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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	7	7	11	11
Energy(?)	945	781	508	944	1442	775	213	1204	2737	380	2909	1394	1730	717	671	674	158	253	288	336	352	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 3.29		2:21AM 2.03	5:47AM 1.98		9:06PM 1.58	9:29AM 1.61	2:33PM 2.82	2:54AM 2.65	4:32AM 1.96	4:51PM 1.92		8:07AM 1.65	5:37PM 1.78	7:12PM 2.17	7:32AM 2.10		9:37PM 1.56	5:57AM 1.60	6:28PM 1.64		6:16AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:12PM 0.25	12:01PM 0.18		3:16AM 0.34			8:48PM 0.27	10:43AM 0.38		11:06PM 0.44			1:31AM 0.82		6:10PM 0.50	3:54AM 0.60	12:16PM 0.79		12:21AM 0.76	12:36PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	13	16	19	15	15	15	13	14	15	17	11	18	16	15	19	17	17	18	14	16
Low °C	16	17	10	14	18	14	14	15	11	14	15	11	10	18	15	15	19	15	17	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	13	16	19	15	15	13	11	13	14	16	9	18	15	15	19	17	17	18	14	15
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 E	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	13	13	12	7	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	7	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 NW	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 E	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	12	20	10	-	17	15	14	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	8	12	10	12	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	-	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	7	-	-

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	0.8 S	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1133	1022	1097	621	844	677	512	575	508	710	978	1364	1401	1607	1338	1463	202	732	1515	662	535	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							8:12PM 1.57		1:37AM 2.89									6:32AM 1.88			2:51PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38AM 0.02	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12							9:20AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.35	3:16AM 0.34		9:06AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	10	3	3	-
Temp. °C	15	14	16	15	16	16	12	15	15	10	13	17	18	18	18	15	14	12	15	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	14	16	16	11	15	15	9	13	17	18	18	18	14	13	11	15	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	0.8 S	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	-	10	13	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NNE	1.0 S	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	8	10	5	7	7	18	17	19	10	10	10	-	-	-	13	6	17	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	2.3 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	12	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	2.0 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1408	1133	1564	658	929	502	581	930	930	764	674	674	614	680	658	577	784	611	661	304	308	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:38AM 1.69							2:44PM 2.26		4:06PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:02PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	14	15	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	17	14	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	7	13	12	12	14	15	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	17	14	15	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.5 NW	1.2 NNE	0.7 S	1.2 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 ESE	1.0 S	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	9	8	10	9	13	13	8	8	-	-	-	10	22	21	21	7	10	7	7	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.9 S	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

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