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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	Fri	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 SW	1.7 W	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	10	12	11	6	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	8	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2143	569	3961	2560	1027	275	605	47	1090	313	72	2739	2081	138	662	456	1061	601	414	790	770	740
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:49AM 1.83	4:18AM 1.57		2:41AM 2.11	12:22PM 2.18	2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	1:11PM 2.24		4:17AM 2.13	2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	8:12PM 1.57		2:03PM 3.30	8:30PM 1.89	8:06AM 1.85	6:53PM 1.81	2:27AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		10:38AM 0.11	5:51PM 0.12	8:18PM 0.05	6:15AM 0.27		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		2:20AM 0.29	9:20AM 0.18		2:47AM 0.17			8:22PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	12	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	17	15	17	17	17	25	11	17	17	17	15	13	17	11	16	19	14	15	14	14
Low °C	8	12	16	10	14	16	15	24	10	16	16	16	14	11	17	11	14	18	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	17	14	17	17	17	25	9	17	15	17	15	12	16	10	16	19	14	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	0.6 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 SSW	1.7 W	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	11	11	11	12	7	8	11	6	12	12	8	10	12	12	12	8	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	-	-	11	10	6	10	9	10	15	14	12	18	8	11	15	10	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.9 SW	0.7 N	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	-	-	6	7	12	5	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	7	12	11
Energy(?)	1121	1000	2120	4364	3022	2294	3961	3852	3295	3217	4093	1220	1027	954	764	517	602	286	519	861	528	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	high
High Tide / height (m)							2:39PM 2.40				2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21		5:24PM 1.60		11:39PM 3.31		4:49AM 2.10		11:25AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32PM 0.29											6:21AM 0.26									9:40AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	15	8	9	14	17	17	16	14	15	13	10	14	17	17	19	17	12	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	6	7	14	16	17	16	13	14	11	8	13	17	17	19	16	12	13	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	9	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	7	7	3	-

	Friday 30				Saturday 31
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	10	12	10	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	13	11
Energy(?)	962	522	2316	1011	2193	2435	270	1523	2120	1547	2961	1690	1788	1857	1752	326	2081	384	50	333	3097	743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:14PM 2.01			2:16AM 2.41									11:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)																10:09AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	11	12	19	15	15	18	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	10	8	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	9	10	19	13	14	18	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 N
Period (s)	12	13	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	-	11	-	11	10	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	12	5	11	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 NW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	3	11	-	12	10	-	10	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	4	11	-	-	-	13	11

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