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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	Thu	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	13	7	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	9	14	11	11	12	12	12	20	20	18	18
Energy(?)	932	337	246	292	355	613	711	532	449	313	114	411	236	126	180	384	327	334	176	836	1247	738
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:59AM 2.41		9:55PM 2.56	11:27AM 1.90	2:45PM 1.72		12:06PM 1.97		11:52PM 3.16	12:01PM 2.75						7:18AM 1.64	5:15PM 1.80	7:45PM 1.34	8:10AM 1.50	5:55PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 0.74		4:13PM 0.67		5:20AM 0.68		10:54PM 0.28	6:00AM 0.61	6:16PM 0.58		5:51AM 0.40	6:14PM 0.32	12:19AM 0.54	8:00AM 0.37	6:26PM 0.26	12:15AM 0.26			1:53AM 0.21			12:12AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	18	13	18	13	10	12	14	12	16	16	12	17	15	14	18	19	13	22	22	17
Low °C	15	15	17	12	15	12	8	11	14	9	13	15	9	16	14	13	15	18	13	20	20	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	12	18	12	9	11	13	10	15	15	10	17	14	13	18	19	12	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	7	13	7	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	14	11	11	12	12	12	20	20	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	7	7	11	8	8	8	8	16	15	9	4	14	14	-	8	11	7	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 E	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	4	3	9	4	-	-	4	4	2	-	11	6	6

	Thu	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	8	8	12	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	733	542	514	504	660	717	675	537	506	214	300	282	687	328	335	377	694	711	543	538	532	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:38PM 2.29									10:30PM 2.98				12:09PM 1.89		4:04PM 1.65				5:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63									9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	16	16	11	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	18	14	13	9	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	16	9	14	14	14	14	15	15	12	12	18	13	12	9	10	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	7	8	12	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	11	13	7	7	11	11	11	8	-	10	12	7	8	14	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	0.4 SE	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	8	8	-	8	8	-	-

	Thursday 15				Friday 16
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	13	13	14	14	14	7	12	13	7	7	12	7	7	12	12
Energy(?)	695	442	442	599	932	1151	343	777	767	253	477	469	350	607	496	323	323	717	334	305	668	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 2.31												9:35AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	16	15	12	15	15	15	13	15	15	14	13	16	13	14	11	15	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	15	15	10	14	15	15	12	15	15	13	11	16	12	13	9	14	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SE	0.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	14	13	13	7	13	13	10	14	14	7	12	13	7	7	12	7	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 N	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	14	14	7	8	10	14	8	8	7	7	7	14	-	7	13	13	11	13	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	1.6 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	2	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	7	5	5

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