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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	2	3	4	2	1	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 WNW	-	0.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 SW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	10	-	10	15	14	11	13	16	12	13	16	15	11	11	15	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2028	487	974	2623	0	72	9648	4643	2465	2555	1380	775	1095	1577	1591	4620	3480	2708	1719	2252	1298	1449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 1.82	7:02AM 2.77		10:09PM 2.23	10:41AM 2.27	12:16PM 1.84	12:55AM 1.73		1:14PM 2.32	2:21AM 1.82	9:40AM 2.61	2:45PM 1.90	9:05PM 3.17	9:41AM 3.80	2:39PM 2.38		4:32AM 1.68	5:23PM 1.51	11:43PM 2.02	11:59AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 0.44		12:49PM 0.75		4:28AM 0.47		6:44PM 0.23	6:26AM 0.18		8:13PM 0.22	3:29AM 0.29			3:19AM 0.82		10:34PM 0.19	10:45AM 0.23			5:53AM 0.32	5:58PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	9	5	8	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	14	11	16	14	14	16	11	9	8	11	5	15	12	11	13	11	10	13	13	10	11	10
Low °C	13	10	11	14	12	16	10	8	5	11	3	11	10	8	11	11	7	10	12	8	11	8
Chill °C (?)	14	10	15	12	14	16	9	7	6	10	4	15	10	9	11	9	9	12	13	8	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 NE	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 SW	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 SW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	13	10	14	14	-	6	10	10	11	13	10	12	13	7	15	11	11	15	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 S	2.3 NW	-	1.0 S	0.4 NW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.7 S	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	0.7 NE	1.7 NNW	-	1.0 NW	0.1 S
Period (s)	20	15	9	-	-	10	10	-	15	10	16	7	16	16	8	14	13	9	10	-	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NW	3.5 WNW	1.7 NNW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	0.8 WNW	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NNE	0.4 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	10	7	-	15	14	4	-	4	7	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 NE	3.5 W	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	13	13	11	12	14	7	13	7	8	11	9	9	8	16	9	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3376	3688	1703	1918	2108	1042	250	217	584	453	211	3966	283	332	279	1110	76	263	295	6585	5435	3130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:22PM 2.78					11:43AM 1.80					12:43AM 1.80		7:14AM 3.22		1:50PM 1.60			9:09PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						3:27AM 0.55				5:42PM 0.96	6:33PM 0.25								8:11PM 0.32			3:12AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	-	7	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	19	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	7	17	12	10	9	6	4
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	12	11	13	16	19	11	12	14	11	10	13	12	4	17	10	8	7	3	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 NE	3.5 W	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.9 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	15	13	13	11	12	9	7	13	7	8	11	9	9	8	16	9	6	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.9 NNW	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	16	-	16	16	-	11	14	9	8	9	10	9	9	-	-	12	5	10	5	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	7	4	-	4	9	-	8	4	14	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16											Wednesday 17
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	9	13	9	6	-	14	10	11	10	14	14	8
Energy(?)	3501	3370	2020	1941	4662	2182	536	132	2194	827	186	2649	178	12	0	422	96	77	191	2662	2807	1300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				7:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:48AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	15	16	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	12	13	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	10	14	15	12	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	15	16	9	9	16	16	9	13	9	6	6	9	9	11	10	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	18	19	16	16	16	16	9	9	10	16	10	17	17	14	10	9	10	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 N	-	1.0 N	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.6 N	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	-	-	5	-	3	7	8	8	8

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