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 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 N	4.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	11	7	11	12	8	8	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	14
Energy(?)	937	777	616	42	205	650	489	3771	1742	705	706	611	428	891	571	804	1018	1000	674	1390	2486	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:27PM 2.21			5:44AM 1.79	1:16PM 2.28	1:49AM 2.23		2:01PM 2.30	3:50AM 2.53		4:06PM 2.52		8:12AM 1.61	2:03PM 3.30	2:24AM 3.14		6:53PM 1.81		4:32AM 1.96	3:21PM 2.98	3:40AM 2.85	10:59AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		6:48PM 0.01	11:29PM 0.26	12:10PM 0.32		7:35PM -0.04	7:55AM 0.13		9:43PM 0.13	10:04AM 0.29		11:35PM 0.08			8:16PM 0.67	8:31AM 0.77		10:24PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.38		9:35PM 0.98	4:52AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	-	-	1	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	17
High °C	14	15	16	26	18	11	15	16	14	15	15	13	19	23	15	15	14	13	17	19	16	14
Low °C	11	14	15	24	17	10	15	15	12	15	15	11	14	21	14	13	14	9	14	18	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	16	26	18	8	14	15	13	13	14	13	19	23	15	14	12	12	17	19	16	14
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 NE	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 N	4.0 WNW	2.2 W	0.4 S	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	11	11	7	11	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	13	10	12	12	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	1.5 NNW	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	9	8	12	15	9	10	13	20	17	10	17	7	-	-	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 N	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01							Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	8
Energy(?)	1390	1121	625	582	777	698	624	546	516	537	541	560	200	235	293	242	597	522	1313	1001	1370	1703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)									2:19AM 2.54							12:25AM 3.35				12:42PM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 0.26		11:08AM 0.30		6:48PM 0.01					8:34AM 0.26			6:12PM 0.53					7:55AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5
Temp. °C	11	11	17	20	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	27	17	16	16	9	10	11	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	17	20	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	27	17	16	15	7	8	10	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	11	11	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	11	10	8	12	12	11	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	-	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	11	9	4	10	8	10	-	11	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NW	2.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 E	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	7	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	8

	Sunday 01
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2394	2284	411	409	1183	1121	1027	1027	937	954	954	809	202	214	275	274	778	201	698	221	272	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)						6:21AM 0.26												6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	12	10	10	11	10	11	10	12	11	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	8	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	11	11	11	11	12	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4

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