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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	9	2	3	4	4	6	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	14	12	12	10	11	14	11	9	12	13	10	16	11	11	7	15	13	12	14
Energy(?)	618	1700	637	1641	1960	3360	1685	4509	91	1622	501	565	435	1486	1255	264	324	559	328	2696	3144	619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:14PM 1.88		5:51AM 1.75	6:40PM 1.71		7:15AM 1.72			8:32AM 1.77		8:12PM 2.54	8:59AM 2.46		9:33PM 2.44	11:11AM 2.04		1:50AM 2.21	4:03AM 1.97	2:24PM 1.94	3:20AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 0.38		11:30PM 0.65	12:17PM 0.64		12:53AM 0.71		1:40PM 0.64	1:06AM 0.77		2:52PM 0.58	2:18AM 0.66		3:17PM 0.43	3:38AM 0.46	5:03AM 0.36	3:46PM 0.35	7:30PM 0.16	10:19AM 0.18		9:04PM 0.12	9:32AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	3	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	17	16	17	18	16	16	13	21	19	16	16	16	21	19	10	14	14	12	14
Low °C	15	16	15	15	15	17	16	16	14	13	19	15	16	16	11	21	18	8	13	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	17	15	16	17	14	16	12	21	19	16	14	16	21	18	6	14	12	11	14
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	16	16	14	12	12	-	14	12	11	9	12	7	10	16	11	6	12	15	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 N	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	18	13	7	13	13	13	-	-	14	13	13	8	13	13	-	5	6	11	10	9	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.7 S	0.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	6	13	12	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	9	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	11	10	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1421	1465	1700	1652	1512	1327	1238	1152	1365	3464	5078	3017	3175	3462	3521	709	2572	1769	1293	8292	9218	4126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49						10:28AM 1.97				11:21PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				12:17PM 0.64				12:10AM 0.73						5:06PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	12	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	15	15	15	17	16	17	16	14	18	20	23	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	16	17	17	18	17	17	14	14	14	16	15	16	15	13	18	20	23	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	0.2 S	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	11	10	16	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	13	15	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	10	11	12	-

	Wednesday 25																Thursday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	9	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 E	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	16	11	15	15	17	17	16	16	13	16	14	12	14	6	13
Energy(?)	1309	1372	618	745	892	1134	1134	1700	216	1639	1595	307	309	541	541	965	632	392	60	845	129	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:20PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				10:56AM 0.56																		4:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	15	15	16	16	15	15	19	16	17	18	17	17	17	13	18	13	13	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	15	15	16	16	15	15	19	16	17	18	17	17	17	12	18	10	13	10	12	12
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	16	11	15	15	11	11	16	16	13	16	14	12	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.8 N	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	17	16	18	17	17	16	16	13	7	13	13	5	17	7	7	-	7	12	6	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	1.4 E	0.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	5	6	6	6

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