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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	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Schnappes Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	8	4	5	6	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	6	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 W	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 NW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	4.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	16	15	15	14	10	9	11	8	12	14	6	8	8	7	8	10	13	13	11
Energy(?)	238	1191	1931	3507	8100	854	2868	1584	1759	3104	199	224	1184	189	701	281	315	398	2296	1954	4845	1261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 1.77	9:29AM 1.83		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84		10:44PM 1.86		2:28PM 1.70	3:20AM 2.27	11:10AM 3.10		12:06AM 1.94		3:47PM 1.73		11:43AM 3.05	3:06PM 2.18	12:47AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.37	3:26AM 0.73		4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56	5:26PM 0.46		8:15AM 0.44		9:09PM 1.02	5:04AM 1.19	5:21PM 1.15		8:31AM 0.74		10:27PM 0.95	5:31AM 0.42			6:56AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	8	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	15	2	2	7	2	-	2	-	-	-	3
High °C	15	12	14	13	11	13	15	12	15	19	16	9	10	17	13	12	11	13	13	15	15	15
Low °C	13	9	12	13	9	11	15	11	14	15	15	7	9	11	11	12	10	11	12	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	11	8	12	14	9	14	18	16	7	7	15	12	11	10	13	10	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:36	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 SW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	0.2 ENE	2.3 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	0.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	2.3 S	4.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	13	11	17	16	15	15	14	8	9	12	8	12	14	12	8	8	9	11	12	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	18	8	8	-	8	12	15	14	-	8	10	8	9	8	11	10	9	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 W	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 W	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	9	15	-	-	10	9	11	4	-	-	6	-	-	7	8	10	4	-	3

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	5	4	4	5	7	8	9	4	4	3	5	5	7	6	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	304	3817	2676	1191	3026	6058	7029	9238	2331	2217	868	5567	5411	6622	5643	2066	711	2347	3053	1220	1071	1538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76					1:06PM 1.66								2:15PM 2.23			10:09PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)						4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07		3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71								4:09AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	9	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	12	12	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	12	13	13	17	12	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	22	12	12	9	7	7	11	11	11	9	8	9	10	8	10	12	12	17	10	12	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	3.0 N	2.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	13	10	11	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	3.0 WNW	2.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	1.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	-	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	11	10	18	13	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	11	-	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	2	13	-	-	-

	Monday 15										Tuesday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	5	4	4	5	7	8	9	4	4	3	5	5	7	6	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	4.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	8	8	8	11	11	18	17	18	18	8	16	10	10	9
Energy(?)	284	6812	2921	238	465	465	509	2956	346	340	167	2655	2654	3210	3026	619	387	1355	6475	1651	1509	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:04AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	8	6	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	1	1
High °C	22	15	16	14	14	15	14	12	10	10	11	16	14	12	10	10	10	17	11	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	12	14	13	13	15	14	12	10	10	11	15	12	12	9	10	9	16	10	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	4.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.5 NW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 N	1.9 N	2.1 N	1.8 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	3.5 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	14	13	7	7	7	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	17	8	8	-	16	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.3 N
Period (s)	12	13	19	-	13	13	13	10	13	13	14	10	10	10	13	14	18	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	4.0 N	4.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

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