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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	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	4.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.7 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.4 E	4.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	6	8	9	9	11
Energy(?)	534	206	910	1544	1815	2203	3522	1230	5465	2542	1283	1468	852	714	863	419	371	228	1731	684	1264	5783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 1.87		2:20PM 3.12		9:24AM 1.46	4:17PM 1.85	7:36PM 2.18	4:51AM 1.81	5:09PM 1.86	7:54PM 1.64	5:39AM 1.79			8:07AM 2.19		8:36PM 2.22	5:55AM 2.58		9:37PM 2.28	10:07AM 2.28		10:39PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38AM 0.49		11:33PM 0.54			2:00AM 0.89	10:58AM 0.51		2:20AM 0.38	11:49AM 0.51	1:33PM 0.65	12:24AM 0.42		2:30PM 0.65	3:00AM 0.60	12:05PM 0.63	1:56PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61		3:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	7	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	-	1	3	6	-	3	1	17	10	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	10	14	14	12	13	13	12	19	16	14	13	15	14	17	17	16	10	12	11
Low °C	16	14	12	8	12	14	9	11	12	10	16	15	13	12	14	12	16	16	15	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	15	11	7	13	13	10	12	11	12	19	15	14	12	14	13	17	16	16	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	4.0 W	2.5 W	0.9 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.7 ESE	0.1 SW	1.9 E	2.4 E	4.5 SE
Period (s)	11	9	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	6	13	13	12	12	11	10	6	13	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.8 N	1.1 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	5	8	8	16	-	-	11	13	12	13	11	6	6	7	6	6	12	13	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	2.4 W	0.7 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.7 NE	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	3.5 ESE	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	3	7	4	-	-	3	5	-	-	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	6	7	9

	Tue	Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.8 W	1.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	20	19	9	18	17	9	16	16	15	15	14	10	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2329	1292	969	653	312	424	539	1974	1784	2045	1922	4086	2920	1553	1331	1420	2127	3522	3427	3472	2856	3021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:06AM 3.08	4:53AM 2.19	8:41AM 1.47							5:35AM 2.17				5:52PM 2.15				6:20AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14PM 0.33								10:00PM 0.35	12:42AM 0.37				11:53AM 0.62			9:01PM 0.46	10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	4	-	2	1	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	13	11	20	10	13	13	9	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	10	9	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	10	12	8	20	8	11	12	7	9	8	8	10	13	14	13	14	8	6	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 NW	0.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	15	15	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	23	10	21	12	20	19	18	18	9	12	-	-	10	16	15	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	3.0 W	-	0.6 NE	2.4 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	-	-	10	-	3	3	9	-	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	14

	Tuesday 23				Wednesday 24
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	160	2240	970	1551	544	205	258	174	905	428	139	1231	1475	1018	1243	1173	874	2134	2235	2391	2448	2381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:32AM 1.91												3:40PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:48PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	13	16	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	16	12	12	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	14	12	16	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	15	9	9	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	2.2 WNW	0.1 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	21	21	9	9	9	9	20	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	-	0.5 NNE	-	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	15	-	5	-	6	22	22	7	21	16	16	6	6	6	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	7	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	3	6	2	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10

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