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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	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	12	11	19	14	16	15	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1005	305	1167	571	185	389	927	1584	1639	1766	888	961	2491	143	1529	1407	1087	1985	1212	772	390	727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:35PM 2.37		3:42PM 3.08	10:55PM 1.48	4:05AM 2.58		11:55PM 1.76	12:27PM 1.65	5:34PM 2.54		6:43AM 2.77		8:02PM 1.72	8:30AM 1.82		12:43AM 1.92	9:14AM 2.98		11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	4:04PM 0.61	1:57AM 0.85	9:28AM 0.88			10:22AM 0.49	5:53PM 0.33		6:24AM 0.29		11:55PM 0.73		5:15PM 0.31	2:20AM 0.68		2:21PM 0.58			4:53PM 0.26		5:19AM 0.38	5:46PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	14	17	16	14	15	14	16	18	18	16	14	15	11	12	12	15	14	14	14	11	19
Low °C	15	12	15	15	12	13	13	15	12	18	13	14	15	9	10	12	13	11	14	12	11	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	17	16	13	14	13	16	18	18	16	13	15	10	11	10	14	14	13	13	8	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.2 N	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	11	12	6	11	14	13	15	16	14	13	13	5	16	16	12	8	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 N	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 W	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	11	11	7	8	16	8	8	13	-	13	8	8	16	13	11	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.3 S	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	2.5 WSW	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	12	12	-	13	-	-	-	9

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	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 SW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	13	12	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	18	9	13	16	16	15
Energy(?)	68	791	1567	1406	4661	1302	1547	772	551	619	502	274	604	1038	800	570	634	655	1778	2903	3326	3156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								10:46AM 1.62						4:46AM 1.83				4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			9:08PM 0.78								9:44PM 0.40		2:34AM 0.38			10:30AM 0.47	3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	14	14	11	13	12	15	17	18	16	13	13	12	14	16	17	16	17	12	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	19	12	14	11	12	11	15	17	18	16	13	13	10	14	16	17	16	17	12	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 ENE	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	12	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	6	9	9	10	18	9	13	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	1.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	16	16	6	19	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22										Monday 23
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	2.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	8	14	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	59	1114	1005	1005	126	2099	135	94	97	1809	1634	1406	1876	1985	853	1087	1385	931	1121	1024	984	876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															3:42AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)													1:31AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	9	12	11	12	8	9	8	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	17	13	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	7	12	10	12	7	7	6	8	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	8	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	9	-	-	5	12	7	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	2.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.4 SSE	2.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	3	14	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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