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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	Wed		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Humenga Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SE	1.2 ESE	2.1 SE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SE	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	14	11	12	11	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	13	13	8	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1453	1128	672	370	741	573	379	191	362	315	309	383	644	1160	263	705	819	1064	366	425	797	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 1.70	10:40AM 1.74		11:16PM 1.78			10:25PM 2.82	12:09PM 1.89		11:47PM 1.92	11:23AM 2.65		11:44PM 2.63	12:01PM 2.75		12:10AM 2.88	12:28PM 3.01		12:57AM 2.74		1:19PM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 0.49		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56		7:52AM 0.49	4:56PM 0.71		6:08AM 0.57	5:03PM 0.52		5:13AM 0.51	5:36PM 0.42		5:51AM 0.40	5:49PM 0.35		6:17AM 0.31	6:26PM 0.26		7:12AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	9	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	10	18	17	17	17	15	16	12	11	11	14	13	14	15	11	13	16	12	18	19
Low °C	12	14	10	17	15	17	17	14	15	12	9	11	14	12	13	14	9	11	15	10	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	14	8	18	17	17	17	15	16	10	10	10	13	11	14	14	11	12	15	11	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.8 SE	1.2 ESE	2.1 SE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SE	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	14	14	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	9	8	9	13	13	8	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	12	-	11	7	6	14	11	11	7	8	8	9	11	9	10	9	9	11	10	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1040	701	691	1502	1509	1895	1301	608	523	878	1038	741	666	545	522	627	529	507	598	387	218	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:59AM 2.41				9:55PM 2.56	10:23PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)													3:46AM 0.74					4:01PM 0.73				4:45AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	2	2	1	1	3	2	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	11	11	10	18	21	10	20	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	10	9	8	18	21	8	20	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

	Wednesday 14										Thursday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	15	10	10	10
Energy(?)	813	887	631	1370	1359	1554	651	312	691	392	1128	252	252	275	275	306	269	288	357	204	252	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:46PM 2.60													9:20AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)						6:37PM 0.49								2:54AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	3	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	11	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	10	11	16	14	10	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	9	15	12	-	12	12	12	12	7	7	10	10	10	10	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	-	-

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