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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	Fri		Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 S	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	11	13	10	8	10	14	12	11	11	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2692	2762	839	790	124	28	169	341	212	1856	924	627	88	797	473	955	1549	2083	1401	602	267	728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 2.85		6:00AM 1.79			5:13AM 2.31		9:00PM 2.13	9:26AM 2.10		8:21PM 1.61	6:43AM 2.33		7:27PM 2.32	12:55PM 1.51		3:33AM 1.31			3:38AM 1.90		2:30PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		10:20PM 0.47	12:12PM 0.51	1:51PM 0.72	12:46AM 0.54	11:24AM 0.76	1:15PM 0.60	3:11AM 0.85		4:38PM 0.59	2:35AM 0.70	12:56PM 0.97	1:13PM 0.96	1:43AM 0.91	6:37AM 0.51	6:53PM 0.45	9:16PM 0.30	7:46AM 0.47	2:59PM 0.80	9:14PM 0.70	8:44AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	6	17	-	1	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	16	20	20	30	28	19	13	19	14	23	17	16	12	12	11	13	14	12	12	12
Low °C	15	11	13	20	17	26	25	11	13	18	11	19	16	12	11	12	10	12	14	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	20	20	30	28	18	12	18	13	23	16	16	10	11	10	13	13	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	9	14	11	13	10	8	10	14	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	1.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	15	6	15	11	8	5	14	6	11	10	8	10	9	17	15	8	8	-	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.8 W	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 WSW	-	0.7 NE	-	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	5	2	5	4	5	12	-	4	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	7	3	4

	Friday 09			Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	2.2 W	1.6 NNE	2.4 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	8	15	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	7	12	15	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	568	1382	1183	1439	1173	1016	1086	1033	1120	558	1396	945	668	554	128	139	42	71	899	307	689	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						4:22AM 2.43								5:01AM 2.46		10:11AM 1.54				12:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)									1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64						4:49PM 0.39				5:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
Temp. °C	19	19	15	13	11	15	14	16	21	21	19	17	17	17	21	22	31	19	20	18	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	19	14	12	9	15	13	16	21	21	19	17	17	16	21	22	31	19	20	18	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	1.7 W	1.6 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	12	9	4	9	12	10	14	14	14	13	14	7	7	7	7	12	15	8	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	17	15	10	14	15	14	6	6	6	13	12	14	14	13	8	7	6	-	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.6 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	2.2 W	0.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	15	-	-	-	3	14	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	8	3	7	8

	Friday 09										Saturday 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.8 W	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	15	7	15	15	15	15	8	12	12	12	15	15	12	15	7	4	4	4
Energy(?)	485	722	886	2625	3640	696	3842	2465	2402	613	1161	1128	1010	1090	150	154	20	40	365	10	18	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					9:58AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)											11:47PM 0.40				3:03AM 0.33		5:41AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	15	15	19	15	15	14	14	12	16	16	15	11	11	18	13	17	22	19	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	13	13	19	13	13	12	12	11	15	16	15	10	10	18	11	16	22	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	-	0.2 S	-	1.6 W	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	-	16	-	7	-	10	10	15	9	12	12	12	8	8	7	5	16	9	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	18	13	-	10	-	12	-	16	16	7	15	16	16	16	15	15	4	15	12	7	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NE	1.8 W	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	6	16	16	15	-	15	15	15	6	8	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	7	4	4	4

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