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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	8	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	1	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	2.1 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	0.4 SE	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 S	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 S	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	8	12	11	11	11	12	10	13	13	7	12	7	8	9	8	9	12	11
Energy(?)	7029	2328	8928	4716	208	1450	1008	654	401	739	60	3605	1424	259	1774	232	560	966	771	285	1709	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80	11:04AM 1.80	1:48PM 1.68	2:13AM 1.77	10:27AM 2.45		11:26PM 1.90	11:45AM 1.93		2:17AM 2.25	11:05AM 3.00	6:45PM 1.28		12:25PM 3.18	1:44PM 1.97	2:15AM 1.96				5:30AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 0.50		4:57AM 0.56		7:47PM 0.39	4:16AM 0.59	5:17PM 0.66		5:39AM 0.66	5:02PM 0.54	8:10PM 0.66	4:52AM 0.47		12:19AM 0.29	6:20AM 1.11		8:03PM 0.33	9:46AM 0.66	2:15PM 0.27	11:15PM 0.35	11:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	-	2	-	-	8	3	-	4	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	13	11	17	12	11	18	15	9	20	10	6	13	10	11	16	11	8	14	18	12
Low °C	9	11	10	11	15	11	10	15	13	9	18	7	6	9	9	11	15	8	8	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	7	14	11	10	16	10	10	18	14	7	20	7	2	12	6	11	16	8	5	13	18	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	2.1 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 NE	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	0.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 S	0.5 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	7	12	11	11	11	12	6	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	11	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	10	-	-	10	13	10	10	-	8	13	10	11	11	10	8	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 S	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	6	7	12	7	8	9	8	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 S	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	9	8	13	11	11	11	9	12	12
Energy(?)	7029	7381	7588	7790	2095	1936	7240	6621	5551	5201	3484	1324	1617	1220	1343	1197	1008	1135	1954	508	1063	1322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:26AM 1.79								10:25AM 1.82			9:20PM 2.70					11:48AM 1.88	1:12PM 2.21	5:14PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				4:37PM 0.50	7:06PM 0.41		3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:39PM 0.69	6:49PM 0.74		10:38PM 0.29		4:22AM 1.23					8:28PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	15	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	9	9	13	13	11	9	12	10	9	10	13	13	17	11	13	11	10	11	13	19	15	13
Chill °C (?)	7	7	12	13	11	8	10	8	7	9	13	12	17	8	11	11	9	10	12	19	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	0.3 NE	2.0 S	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.7 S	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	-	16	16	16	16	14	14	8	14	13	14	7	8	13	11	11	-	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	8	12	-	13	10	15	15	11	-	7	-	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	15	5	5	-	-	-	14	-	13	-	9	8	-	-	-	11	-	7	-

	Tuesday 16																Wednesday 17
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	7	7	16	15	15	14	8	15	15
Energy(?)	6409	6751	7029	1018	2149	2257	3192	9799	9635	10384	3144	4096	2924	166	48	5022	8408	7820	7753	133	2074	2302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:21AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)									3:52PM 0.72			6:05PM 0.77			9:22PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	11	10	14	13	13	12	15	13	16	26	19	13	11	11	11	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	10	9	14	12	12	11	15	12	14	26	19	11	8	8	8	14	8	8
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.2 W	0.2 E	1.2 N	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	9	8	7	7	16	15	15	14	8	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	1.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	10	6	8	-	-	-	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSE	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	17	3	2	-	15	15	15	3	5	5

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