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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 W	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	19	8	16	12	10	12	12	11	13	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	678	742	799	300	383	597	359	239	50	2155	533	2419	198	5214	316	358	276	275	226	112	22	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:13PM 1.81	5:31PM 2.63		11:05AM 1.72	1:34PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.78			12:50AM 1.94		3:27PM 1.63	3:45AM 1.70			12:14AM 2.15	12:27PM 2.21	1:47PM 2.49	3:30AM 2.14	12:34PM 2.16		1:00AM 2.10	4:50AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)			11:56PM 0.61	4:58AM 0.38		7:47PM 0.33	8:19AM 0.31	2:27PM 1.05		9:13AM 0.29		9:22PM 0.06	10:05AM 0.10	5:56PM 0.11		6:21AM 0.26		9:10PM -0.01	6:24AM 0.29	6:47PM 0.22		10:58AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	17	14	10	20	19	17	16	15	14	16	16	12	16	18	15	17	17	16	14	18	17	21
Low °C	17	14	8	17	17	16	15	14	11	13	16	8	15	17	12	16	17	15	14	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	13	10	20	19	17	16	13	12	15	15	10	16	18	15	17	17	16	13	17	17	21
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.7 W	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	13	12	16	12	10	12	-	10	6	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 W	0.6 NNW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	11	13	11	9	18	12	11	7	10	-	12	13	11	14	10	11	10	6	4	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	6	11	-	12	11	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4

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	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	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	16	9	10	10	9	14	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1090	730	702	1090	576	500	515	206	512	255	212	219	241	597	646	910	1218	1263	523	700	904	2637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:04AM 1.74	6:52AM 2.82			1:34PM 1.64							12:12PM 1.78			9:18PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18AM 0.65		4:20PM 0.35									7:29PM 0.12		3:20AM 0.54				3:02PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	16	13	13	12	11	14	14	20	21	21	21	16	16	15	18	14	16	15	15	11
Chill °C (?)	12	17	16	12	12	12	11	14	14	20	21	21	21	16	16	14	18	12	16	15	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 W	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	7	8	9	9	8	8	12	8	9	11	16	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	-	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	16	16	14	11	11	10	14	13	14	14	11	5	18	11	11	-	11	16	16	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.6 W	-	-	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	8	-	-	10	12	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 27																Wednesday 28
	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	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.2 W	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	9	14	14	14	8
Energy(?)	856	681	678	1635	728	728	892	378	1324	669	656	642	631	556	540	543	470	799	488	435	434	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:42PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)												6:34PM 0.14							1:06AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	17	12	13	13	13	18	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	9	15	15	15	8
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	10	12	12	12	18	12	13	13	14	14	11	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	7
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.2 W	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	9	14	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	16	16	15	11	11	11	15	14	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	13	11	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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