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 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	18	17	16	16	14	13	11	10	11	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	6	17	12
Energy(?)	349	578	456	662	983	459	517	555	373	599	675	113	656	507	52	130	346	167	133	151	456	942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12	2:00PM 2.51	1:14AM 2.26		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27		4:55PM 2.05		5:28AM 2.12	3:07PM 2.25	1:35AM 3.03	6:00AM 2.29	1:56PM 3.17	7:06PM 2.41	7:08AM 1.92		3:05AM 2.76	8:00AM 1.80	4:42PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35			7:22AM 0.19		7:48PM -0.06	7:26AM 0.29		11:10PM -0.01	11:43AM 0.13		7:28PM 0.06	12:12PM 0.22		1:25AM 0.70		1:27PM 0.26	8:59PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	18	12	10	16	17	13	16	16	14	16	18	15	23	17	16	17	17	13	15	17
Low °C	13	10	17	11	9	13	16	11	16	15	12	15	18	13	19	17	15	16	16	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	18	10	7	16	16	11	16	15	13	16	18	15	23	17	16	17	17	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	9	7	17	16	11	14	13	13	10	11	9	12	5	10	10	10	10	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	24	21	12	11	11	7	16	-	8	-	12	12	-	14	8	13	13	13	13	10	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.2 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	7	4	-	6	-	11	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

	Friday 02			Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	19	12	18	18	17	16	11	16	17	15	14	14	16	14	14
Energy(?)	641	535	554	578	553	568	614	629	719	797	929	992	739	529	662	537	307	608	631	527	577	607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26			11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:22AM 0.06	9:38AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	11	10	10	12	14	16	12	9	9	8	14	12	14	15	16	12	14	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	11	10	10	12	13	16	10	7	6	5	14	12	14	14	16	12	13	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	7	16	11	16	11	15	14	14	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	7	7	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	11	18	5	17	5	7	8	16	7	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Friday 02										Saturday 03
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	10	7	12	12	10	20	12
Energy(?)	672	651	641	352	371	382	383	376	554	427	415	408	598	305	421	324	204	623	614	333	665	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																4:30AM 0.14					9:04AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	16	10	10	11	11	14	11	14	11	11	11	17	11	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	12	11	11	10	10	16	8	8	9	11	13	9	13	10	10	10	17	11	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 W	1.2 S	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	7	7	7	10	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 E	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	24	23	23	23	22	7	8	8	8	21	7	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	7	7	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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