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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	6	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	19	14	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	7	8	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1485	571	146	448	1343	2903	1822	1612	1162	528	781	781	1737	1624	1178	2504	968	869	524	1429	5896	3372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:03PM 1.72	11:37AM 1.64			4:57AM 2.60	6:05PM 2.80		7:08AM 1.77		7:27PM 2.79	12:05PM 1.78		9:16PM 1.78	10:30AM 1.96		11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08		2:26AM 2.05	10:57AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 0.07		5:32AM 0.32	5:53PM 0.33	11:01PM 0.59	11:17AM 0.67		12:54AM 0.69		1:32PM 0.60	1:45AM 1.23	5:55AM 0.36	6:17PM 0.23	3:34AM 0.60	4:23AM 0.51	4:53PM 0.26		5:19AM 0.38	5:46PM 0.14	8:05PM 0.08	4:47AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	30	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	16	14	12	16	18	17	16	16	11	13	14	12	15	18	14	16	12	9	12
Low °C	15	16	13	13	13	10	13	18	15	16	16	8	11	13	9	13	17	12	15	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	16	13	12	16	18	17	16	16	10	11	12	10	13	18	13	16	10	6	10
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	-	3.0 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	12	6	11	14	16	16	16	15	14	7	13	7	16	15	13	14	11	12	-	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	18	-	5	8	8	8	13	8	16	8	9	9	11	-	11	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	12	12	13	5	4	7	8	11	12	12

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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	1240	3308	1485	772	635	708	502	274	700	574	534	402	658	930	1368	2903	3095	3156	2712	2259	1548	1263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62						4:36AM 1.90								6:45AM 1.83				6:05PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42AM 0.06					9:44PM 0.40					10:26AM 1.04	3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	15	17	18	16	13	13	14	14	15	19	16	13	18	11	10	10	12	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	9	10	15	17	18	16	13	13	13	14	15	19	16	12	18	11	9	10	11	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	7	18	9	16	16	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 NE	0.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	16	5	16	18	7	18	-	-	-	-	-	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1255	399	1944	1365	2123	1629	1084	797	1184	475	475	672	658	618	714	544	416	353	353	553	502	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	5:15PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				4:37AM 0.36									1:57PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	15	15	16	19	18	15	20	19	18	14	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	14	14	16	19	17	14	20	18	17	12	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.3 ENE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	-	9	9	9	9	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 W	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	3	3	3	11	11	-

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