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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.2 W	0.4 NE	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	1.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	11	13	11	7	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	15	13	13	13	14	12
Energy(?)	316	2262	1333	1094	790	181	39	471	41	2441	1550	916	780	1142	1025	1627	576	1250	1615	1288	626	122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 2.27	4:30AM 2.36	6:21PM 1.75	8:02PM 2.18	5:13AM 2.31	5:36PM 2.29	7:24PM 1.69	7:52AM 1.68		8:26PM 1.65	8:46AM 1.63		7:27PM 2.32	12:37PM 1.59		1:39AM 1.59		1:59PM 1.51	9:02PM 1.89	9:32AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.12	3:06AM 0.93	10:40AM 0.61		2:18AM 0.73	11:24AM 0.76		1:42AM 0.64		3:43PM 0.86	2:43AM 0.71			1:43AM 0.91	6:19AM 0.55	6:53PM 0.45	7:08PM 0.43	8:29AM 0.48		3:20AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	16	20	22	25	26	18	13	16	14	21	17	14	12	11	12	13	14	16	21
Low °C	16	15	11	13	20	17	24	23	12	11	15	12	18	15	12	12	11	11	12	14	15	20
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	16	20	22	25	26	17	11	15	13	21	16	13	11	10	10	13	13	16	21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	1.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	4	9	10	11	13	11	14	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 E
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	15	11	13	-	17	10	8	10	9	8	19	17	15	-	8	-	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.9 N	2.2 W	0.3 NW	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	16	-	-	-	5	6	7	2	11	-	-	4	9	9	10	5	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 09					Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Riversdale Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	2.1 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	17	15	16	12	8	15	12	12	14	14	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	7	7	16	8	8
Energy(?)	316	50	467	1382	1341	1480	1052	1016	1094	1305	1288	1026	1378	696	612	368	82	77	70	568	859	927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.29	10:46AM 1.49		4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43				6:27PM 1.78						10:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.94							12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64						4:46PM 0.39		10:46PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	28	18	19	15	13	15	15	14	17	20	21	18	17	17	19	21	23	26	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	15	28	17	19	14	12	15	15	13	17	20	21	18	17	16	19	21	23	26	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.0 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	16	12	9	15	12	12	10	10	13	13	13	8	9	13	7	7	7	16	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	17	6	12	17	15	10	16	15	14	14	-	-	13	14	14	6	13	13	9	7	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	6	3	7	-	8	15	-	-	-	-	10	9	2	-	-	5	3	4	5	4	8	8

	Friday 09																Saturday 10
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Riversdale Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	18	16	17	13	12	16	13	13	16	16	15	15	16	7	8	9	10	5	8	6	7	7
Energy(?)	284	33	316	543	650	2315	485	618	3330	3486	3571	4032	412	615	621	1451	990	3	124	115	483	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					3:28AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 0.42	12:59PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	16	18	18	15	18	18	15	15	15	16	17	18	17	13	12	13	14	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	22	15	18	17	13	17	18	13	13	13	14	16	17	17	12	12	12	13	12	16	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	13	16	4	13	7	-	-	-	-	16	7	8	15	8	6	8	6	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	7	17	18	16	17	18	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	7	15	15	5	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	0.8 NNE	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	12	16	6	6	16	16	15	15	7	-	-	9	10	-	-	4	7	7

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