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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	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	2.4 W	4.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	14	11	11	11	12	9	14	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	569	4315	1602	625	275	459	289	132	225	3405	3747	1421	1295	801	611	962	1180	878	822	1072	1767	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 2.07	2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46					1:16PM 2.28	1:49AM 2.23			2:32AM 2.21		1:23PM 3.41		7:17AM 1.94	3:27PM 2.17				3:01AM 3.00	4:32AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.64	9:25AM 0.72	6:42PM 0.02	9:48PM 0.56	9:40AM 0.10		7:35PM -0.04	7:55AM 0.13	1:10PM 0.34	8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		11:35PM 0.08			12:22AM 0.18	7:58AM 0.21	3:24PM 0.14	8:55PM 0.81	10:43AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	8	13	16	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	19	17	17	18	12	16	14	18	15	16	18	12	17	18	20	13	14	14	19
Low °C	12	16	10	17	16	15	17	11	13	14	15	12	16	17	11	14	18	12	12	14	11	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	14	19	17	16	18	9	16	12	17	14	16	18	12	17	18	20	12	12	12	19
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	14	11	11	11	12	9	9	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	13	-	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 S	0.7 NNE	2.4 W	-	1.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.2 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	-	10	11	8	11	10	5	14	-	9	5	18	20	12	-	6	7	-	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	12	-	3	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	12	4

	Saturday 31					Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tue
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 NE	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NE	1.2 W	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	12	7	11	12	11	8	11	13
Energy(?)	3022	2811	4315	2795	3183	3122	3995	1121	1027	846	537	665	565	242	678	702	532	545	232	242	375	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:39PM 2.40				2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21				11:39PM 3.31	3:30AM 2.14	4:49AM 2.10				5:58PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)								6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01					7:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	17	16	14	14	12	10	13	14	19	17	17	12	15	15	15	20	17	26	16	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	16	13	13	11	8	12	14	19	17	16	12	15	14	14	20	17	26	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 NE	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NE	1.2 W	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	12	7	11	12	11	8	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	-	-	-	10	-	8	10	11	9	8	8	9	11	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	-	2.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	-	7	-	-

	Saturday 31																Sunday 01
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	15	11	12	11	15	11	11
Energy(?)	2184	561	569	669	567	2811	2570	2252	2112	2112	307	2150	2186	359	2790	643	3552	2354	393	226	336	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:29AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	14	17	16	18	17	17	17	21	16	16	14	14	14	13	15	13	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	14	17	16	17	16	16	16	21	14	14	13	12	14	11	14	11	15	9	9
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.7 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	13	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	11	11	15	11	11	11	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 N	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	13	14	11	-	15	12	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	11	5	12	-	11	12	5	3	-	-

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