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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	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	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mana Island Wellington	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	2	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	10	7	11	12	12	8	6	8	12	16	14	14	12	12	13	13	11
Energy(?)	2032	713	864	234	146	701	289	1939	591	658	1383	183	377	772	377	1452	3154	3284	99	6182	2458	878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 2.17		7:04AM 2.02	3:00PM 2.77	3:36AM 2.55		5:42PM 1.94	7:15PM 2.25	9:14AM 1.86			6:41AM 1.73		9:24PM 2.18	8:44AM 1.81			6:41AM 1.11		9:07PM 1.80	8:25AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			12:46AM 0.13			9:22PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.50		1:38AM 0.50		4:58PM 0.20	12:15AM 0.58	12:52PM 0.72	1:46PM 0.56	3:40AM 0.58		5:26PM 0.33	1:02AM 0.72	12:56PM 0.44	1:09PM 0.58	3:20AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	16	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	13	20	12	10	14	15	13	14	17	16	17	15	10	16	16	11	12	11	11	19
Low °C	10	15	12	18	10	8	14	15	12	14	14	15	16	15	9	8	16	8	11	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	15	12	20	11	7	13	15	12	14	16	15	16	14	7	15	15	9	11	10	11	19
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	1.8 NW	0.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 ENE	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	6	11	7	7	18	8	12	13	6	8	12	8	9	14	12	9	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.8 NNW	0.5 SW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	9	-	12	19	18	10	-	9	8	7	8	6	14	13	14	-	9	12	9	9	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.3 SW	1.7 SW	-	3.0 W	-	0.3 NE	3.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	2	10	-	11	-	2	8	6	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 09					Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Mana Island Wellington	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WNW	1.3 NW	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	8	10	12	9
Energy(?)	1891	1700	1632	1387	623	613	535	595	533	517	244	539	1181	772	278	578	850	2002	229	1327	1030	579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:26PM 1.93			2:04AM 2.94	4:19AM 2.10								5:23AM 1.97	8:08AM 1.93		2:50PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM 0.27				8:23PM 0.16						3:00PM 0.14			10:56PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	14	14	11	13	12	14	13	14	14	18	14	14	8	8	8	12	15	16	15	11	13
Chill °C (?)	8	13	12	8	12	11	14	12	14	14	17	13	14	6	6	6	12	15	16	15	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.9 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	0.1 N	1.3 NW	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	8	10	11	12	12	11	8	10	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 NW	1.0 ENE	-	0.5 WSW	1.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	1.0 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	8	6	-	12	9	12	7	16	8	12	4	18	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NNE	-	1.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	3	3	-	8	8	-	10	11	2	4	12	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 09																Monday 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Mana Island Wellington	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 W	1.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	5	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2036	2036	2032	1904	811	811	867	1573	1485	1637	214	292	1011	368	485	984	1042	295	76	537	947	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:36PM 3.16												1:20AM 1.30		3:30AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	9	10	10	11	14	14	17	14	12	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	10	13	13	16	13	10	12	13	12	11	11	12	11	8	12	12	13	10	14
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 W	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.9 WNW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	-	-	-	8	9	10	13	13	8	-	12	14	12	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NNE	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	-	0.5 E	1.5 ENE	0.6 W	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	2.0 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	4	3	3	4	7	4	4	4	-	3	6	4	5	3	6	-

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