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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	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	0.6 NE	1.8 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12
Energy(?)	674	131	993	1710	419	1387	2111	744	803	587	912	1305	861	776	1347	2234	309	1145	603	128	1057	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:03AM 2.21		5:41PM 2.37	3:06AM 2.55	4:17AM 2.13	5:59PM 1.93	7:25PM 1.45		1:23PM 3.41	2:21AM 2.03	6:16AM 2.45	6:25PM 1.78	3:52AM 2.07		4:08PM 2.05	2:54AM 2.65		3:11PM 2.64	3:34AM 2.50		2:55PM 2.27	7:12PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09AM 0.18		8:57PM 0.10	10:28AM 0.10		1:37AM 0.04	7:14AM 0.58		8:12PM 0.25	12:26PM 0.75		9:43PM 0.13	9:06AM 0.38		8:48PM 0.27	9:04AM 0.39		9:27PM 0.45	9:45AM 0.57		1:31AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	29	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	8	1	-	-
High °C	15	25	14	11	12	15	15	13	16	11	18	20	15	14	15	14	20	14	18	13	18	16
Low °C	14	21	14	10	11	14	14	12	15	10	14	20	14	13	15	12	15	13	16	11	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	25	12	9	11	14	14	12	15	11	18	20	15	13	13	12	20	13	17	11	18	15
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	-	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	0.6 NE	1.8 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	10	8	11	11	12	12	11	8	8	11	13	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	-	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	9	11	-	-	8	10	-	13	11	10	10	17	7	-	-	12	8	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	11	12	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Sun	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 NE	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	11	12	7	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	635	556	615	533	500	290	79	235	317	813	1373	1205	1102	1216	1088	1391	1497	1305	1160	1036	1022	653
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)										1:00AM 2.10		4:33AM 2.02			2:01PM 2.30			12:57AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)					9:40AM 0.10	11:06AM 0.10		6:12PM 0.53					7:55AM 0.13			6:49PM -0.03						10:04AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	14	15	20	25	17	16	15	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	15	20	25	17	16	14	8	8	10	10	12	13	13	11	12	11	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	7	11	12	7	10	11	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.7 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	-	1.3 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	8	9	12	9	7	8	9	9	4	8	12	8	-	8	11	8	8	9	8	8	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 N	-	1.4 NE	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	4	-	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	4	11	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	698	624	53	594	723	504	261	196	196	635	323	59	506	657	305	233	233	189	233	237	215	860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	11:50AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)													7:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	17	14	15	14	11	11	14	14	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	19	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	17	13	13	13	11	10	12	14	16	15	12	13	16	15	15	15	16	19	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	13	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	6	6	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	-	8	13	8	10	13	10	10	10	6	12	9	9	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	2.3 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.1 NNE	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.7 NNE	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	5	6	3	-	-	10	6	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	11

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