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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	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	5	4	1	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	4	5	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 NE	2.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	13	13	13	13	9	11	10	11	12	12	8	8	12	9	17	17	8	7	14
Energy(?)	1705	4649	214	1660	1237	201	1490	995	866	613	512	292	276	285	622	325	455	1424	1978	88	242	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:50PM 1.66	8:40AM 1.84	5:27PM 1.85		5:59AM 1.76		7:18PM 1.80			7:25PM 1.74	7:19AM 2.74		7:42PM 2.25	7:04AM 2.24		1:11AM 2.22			9:15PM 2.38	9:39AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)					11:47PM 0.61	12:09PM 0.69	1:09PM 0.53	1:40AM 0.48	6:55AM 0.08	4:49PM 0.38	1:40AM 0.72		1:32PM 1.34	1:56AM 0.69		6:23PM 0.41		9:07AM 0.32	3:17PM 1.29	3:26AM 0.64		3:50PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	-	2
High °C	15	11	17	16	14	13	14	12	16	16	14	16	18	17	16	13	11	15	15	15	18	14
Low °C	15	9	16	15	13	11	14	10	16	15	14	14	17	16	16	12	9	15	15	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	15	8	16	15	11	11	12	12	16	16	14	15	18	17	14	12	10	14	14	14	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:19	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 NE	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 SW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	11	12	13	13	16	9	11	10	11	12	12	8	14	12	9	17	9	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 E	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	11	18	16	11	-	12	15	12	14	5	16	8	7	-	12	8	17	8	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 W	0.4 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WNW	2.0 NE	1.8 WNW	-	0.9 W	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	3	13	7	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	8	6	-	5	-	5	7	9

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	10	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	7	6	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1101	212	1162	3371	3442	3204	2258	434	195	893	2189	1171	1049	1426	898	729	224	325	1062	1002	1017	1042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84								5:20AM 2.30								6:12AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 0.26		10:51PM 0.53				12:08PM 0.48				11:12PM 1.12						6:16PM 0.14		11:56PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	11	12	11	11	12	13	16	12	11	12	11	12	15	13	14	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	21	9	11	9	10	12	12	15	12	9	10	10	10	15	11	12	11	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	10	14	14	13	14	14	7	13	14	6	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	5	13	13	13	13	-	-	11	5	15	15	16	6	14	11	12	7	13	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	16	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1136	282	575	1667	2165	2164	3420	648	213	1150	4240	812	812	1287	630	1327	385	165	1526	1551	1676	1652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:30PM 1.95											3:19AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:21AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	25	16	16	16	15	12	12	17	11	12	14	14	14	16	8	9	13	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	25	14	15	15	14	9	9	17	10	11	14	13	13	16	7	9	12	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 SW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	16	12	16	16	-	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	12	13	13	13	-	-	5	13	13	13	13	16	5	12	7	9	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.6 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	12	12	14	-	7	6	12	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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