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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	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Kairaki Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	0	4	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	5	13	12	12	12	11	12	8	5	8	18	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	2196	2801	2976	1301	4367	3099	80	1555	723	134	654	419	362	108	33	264	366	439	709	428	1204	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 1.84	5:09PM 1.86		7:10AM 2.17	6:02PM 1.84		6:39AM 1.82			6:14AM 2.36	6:38PM 2.79	7:18PM 1.84	7:20AM 2.89		11:55PM 1.86			8:36PM 2.84	8:54AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 0.50	1:14PM 0.44	12:21AM 0.55	11:04AM 0.52		11:30PM 0.39			12:24AM 0.42	12:53PM 0.51	3:45PM 0.39	12:36AM 0.52	12:24PM 0.58		1:37AM 0.51		1:24PM 0.54		8:31AM 0.37	2:47PM 0.36	2:52AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	1	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	11	10	13	15	13	17	16	13	14	18	16	12	13	13	12	17	12	13	12	12	12
Low °C	14	11	9	11	14	12	16	16	10	12	18	14	11	12	12	12	16	12	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	12	14	12	16	15	13	13	18	16	11	12	12	11	16	10	12	10	9	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 SW	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 S	1.9 ESE	0.5 S	1.8 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	14	6	13	12	12	12	11	8	8	5	8	18	8	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.3 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	-	-	8	12	12	14	-	11	16	6	7	12	9	8	9	11	13	9	14	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	1.5 E	2.0 E	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	9	6	9	9	-

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	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	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.1 SW	0.8 NW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	4	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5678	1755	1683	2297	2488	2976	3197	3066	2733	2310	1056	4758	4383	3102	3042	1872	1892	405	43	761	1029	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84				4:24PM 1.87				4:21AM 2.89				4:51PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)						10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44			10:05PM 0.68								10:25PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	7	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	14	11	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	17	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	14	10	12	12	12	8	9	13	13	16	15	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	5	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	10	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	7	14	11	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 25																Friday 26
	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	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	1.7 SW	1.8 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	14	10	10	14	6	13	14	15
Energy(?)	1899	1932	2196	5425	5163	4936	4857	4779	2801	2558	1656	3955	2833	2282	4856	1951	2198	1286	279	2650	2992	3317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:22PM 1.88											3:08AM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)				10:19AM 0.50											9:56PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	1	3	2
High °C	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	13	14	14	12	14	14	8	17	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	13	13	13	11	12	9	9	9	12	13	14	10	12	13	6	15	12	14	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	1.7 SW	0.4 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	10	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	14	10	10	14	9	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	2.1 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 N	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	10	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	16	16	8	15	15	9	16	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	0.6 ENE	1.8 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	6	-	-	-

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