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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	Tue		Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	2	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	9	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	0.7 E	3.0 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SE	1.1 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	8	10	10	12	10	11	8	9	10	13	7	12	15	15
Energy(?)	640	1767	265	2361	709	1400	2673	1708	958	1409	1411	856	667	388	319	511	247	714	778	111	925	8733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:01AM 2.01	4:20PM 2.03		4:54AM 1.91	5:27PM 1.85		12:00PM 1.47	5:44PM 2.35	10:08PM 1.69	9:19AM 2.13		7:25PM 1.74	6:43AM 2.41		10:38PM 2.17	12:20PM 1.65		9:13PM 1.77	8:59AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:15AM 0.37	11:09AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46	11:01AM 0.56		11:05PM 0.52	5:46AM 0.15				1:08PM 0.74	1:40AM 0.72	12:49PM 0.83	3:06PM 0.56		6:02AM 0.44	6:23PM 0.41	3:26AM 0.73		3:52PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	1	2	1
High °C	15	15	26	13	16	14	14	15	13	14	12	15	15	14	20	16	21	19	15	14	15	14
Low °C	15	13	24	12	15	12	12	14	11	14	8	15	15	12	17	16	18	17	14	9	11	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	26	10	15	13	12	12	11	13	9	15	15	14	20	16	21	18	14	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	0.7 E	-	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	2.5 W	0.4 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SE	1.0 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	12	13	13	-	12	13	13	16	11	10	8	12	10	11	8	9	10	12	12	8	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 E	0.8 W	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NE	1.1 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	9	11	-	7	5	12	12	9	16	-	5	12	14	8	16	6	13	-	12	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNE	3.0 W	0.6 SW	0.3 NNW	-	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.7 NNE	2.1 WNW	-	1.0 W	4.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	12	4	3	-	14	8	-	10	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	7	-	6	15

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	15	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	10
Energy(?)	1332	1123	2041	1026	3463	1210	1849	1153	247	1057	1126	4720	3234	3204	1274	384	1438	910	1632	3393	1314	3133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 2.36									8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84					9:07PM 1.74			5:59AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)															9:51AM 0.55	12:08PM 0.48	1:38PM 0.64			11:47PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	16	13	12	13	15	18	23	17	11	11	12	11	17	14	13	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	12	10	13	15	18	23	16	10	10	11	10	17	13	12	8	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	1.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.4 N	1.7 WSW	0.6 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	15	13	14	13	14	14	12	14	6	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 E	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	9	-	9	8	8	10	8	13	-	13	13	7	-	7	6	12	18	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	0.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	13	2	14	13	6	10

	Tuesday 09										Wednesday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.2 W	1.1 W	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1058	694	1332	634	1693	705	1183	716	218	728	488	2201	1750	1864	503	142	1439	365	355	1880	960	1822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:50PM 2.36				9:45PM 1.46										7:42AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)												12:15AM 0.37									9:36AM 0.68	10:16AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	16	20	15	15	17	21	16	15	14	14	14	16	11	12	14	12	14	17	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	16	20	15	15	17	21	16	14	13	14	14	15	9	10	12	10	13	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.2 W	1.1 W	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	13	11	13	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	1.1 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 E	0.9 NW	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	10	-	10	10	9	14	9	6	-	9	9	9	-	6	11	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	-	-	-

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