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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	2	1	2	3	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	18	19	16	16	14	13	13	16	11	10	11	12	11	10	9	5	18	6
Energy(?)	203	351	578	332	662	436	1036	501	532	368	444	193	113	573	180	55	292	186	343	22	141	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:17AM 2.87		11:19PM 2.17	11:55AM 2.12		2:35AM 2.58		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27				5:28AM 2.12	5:47PM 2.00	1:35AM 3.03		1:56PM 3.17	2:20AM 2.91	7:08AM 1.92		7:30PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	6:09PM 0.26	8:23PM 0.19	8:51AM 0.32		7:48PM -0.06	6:51AM 0.63	6:41PM 0.01	11:10PM -0.01	11:43AM 0.13		7:28PM 0.06	8:11AM 0.18		8:14PM 0.17		2:45PM 0.25	1:49AM 0.25	9:15AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	1	-
High °C	16	14	12	18	11	15	17	18	13	16	15	15	18	18	16	23	20	17	17	25	12	15
Low °C	15	13	11	17	11	14	14	16	11	15	15	13	16	16	14	20	19	15	16	24	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	11	18	9	15	17	18	11	16	14	15	18	18	16	23	20	17	16	25	10	15
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	10	7	9	16	11	14	13	13	10	11	13	11	5	11	10	9	6	18	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	24	21	12	11	12	11	16	-	7	16	13	12	-	12	8	8	7	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 NE	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	-	-	9	5	6	-

	Friday 02					Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Mon
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	18	18	17	11	11	11	17	15	14	14	16
Energy(?)	249	692	234	535	554	578	551	568	614	227	385	815	929	992	511	500	516	537	841	236	588	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:00AM 2.03					1:39AM 2.55			11:20AM 3.38								11:36AM 3.28		5:27PM 1.83		12:01AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)				5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	18	17	11	10	10	14	16	14	15	16	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	18	17	9	8	8	14	16	14	15	15	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	15	9	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	7	7	7	21	21	20	20	12	12	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	10	14	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Friday 02																Saturday 03
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	12	10
Energy(?)	179	491	203	623	645	452	421	434	351	235	230	437	440	434	331	256	344	344	497	282	560	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 2.03			1:04PM 2.45									10:47PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)										4:38PM 0.69				8:28PM 0.03								4:30AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	18	18	12	12	11	16	16	16	15	11	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	15	12	11	11	11	18	18	10	10	9	16	16	16	15	9	7	10	13
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	7	12	12	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	8	12	7	8	8	8	24	24	12	13	8	8	8	13	7	7	7	8	8	21	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-

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