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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SE	0.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	18	9	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	10	14	13	13	14	16	9	12
Energy(?)	1144	1004	401	187	1006	580	800	406	874	403	1154	1475	1304	1162	560	422	1193	1383	717	646	83	490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 2.73		12:17AM 2.05	4:48AM 1.54		12:54AM 2.14		3:37PM 1.98		6:23AM 1.54		12:34AM 3.25		5:07PM 2.03	1:28AM 3.36		3:17PM 2.24	3:37AM 2.15	6:03AM 2.16	6:54PM 1.94		10:28AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.30		11:07AM 0.49	6:46PM 0.08		7:02AM 0.15		9:49PM 0.06	12:38PM 0.13	6:25PM -0.10		6:55AM 0.49		7:18PM 0.47	9:05AM 0.07		9:31PM 0.17	12:19PM 0.23		1:19AM 0.30	4:24AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	15	13	10	14	13	12	15	15	12	16	16	12	14	13	11	18	17	12	16
Low °C	13	14	14	15	12	8	11	13	10	12	13	11	12	14	11	12	12	10	17	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	15	14	14	11	10	13	12	11	15	14	10	16	16	11	14	12	9	18	16	12	16
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SE	0.8 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	10	18	12	10	12	8	10	-	12	-	-	12	11	10	14	18	16	18	16	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 NW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.3 SW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	15	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	8	10	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	10
Energy(?)	1028	1249	1144	573	904	762	714	746	697	202	285	262	509	1068	518	828	848	734	542	712	606	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)									2:42AM 1.92	4:48AM 1.50		10:55AM 3.10				12:54AM 2.14					3:37PM 1.98	6:13PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				10:12AM 0.48		6:08PM 0.20													9:11AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	18	19	18	17	14	16	18	16	18	14	12	16	9	8	7	9	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	18	19	18	17	13	15	18	16	18	13	10	16	8	7	6	7	13	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.6 ENE	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	15	16	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	8	7	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 S	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	-	7	-	10	9	9	9	10	18	17	17	10	16	10	10	10	10	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1178	1641	1852	762	1449	1362	1250	1528	1483	291	652	642	391	1045	347	904	906	762	558	922	887	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)														2:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					5:47AM 0.40			8:09AM 0.28		10:17AM 0.25								6:08PM 0.20		8:25PM 0.16		10:26PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	17	18	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	17	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	11	12	12	11	12	13	17	18	18	17	16	17	19	18	18	16	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.9 S	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	12	12	12	10	12	-	10	10	10	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	3

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