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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	12	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	820	396	352	934	194	1182	1157	1263	1701	1355	268	2645	1708	744	1067	438	745	526	789	1567	1309	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	glass	on	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 2.04	11:43AM 3.05	1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21	4:02AM 1.99	4:21PM 2.02	12:49AM 3.39	7:39AM 1.60	5:07PM 2.03			3:17PM 2.24	3:37AM 2.15			9:23PM 2.12	4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00	10:54PM 1.58	11:11AM 1.39		9:07PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 0.11		7:24PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.11					11:04PM 0.13	9:05AM 0.07		9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15	3:15PM 0.09	3:38AM 0.46	10:48AM 0.26			5:03AM 0.05	2:51PM 0.31	3:34AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	17	13	12	14	15	11	18	17	15	15	14	13	19	16	14	16	16	15	11	14	12
Low °C	8	14	13	10	14	14	11	14	16	13	14	13	11	17	16	12	14	15	14	9	13	9
Chill °C (?)	8	17	12	11	13	15	10	18	16	14	15	14	13	19	16	14	15	16	15	9	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	7	13	12	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 W	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	10	10	-	10	-	13	12	-	6	12	18	16	11	12	13	10	14	14	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	11	12	10	8	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	10	13	12
Energy(?)	1013	514	848	734	833	726	304	229	542	593	1207	1341	1258	1182	679	1001	1245	1207	1022	1037	1263	1244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 2.88						6:13PM 1.49			1:32AM 2.21					6:36PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)					9:28AM 0.14				9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:36AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	8	7	10	13	19	15	9	10	10	10	12	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	7	6	10	12	19	14	9	8	8	9	12	15	13	14	13	12	10	11	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	11	12	10	8	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	10	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	8	8	9	11	8	10	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	6	5	-	-

	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	6	11	11	11	8	12	12
Energy(?)	1004	568	926	960	801	820	466	206	1093	689	848	734	734	734	163	24	629	629	120	208	642	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:21AM 1.97												3:37PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)													7:02AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	10	10	9	8	15	14	7	8	7	7	7	8	15	15	11	11	19	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	10	9	7	15	13	6	7	6	6	6	8	15	14	10	10	19	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	0.5 S	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	9	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	6	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	17	13	12	12	12	12	16	12	8	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	9	9	6	6	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
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