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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	White Rock Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	2.2 W	0.4 S	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 S	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	11	5	7	7	2	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	334	2261	1292	727	790	58	151	476	2	3141	1419	905	609	1318	686	815	1120	1407	1818	1891	663	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 2.27	4:30AM 2.36	6:21PM 1.75	8:02PM 2.18	5:13AM 2.31	5:36PM 2.29	7:24PM 1.69	7:52AM 1.68		8:26PM 1.65	10:21AM 2.09		7:27PM 2.32	12:37PM 1.59		1:39AM 1.59		1:59PM 1.51	9:02PM 1.89	9:32AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.12	3:06AM 0.93	10:40AM 0.61		2:18AM 0.73	11:24AM 0.76		1:42AM 0.64		3:43PM 0.86	2:43AM 0.71	4:07AM 0.91		1:43AM 0.91	6:19AM 0.55	6:57PM 0.35	7:08PM 0.43	7:30AM 0.38		3:20AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	14	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	16	20	21	22	26	18	13	16	14	22	17	14	12	11	12	13	13	16	20
Low °C	16	15	11	13	20	20	21	23	12	12	15	12	18	15	12	12	11	11	12	13	15	19
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	16	20	21	22	26	18	11	15	13	22	16	13	11	10	10	13	12	16	20
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 S	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.4 NNW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	9	14	11	13	7	14	4	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.3 S	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.5 NW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	17	10	15	7	15	11	13	-	10	10	8	10	9	10	19	16	7	-	8	11	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.1 W	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	0.4 NW	2.2 W	0.4 S	3.5 SW	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.1 NW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	16	-	3	-	5	3	7	2	10	-	-	4	10	10	5	10	-	-	-	-	4

	Friday 09					Saturday 10								Sunday 11								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	Kaka Point Catlins	Riversdale Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 SW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	17	15	16	12	8	15	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	9	13	7	7	16	15	8	8
Energy(?)	334	50	470	1382	1280	1441	1052	1016	1132	1037	1083	1026	1214	1071	582	426	312	96	420	776	908	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.29	10:46AM 1.49		4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43				6:27PM 1.78	8:02PM 2.18				9:54AM 1.76	10:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.94							12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64						4:46PM 0.39		10:46PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	28	18	19	15	13	15	15	14	17	21	21	20	17	17	19	20	23	21	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	15	28	17	19	14	12	15	15	13	17	21	21	20	17	16	19	20	23	21	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 SW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	16	17	9	15	12	12	10	10	14	13	13	14	9	13	7	7	7	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	17	6	12	13	15	15	16	15	14	14	6	-	13	12	14	6	13	13	16	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	6	-	7	12	8	4	-	-	3	8	3	9	3	-	-	5	3	4	4	15	8	8

	Friday 09																Saturday 10
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Riversdale Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.8 S	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	18	16	17	13	12	16	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	7	8	15	9	5	15	6	7	7
Energy(?)	284	33	334	541	481	2315	465	477	3330	3486	2782	3774	2711	676	589	1069	381	12	141	109	436	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:06PM 2.25								3:28AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 0.42	12:59PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	16	18	18	15	18	18	15	15	15	16	15	18	17	13	14	13	14	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	22	15	18	17	13	17	18	13	13	13	14	13	17	17	12	13	12	12	12	16	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	13	16	4	13	7	-	-	16	-	16	7	8	15	9	6	7	6	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	7	17	18	-	17	18	13	-	-	10	-	10	12	12	7	15	15	15	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	2.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	12	16	6	6	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	6	5	5	5	3	7	7

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