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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	14	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	8	12	9	12	11
Energy(?)	1485	571	559	266	1343	2903	1948	1612	1318	512	660	1092	1121	1398	1761	669	1199	1134	571	2043	5094	1967
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:03PM 1.72		4:22PM 2.70		5:55AM 1.74	5:49PM 2.37	9:10PM 2.22	9:40AM 2.17	6:39PM 2.46	7:27PM 2.79	9:21AM 1.86		10:12PM 1.90	10:30AM 1.96		11:12PM 2.00			10:37PM 3.13	10:49AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 0.37		10:10AM 0.52		11:01PM 1.12	12:17PM 0.64		3:27AM 0.70			1:45AM 1.23		3:50PM 0.39		4:23AM 0.51	4:53PM 0.26		7:46AM 0.21	4:24PM 0.75		4:35AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	23	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	20	14	12	16	17	17	16	12	11	13	17	10	12	15	13	13	18	9	11
Low °C	15	15	12	19	13	10	13	17	16	16	12	9	11	16	8	11	15	12	10	18	9	10
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	20	13	12	16	17	17	15	10	10	11	17	8	12	15	12	11	18	6	9
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 N	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	6	11	14	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	11	16	18	-	5	8	8	8	7	8	16	12	7	6	11	11	5	15	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	9	12	-

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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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	12	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	9	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1059	772	635	619	502	274	720	227	514	592	335	560	1769	2903	3095	3156	2712	2259	1536	1263	1024	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 1.62						4:05AM 2.58	7:16AM 2.23			4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83				6:05PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.33				9:44PM 0.40									12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	18	16	13	13	13	15	13	15	20	18	12	10	10	10	13	19	19	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	17	18	16	13	13	12	14	12	14	20	18	12	9	9	10	12	19	19	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	12	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	9	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	19	18	16	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	11	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Monday 23																Tuesday 24
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1228	1292	1485	882	866	672	918	800	323	317	753	411	495	430	430	495	697	775	317	222	218	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:05AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:31PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	21	21	17	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	16	16	16	14	15	21	21	16	15	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	16	16	11	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	11	11	11	11	11	5	-	-	-

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