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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			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	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	10	13	8	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	8	11	14	12	13	12	15	12	20
Energy(?)	672	653	580	235	292	244	347	557	309	86	425	318	113	325	635	264	78	497	314	482	224	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:40AM 1.74	1:24PM 1.63	1:51AM 1.74	9:59AM 2.41		10:30PM 2.36	10:20AM 2.70		11:05PM 2.53	11:00AM 2.83		3:48AM 1.87	12:08PM 3.24		1:04AM 2.01	12:43PM 3.30		12:57AM 2.74	7:18AM 1.64		1:08AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.45		5:47PM 0.48		4:05AM 0.63	4:31PM 0.61		4:47AM 0.50	5:11PM 0.47	9:28PM 0.29	6:01AM 1.02	6:53PM 0.51		6:37AM 0.94	6:51PM 0.24			1:38PM 0.27	7:03PM 0.21	7:15AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	1	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	19	17	14	16	13	18	12	11	20	14	12	15	15	11	15	16	17	19	20	17	21
Low °C	10	18	16	14	15	12	16	12	8	16	13	9	12	15	10	12	15	15	16	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	8	19	17	14	16	12	18	11	11	20	13	10	14	14	10	14	15	17	19	20	17	21
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	13	8	12	12	8	11	12	11	11	10	11	14	8	13	12	15	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.6 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	12	10	9	16	15	9	14	4	12	14	16	11	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	1.4 SE	-	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	8	4	-	8	-	4	4	-	2	4	-	-

	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	1509	1871	1790	577	523	688	606	580	548	515	568	717	292	536	503	200	299	286	508	515	318	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:07PM 2.44				9:35AM 2.56					10:30PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 0.53						3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63		10:41AM 0.37		4:31PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	3	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	11	10	10	18	12	19	17	16	15	16	17	10	15	17	14	14	15	15	13	14	17	15
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	18	10	19	17	16	15	16	17	8	15	17	13	14	15	15	12	13	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	-	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	-	11	7	7	7	7	6	9	7	7	7	11	11	11	7	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-

	Thursday 15
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	10	14	15	15	15	10	15	15	13	10	14	14	11	14	14	6	7	14	14
Energy(?)	1524	1848	1926	260	691	430	285	310	320	372	377	1617	235	1142	1127	250	447	447	243	282	606	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:45AM 2.44	9:10AM 2.29												9:07PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	16	10	16	16	17	16	16	17	10	17	17	16	17	18	18	14	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	16	8	16	15	16	16	15	16	8	17	17	16	17	18	18	12	13	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SSE	1.6 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	10	14	10	10	7	10	7	7	13	10	14	14	11	7	7	14	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	8	7	-	7	7	10	7	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	6	-	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

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