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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	2.3 W	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	12	9	12	11	8	8	20	18	16	16	14	7	15	15	13	9	12
Energy(?)	1128	3518	1792	1333	1671	775	651	4882	2829	1207	1083	661	1426	1607	1299	844	83	224	161	481	1112	2463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 1.77		10:42PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.85	2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85	11:07AM 3.14		12:04AM 1.96	11:43AM 3.27		12:07AM 2.68	12:13PM 3.23		12:35AM 2.86	12:39PM 3.23		1:51AM 2.08		6:03PM 1.73		6:23AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.69		4:56AM 0.64		8:19PM 0.30	5:01AM 1.00	5:53PM 0.47		5:37AM 0.86	5:54PM 0.76		6:06AM 0.41	6:25PM 0.31		6:29AM 0.10	6:52PM 0.01	7:41PM 0.26	7:21AM 0.63		12:22AM 0.17	12:39PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	3	-
High °C	14	15	14	20	20	15	12	13	14	16	16	12	13	14	12	15	23	18	17	14	15	14
Low °C	14	14	10	17	19	12	11	13	13	16	15	9	11	13	11	14	22	15	14	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	20	20	14	10	10	13	16	16	10	12	12	10	15	23	18	16	13	14	12
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	1.8 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 N	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	12	12	9	12	11	9	9	11	8	16	16	14	7	4	8	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	6	13	14	23	12	13	-	14	10	12	20	18	10	9	8	9	11	15	14	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	-	1.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.9 SW	2.3 W	2.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	13	-	5	9	8	8	8	3	-	8	3	-	5	7	3	7	9	12

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1910	3163	3027	3168	1578	1593	1517	3952	3227	1175	1166	1392	1646	1576	1417	1172	1009	1067	572	1193	1713	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.42				10:31PM 2.70					3:23PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 0.74								4:21AM 1.16				4:35PM 0.76				5:36AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	10	15	19	20	19	16	13	12	14	14	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	8	14	19	20	19	15	12	11	13	13	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.1 N	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	16	8	8	7	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	21	21	20	12	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	-

	Saturday 14
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	16	16	9	15	15	16	16	16	12	12	15	12	16	14	14	8	8	14
Energy(?)	1734	2244	1874	1874	906	917	586	3147	3027	816	1808	1808	1511	1612	2688	1503	1295	4271	1538	186	169	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 0.74											3:51PM 0.71					8:06PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	9	9	12	13	13	15	15	16	17	18	17	18	18	15	16	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	10	7	7	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	16	18	18	14	16	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	1.9 W	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	10	9	9	15	15	8	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	6	14	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	9	9	12	8	8	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	6	14	-	4	9	-

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