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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	10
Energy(?)	613	1453	1128	1301	370	741	573	379	191	362	573	469	577	317	273	129	273	642	283	694	425	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.80		1:07AM 1.67	10:40AM 1.74		11:16PM 1.78	11:27AM 1.82	2:06PM 1.68	11:05PM 1.85	10:47AM 2.89			12:06PM 1.97		11:44PM 2.63	12:01PM 2.75		12:21AM 2.70	12:28PM 3.01		1:40AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.57		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56		5:25AM 0.64			4:40AM 0.93	5:37PM 0.65	11:00PM 0.28	6:00AM 0.61	5:36PM 0.42		5:51AM 0.40	6:14PM 0.32		6:17AM 0.31	6:40PM 0.26	7:29PM 0.46	7:04AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	2	22	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	12	11	12	11	11	16	16	12	15	11	12	17
Low °C	12	12	14	16	17	14	15	16	13	15	12	8	11	11	9	15	15	9	12	10	10	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	11	9	11	10	9	16	15	10	14	9	11	17
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	8	14	14	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.1 W	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	-	12	7	11	7	6	14	11	11	8	-	8	8	17	5	-	-	13	8	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	514	669	1040	701	691	1502	1509	1895	1301	608	1228	603	1038	741	666	545	522	515	529	507	507	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:17PM 1.80				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:59AM 2.41					10:23PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)				4:12PM 0.63											3:46AM 0.74					4:01PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	14	6	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	12	12	11	10	10	18	19	16	15	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	10	11	9	8	8	18	19	16	14	16	16	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	14	7	7	7	7	7	6	12	12	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14																Thursday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	14	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10
Energy(?)	446	491	613	288	317	898	898	1041	529	335	554	136	651	312	312	309	253	252	268	271	1174	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														8:42PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)									3:15PM 0.81											2:42AM 0.86	3:42AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	15	13	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	13	15
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	10	16	13	16	7	15	12	12	12	12	12	7	10	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	3	-	2

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