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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	Tue	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	7	11	11	7	11	8	9	11	13	13	7
Energy(?)	587	654	1453	1128	672	370	658	588	631	382	345	295	403	626	346	235	725	487	409	1081	1050	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 2.12	12:37PM 1.59		11:43PM 2.14	12:02PM 2.12	1:05PM 1.85	1:51AM 1.74	11:27AM 1.82		12:00AM 1.85	12:09PM 1.89	2:45PM 1.72	11:47PM 1.92	11:24AM 2.63		11:45PM 2.61	12:43PM 2.02		12:21AM 2.70	12:37PM 2.82		12:31AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19AM 0.55	5:34PM 0.83		6:01AM 0.89		7:23PM 0.45	5:25AM 0.64	5:47PM 0.48		6:08AM 0.57			5:14AM 0.51			6:36AM 0.55	6:14PM 0.32		6:27AM 0.32	6:51PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	1	-	1	3	21	2	1	5	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	14	10	18	16	16	17	16	16	15	11	12	13	11	14	15	10	14	15	12
Low °C	12	12	12	14	10	18	14	16	16	15	16	14	9	11	12	9	13	14	8	12	13	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	14	8	18	16	16	17	16	16	15	9	11	11	9	13	14	9	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SE	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SE	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	7	14	13	13	13	12	7	11	11	13	11	8	9	11	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S
Period (s)	19	16	-	12	-	11	7	6	6	11	11	8	-	8	8	16	10	9	13	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	-	-	1.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	7	4	8	9	-	-	10	-

	Tue	Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1057	1126	554	601	811	639	1063	701	691	1543	1594	1896	1303	737	523	695	1041	658	578	545	530	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:18AM 1.62				12:17PM 1.80				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:59AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				5:05AM 0.93				4:12PM 0.63											3:46AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	7	12	1	1
Temp. °C	14	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	11	11	10	10	18	18	11	18	16	15	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	12	12	13	10	10	10	8	8	18	18	9	18	16	15	13	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	20	9	18	9	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 13				Wednesday 14
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	681	537	1057	998	935	251	1085	108	115	554	601	507	458	371	264	396	475	350	350	341	339	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 2.12										8:16AM 2.20	9:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:43AM 0.72			6:19AM 0.55								2:28PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	2	-	3
High °C	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	11	13	14	12	12	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.7 SSE	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	21	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.5 SE	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	10	20	19	19	9	9	18	18	18	9	9	8	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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