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

	Mon		Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	13	12	18	8	10	9	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	14	13	13	16
Energy(?)	2084	1917	1083	1004	343	185	819	772	288	930	1246	1593	1528	1452	1280	858	701	571	1184	1244	1270	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 1.85			10:50PM 2.73	10:41AM 3.10		12:54AM 2.14		1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21	4:02AM 1.99	4:21PM 2.02			1:40PM 2.18	1:28AM 3.36		1:47PM 3.38	3:37AM 2.15		6:34PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 0.26	10:12AM 0.48	4:40PM 0.26		4:30AM 0.26	6:46PM 0.08		7:02AM 0.15		7:24PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.11		1:02AM 0.10	6:52AM -0.03		7:18PM 0.47	8:10AM 0.23		9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	16	16	16	14	13	10	12	13	12	13	14	12	15	19	13	17	17	13	16	19
Low °C	16	12	12	15	15	14	12	8	11	12	11	13	13	11	12	17	13	15	15	12	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	11	16	15	16	13	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	11	15	19	11	17	17	12	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	13	13	12	10	8	10	9	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	14	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.7 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	10	18	12	-	10	8	-	-	7	-	-	12	14	13	12	18	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NW	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	4	8	-	4	11	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 NNE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	9	8	12	9	10	11	12
Energy(?)	3794	3274	1034	1193	1028	1249	1083	998	904	818	763	821	676	241	303	1214	427	1155	528	772	864	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02					2:42AM 1.92	4:48AM 1.50		11:47AM 2.05				12:54AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			9:34PM 0.47							6:08PM 0.20								5:59PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	16	19	18	17	14	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	16	19	18	17	13	15	17	15	16	14	16	16	8	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	9	8	8	9	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	10	18	13	17	17	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16										Tuesday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	16	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	4686	4213	1176	1807	1785	1695	2707	2369	3610	3485	3363	2414	2302	425	1028	1384	615	1310	519	1250	1083	948
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:38PM 1.40								11:40PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	19	16	16	18	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	12	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	19	15	15	17	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	13	13	13	14	11	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	16	16	16	-	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	6	13	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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