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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.7 W	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	13	12	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	16	16	16	14	14	12	11
Energy(?)	1142	1256	1579	385	1292	331	69	884	2192	5003	3061	1985	2035	1947	496	1645	1586	797	556	753	575	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 1.92		1:04PM 1.86	9:40PM 2.54	12:40PM 2.40		1:11AM 2.44		3:12PM 2.45	3:41AM 2.46		3:28PM 2.02		4:24AM 2.48			7:05AM 1.60	1:18PM 2.18	7:10PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 0.23		6:53AM 0.29		3:46AM 0.46	6:39AM 0.41		7:01PM 0.23	8:34AM 0.15		9:28PM 0.58	9:50AM 0.66		9:54PM 0.03	10:32AM 0.67	6:29PM 0.52	12:54AM 0.55			1:26AM 0.17	8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	11	15	16	15	16	11	10	11	12	10	14	15	14	17	14	14	20	15	17	22
Low °C	11	16	9	10	15	11	16	11	9	10	11	10	13	14	12	14	13	13	16	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	12	17	10	15	15	15	14	8	7	8	9	8	13	15	14	17	14	13	20	15	17	22
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	2.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.7 W	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	13	12	9	-	13	11	9	-	12	12	20	16	16	16	14	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	16	12	-	9	9	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	9	9	10	4	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 NW	1.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	11	14	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Friday 27					Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	13	13	8	11	13
Energy(?)	1389	1298	1925	1512	1475	1369	1384	1226	1207	1230	2045	2035	2132	1975	1255	737	217	106	140	593	1478	1877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:21AM 1.86	12:05PM 1.78									1:31PM 2.31				1:53AM 1.91				3:58PM 1.57			12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)				6:17PM 0.23				5:44AM 0.54					7:47PM 0.73							4:49PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	-
Temp. °C	11	13	14	13	10	15	10	9	11	15	17	16	13	13	13	11	14	16	16	15	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	12	10	15	8	7	9	14	16	16	12	11	12	8	14	15	16	14	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	13	13	8	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	16	16	8	8	7	16	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	4	4	10	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	12	12	12	12	9	-	4	4	-	11	-

	Friday 27																Saturday 28
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	6	6	13	9	14
Energy(?)	1344	1211	1142	1173	1234	1455	1597	2456	2405	1690	601	594	571	1476	157	527	610	72	63	653	32	422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												6:47PM 0.83										4:23AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	12	13	17	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	15	13	12	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	11	12	17	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	9	11	15	11	10	14	10	7
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	6	6	13	5	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	-	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	9	13	13	12	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-

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