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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 NE	1.2 ENE	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	5	7	10	9	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	17	16	16
Energy(?)	481	608	415	168	2110	1176	1146	3292	1807	1116	1501	1644	4286	8131	6340	1540	1619	1259	1387	1200	1365	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:57PM 1.63	12:56PM 1.59		1:23AM 1.71		2:14PM 1.55	10:42PM 1.78		4:10PM 1.56	10:16PM 2.68	12:19PM 1.96		12:52AM 2.01	12:18PM 2.04		2:42AM 2.36			1:15AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40PM 0.71		6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47		8:01AM 0.44			9:06AM 0.74			6:15AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:12AM 0.44	6:29PM 0.38	8:37PM 0.31	10:02AM 0.22	5:53PM 0.09	7:05PM 0.30	7:21AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	17	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	18	24	15	13	14	15	14	14	19	17	19	16	15	15	16	11	14	15	12	18
Low °C	17	19	17	21	15	11	14	15	10	12	18	13	15	15	14	14	16	10	11	14	11	17
Chill °C (?)	22	20	17	24	13	11	14	14	13	13	19	16	18	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	12	18
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WNW	1.2 ENE	0.1 SE	1.2 NW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	7	9	8	11	14	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.3 E	0.3 SW	1.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	13	9	-	12	15	7	13	9	4	20	11	12	15	13	12	11	12	17	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	-	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	-	10	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NW	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 N	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	0.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	8	8	7	8	9	8	7	7	11	11	11	16	15	14	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	481	403	325	812	801	692	588	599	1164	589	423	212	1615	1730	2007	3229	3106	1528	1433	766	4268	3955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.61					12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57		9:26AM 1.65		2:44PM 1.51			10:52PM 1.72				12:18PM 2.09	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54												4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	22	24	19	16	17	17	17	13	22	23	19	12	11	10	12	14	13	13	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	22	24	18	15	16	17	16	12	22	23	19	11	9	8	12	14	12	13	18	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	2.5 NW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 N	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.5 W	0.3 NNE	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	7	8	9	7	7	7	11	11	11	16	15	14	15	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 W	0.2 N	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	12	11	16	16	8	7	15	8	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SW	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	8	7	8	4	8	7	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	-

	Thursday 12																Friday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	2.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	12	5	5	13	5	6	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	13	6	6
Energy(?)	504	489	481	604	604	617	103	105	367	65	243	205	66	198	177	340	373	151	659	80	565	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:09AM 1.61			12:07PM 1.53									9:57PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:12AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2
High °C	14	15	17	19	19	20	19	19	18	21	20	20	22	21	19	18	18	20	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	19	19	20	18	18	18	21	20	20	22	21	19	17	17	20	19	19	17	17
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	10	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	7	12	12	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	7	11	11	16	9	9	9	6	13	8	8	4	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 NNE	2.0 ENE	-	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	7	5	5	4	5	6	3	-	-	-	5	5	3	8	-	6	6

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