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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	1	4	4	3	2	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	13	11	12	11	19	10	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	16	10	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	71	1005	1630	1410	571	163	477	977	1850	2712	1775	1718	655	645	983	288	1110	1087	796	962	656	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:03PM 1.66	7:58AM 2.32			4:11AM 2.94	4:35PM 2.52		12:27PM 1.65			6:16AM 2.51		8:02PM 1.72	8:30AM 1.82		11:23PM 2.31			11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 0.14			1:57PM 0.32	9:59PM 0.95	10:26AM 1.04		10:54PM 0.58	6:24AM 0.29	6:43PM 0.30	12:14AM 0.93	12:37PM 0.74	1:07PM 1.18	2:20AM 0.68		2:51PM 0.53		6:53AM 0.29	3:08PM 0.51		5:19AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	23	8	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	19	16	15	17	16	14	16	14	17	18	18	16	14	15	11	13	15	15	13	15	12	17
Low °C	17	16	11	15	15	12	14	13	15	12	18	14	14	15	9	11	15	13	11	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	17	16	14	15	13	17	18	18	15	13	15	9	12	14	15	13	14	10	17
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	11	12	6	11	10	13	15	16	14	14	7	13	6	10	12	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	-	11	8	8	11	11	18	16	-	8	8	13	13	8	16	13	16	6	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	1	1	3	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	11	18	10	13	16
Energy(?)	56	54	68	742	5876	1406	1119	1302	1059	757	635	574	502	274	774	586	673	594	662	515	1778	3216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 1.50				7:06PM 1.85		3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62						4:36AM 1.90				4:22PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)									9:26AM 0.33				9:44PM 0.40						3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	14	11	12	11	11	14	17	18	16	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	18	12	10
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	12	9	12	10	10	14	17	18	16	13	13	14	14	15	14	16	18	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 NW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	11	6	10	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	5	16	18	18	20	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	18	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22																Monday 23
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	1	1	3	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	13	9	9	14	14	8	9	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	83	70	71	1349	6967	1153	1097	2107	2107	91	135	2055	1813	1591	2987	1280	1125	1016	1876	1383	1517	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:43AM 1.60					2:48PM 2.86														4:45AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)										4:14PM 0.41					9:43PM 0.39			12:18AM 0.50	1:31AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	12	14	16	17	17	16	18	18	16	15	15	13	12	12	10	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	9	12	15	16	16	14	18	18	15	14	14	12	12	12	8	7	9	8	8
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SW	0.5 E	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	9	14	14	9	9	5	9	9	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	15	9	9	10	10	7	-	8	7	12	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	2.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	10	13	9	9	14	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

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