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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mana Island Wellington
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW	3.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	4.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 W	1.8 E	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	12	14	11	12	8	6	8	9	10	10	11	13	13	12	13	10	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	1293	910	2098	990	775	466	675	343	1029	515	2922	627	828	1123	1608	1634	1964	929	2523	2151	711	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:18PM 2.05	8:41AM 1.46			5:53AM 1.52		7:26PM 1.58	7:41AM 1.61		7:38PM 1.60						8:42PM 2.94		2:54PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.50	2:28AM 1.23		2:59PM 0.59	11:34PM 0.78		12:19PM 0.74	1:38AM 0.76			1:52AM 0.64		2:19PM 0.54				2:50AM 0.80				7:49AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	1	-	16	2	7	5	-	-	1	1
High °C	18	15	13	17	15	12	16	20	18	17	19	16	16	16	14	13	14	11	14	15	12	11
Low °C	16	14	10	15	14	11	13	18	17	16	19	15	15	13	11	12	13	10	13	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	18	15	11	17	15	10	16	20	18	17	18	16	16	16	14	12	13	10	14	14	12	9
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	1.3 W	1.8 E	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	0.4 NW	1.9 W	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	14	-	14	11	12	8	13	8	9	-	10	11	13	13	12	13	10	11	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	13	11	-	14	13	9	12	6	12	14	-	-	10	4	13	13	14	12	12	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.5 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	3	8	12	-	-	6	8	6	8	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8

	Thursday 09							Friday 10								Saturday 11
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.1 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	12	11	13	11	16	12	14	11	10	11	9	8	10	8	8
Energy(?)	1093	1000	1093	1234	1196	1413	2288	2000	2343	1199	1041	1869	808	1230	579	566	519	232	675	389	736	876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 2.04			4:11PM 1.55				5:24AM 1.56				5:23PM 1.51				5:18AM 2.49		11:45AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 0.58	3:18AM 0.52			2:02PM 0.61			10:19PM 0.76				11:03AM 0.77				10:42PM 0.99						4:09PM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	16	18	16	14	13	12	9	8	9	12	18	13	14	13	14	10	13	20	17	14
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	18	15	13	12	11	7	7	7	12	18	13	14	13	14	9	12	20	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	12	14	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	11	9	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.0 N	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.6 NNW	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	15	14	13	14	6	13	13	16	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	0.3 NW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	3	4	4	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	8	8

	Thursday 09
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 N	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	13	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	10
Energy(?)	869	1213	868	1374	1356	899	881	864	302	302	759	1163	484	859	454	454	556	581	1246	303	1030	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																3:18PM 2.15					8:16PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)											10:55AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	14	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	19	15	16	16	17	15	13	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	17	12	13	14	14	12	12	14	15	14	14	19	15	15	15	16	15	11	16	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	16	16	16	13	8	13	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 N	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	5	5	12	15	15	11	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNW	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.5 NW	2.0 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6

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