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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	4	8	4	4	5	3	9	4	4	5	4	2	3	2	2	8	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	12	12	5	6	12	13
Energy(?)	412	362	478	488	241	192	1158	1929	2464	6072	565	4076	2535	466	1726	1641	206	187	46	192	2567	4340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:12AM 2.28		8:22PM 1.74	8:14AM 2.78		8:15PM 2.49			10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84	3:07PM 1.63	12:55AM 2.24		1:12PM 2.21	11:26PM 1.90	11:35AM 2.02		12:57AM 1.95		1:06PM 1.96	1:31AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM 0.69		3:06PM 0.56	2:35AM 0.74		6:23PM 0.41	2:28AM 0.71	9:01AM 0.32	4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56			7:13AM 0.81			5:29AM 0.60	6:46PM 0.38		7:05AM 0.50		7:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	1	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	17	19	15	12	13	12	12	15	13	13	20	20	16	21	9	10	12	16	11
Low °C	11	18	16	16	13	13	9	13	11	11	13	13	10	16	18	14	19	9	9	10	14	10
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	16	19	15	11	13	10	10	13	10	12	20	20	15	21	5	7	12	14	7
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	13	13	10	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	8	-	12	12	5	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 N	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.6 WNW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	14	16	14	13	-	18	8	8	8	9	9	11	8	10	-	6	10	7	12	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.5 W	-	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	12	11	-	6	6	6	12	13

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	5	7	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 NE	0.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	6	14	13	13	8	13	13	12	11	11	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	580	506	555	615	270	296	246	217	1156	849	623	257	241	1114	998	3961	2988	1158	3074	6210	7881	1214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67			9:16PM 1.74					11:01AM 2.15			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76				10:21AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54AM 0.69	2:37AM 0.53				1:06PM 0.82				3:30AM 0.56									4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	7	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	10	13	15	16	18	24	16	15	15	17	19	13	13	13	12	10	9	9	10	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	8	12	15	15	18	24	16	14	14	16	19	12	12	13	12	8	7	7	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 NE	0.8 W	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	7	14	13	13	8	13	4	8	11	11	10	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SE	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	3.0 N	2.3 N	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	6	14	14	8	14	9	14	-	-	8	13	7	13	10	10	18	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	1.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 NNW	0.9 NE	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	3	3	5	4	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	5	7	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	6	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	609	599	502	768	467	296	433	46	555	470	449	63	207	207	223	508	268	455	470	452	478	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												6:35AM 0.37									3:06PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	13	14	11	12	14	10	10	10	13	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	11	13	14	11	11	13	8	8	8	11	10	12	13	13	15	17	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	6	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	-	14	14	4	14	9	6	6	18	11	7	7	6	14	14	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	3	-

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