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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	Mon	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Leithfield Beach Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 E	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	15	14	13	7	10	13	12	12	7	11	8	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	1067	827	823	328	654	1476	1599	371	661	816	702	232	350	318	253	111	327	661	545	662	866	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 1.59	7:22AM 2.67	1:57PM 1.53	2:23AM 1.59	8:24AM 2.72		10:21PM 1.67	10:36AM 1.71		11:16PM 1.78	11:22AM 1.78	2:06PM 1.68	2:14AM 2.01		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84			1:18AM 1.98		1:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				8:07PM 0.55		4:05PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.69	5:02PM 0.56		5:18AM 0.63		7:50PM 0.46	8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		7:07PM 0.31	7:24AM 0.42		10:08PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	1	-	2	-	2	8	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	14	14	13	12	17	18	12	14	19	17	18	17	13	11	14	13	14	14	12
Low °C	11	15	15	11	12	12	10	16	17	12	14	17	15	16	17	11	11	13	11	13	13	9
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	12	13	12	11	17	18	10	13	19	16	18	17	12	9	12	11	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.7 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	8	9	10	10	13	13	10	14	13	12	10	13	12	12	7	8	12	9	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.1 W	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	9	16	9	-	15	6	-	-	13	11	11	10	-	11	8	9	10	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.1 ESE	2.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.8 S	1.8 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	10	4	-	-	-	4	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	-	-	-	3

	Mon	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1252	1067	1016	1032	569	840	1075	1024	684	600	506	541	514	813	1022	1531	1653	1599	1697	1524	1444	1763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 1.59		7:22AM 2.67				9:29PM 1.65					12:37PM 1.59				10:26PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.50						3:09PM 0.66				3:35AM 0.72	6:19AM 0.55				6:37PM 0.49				4:37AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	11	12	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	9	11	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	11	13	12	11	10	11	11	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	12	10	8	8	9	20	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 S	0.1 E	0.7 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	12	13	9	10	10	11	-	19	18	9	16	16	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	2.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	1.4 W	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Monday 12				Tuesday 13
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	1472	1371	1252	906	1132	1071	1016	1006	871	871	84	608	339	495	427	427	387	1065	1117	1530	823	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:45AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.50							2:35AM 0.70													3:16PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	12	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	10	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	16	17	17	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:53	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.0 W	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.1 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 NW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	14	12	12	12	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	5	5	5	5	5	8	10	10	10	10	8

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