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

7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Aramoana Spit Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	8	5	7	8	5	6	5	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	0.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.8 SW	1.2 E	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	16	16	16	14	13	10	14	13	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	20	19	18
Energy(?)	2626	972	6376	9308	6449	7523	4873	3354	615	160	2817	3442	3078	2278	203	326	1288	237	1145	2908	3084	3306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:49PM 1.95		4:31AM 1.61	4:04PM 2.15			1:07PM 2.61	7:31PM 1.54	7:54AM 1.38	2:21PM 1.98	2:08AM 2.69		2:36PM 2.54		3:15AM 2.07	3:55PM 1.87			3:45PM 2.48		4:40AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.26		9:54PM 0.33	10:44AM 0.22		10:16PM 0.35	6:58AM 0.20		1:53AM 0.19			7:57PM 0.31	8:56AM 0.42		9:13PM 0.47	9:35AM 0.37		10:05PM 0.52	9:19AM 0.41		10:14PM 0.54	11:00AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	15	19	14	7	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	8	10	13	11	12	9	9	10	7	11	11	7	7	9	10	9	10	9	12
Low °C	10	12	8	7	10	13	10	11	9	7	8	6	8	11	6	5	9	8	7	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	4	7	10	11	12	7	7	8	5	9	9	5	4	6	8	7	9	7	12
Sunrise	8:25	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.8 SW	1.2 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	16	16	-	14	13	10	14	11	14	13	13	12	11	15	7	12	14	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	-	2.5 N	2.4 N	-	-	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	16	13	-	9	10	-	-	11	14	8	-	-	-	-	20	12	25	12	21	20	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	3.0 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	16	-	-	4	-	13	14	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	20	-	-

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	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	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	7	7	8	8	8	5	5	4	4	7	7	8	7	8	5	6	5	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.1 E	2.1 E	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	11	11	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	5442	4037	5510	4106	4286	4351	7679	6522	1011	1037	9308	8065	7998	12071	6287	3484	4435	3922	3911	2402	2877	2096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 1.82				3:24PM 2.14							12:59PM 2.03				1:14AM 2.08				12:45PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)				10:00AM 0.24					12:21AM 0.24		6:47AM 0.45				7:06PM 0.45				6:13AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	6	1	16	4	3	3	2	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	8	11	8	11	9	10	10	9	12	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	9	10	11	9	10	10	8	4	8	5	8	6	8	8	7	10	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.1 E	2.1 E	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	11	11	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.5 N	1.7 W	2.5 N	-	2.2 N	1.5 N	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	15	13	16	15	15	-	-	16	15	9	18	9	-	9	9	16	16	14	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	-	-	1.0 N	0.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	12	12	-	-	6	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-

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