-	5	13	-	4

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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	3442	3204	2258	434	957	885	2159	1108	1025	1135	989	544	208	1624	1218	1701	1252	1404	895	738	778	544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 1.84								5:24AM 2.84				5:44PM 2.35				6:15AM 2.28				6:50PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)				12:08PM 0.48	3:00PM 0.32			11:12PM 1.12								11:58PM 0.63				11:23AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	14	13	12	12	12	9	10	14	13	15	14	14	12	13	13	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	13	12	12	10	11	8	10	14	11	14	13	14	12	12	13	16	15	17	16
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	12	5	15	15	15	16	16	11	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Thursday 11
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3325	3490	2698	458	1307	1114	3204	1482	1609	1447	1542	1004	348	2035	1615	2057	1922	2220	1214	2190	1260	1117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																4:39PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)										10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	9	9	9	10	12	15	14	16	16	14	14	16	18	16	15	15	16	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	7	8	10	11	15	13	16	15	13	12	15	17	15	13	13	14	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	15	13	13	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 E	0.5 SW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	14	12	14	12	14	15	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	13	-	6	13	6	6

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