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

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	7	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	10	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	6196	2084	2068	1083	999	637	187	784	833	792	513	959	415	1299	1071	496	1073	758	1240	2061	1356	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:36PM 1.89		2:18PM 1.82	2:42AM 1.92	4:48AM 1.54		11:27PM 2.88	11:19AM 3.25	1:08PM 2.23	1:32AM 2.21			2:11AM 2.23	4:45AM 1.98	1:05PM 3.47	7:39PM 1.57			2:11AM 3.26
Low Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 0.34		8:09AM 0.28		8:25PM 0.16	11:07AM 0.49	5:18PM 0.09		5:09AM 0.10		7:24PM 0.02	7:41AM 0.07	6:25PM -0.10	8:04PM 0.01	10:56AM 0.11		1:58AM 0.09	8:10AM 0.23	2:45PM 0.08	8:01PM 0.60	8:21AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	42	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	16	17	16	15	13	10	14	13	12	14	14	16	19	17	13	17	15	14	19
Low °C	13	16	11	12	14	15	15	12	7	10	13	10	11	13	15	18	16	11	14	15	12	17
Chill °C (?)	11	15	11	16	16	15	14	11	10	13	11	11	13	13	16	19	16	13	17	14	14	19
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	13	13	5	7	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	-	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.3 N	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	-	-	10	19	12	11	10	10	-	6	12	-	10	16	14	5	11	18	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	2.5 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	7	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	-

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	7	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 NNE	2.5 WNW	1.2 NE	1.3 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	6	9	6	7	9
Energy(?)	6957	8416	9850	5240	3644	3274	1034	1341	1163	1249	1083	998	904	544	763	811	217	202	1324	249	240	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 1.77				1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02						4:48AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 0.54					9:34PM 0.47							4:29PM 0.29						11:26AM 0.21		5:24PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	6	1
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	16	19	16	16	15	14	18	16	22	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	11	13	13	14	14	15	12	11	16	19	16	15	14	14	18	16	22	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NE	2.5 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.3 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	6	9	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.2 NNW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	11	9	9	18	10	13	10	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.2 NE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	16	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	2

	Monday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	7	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 W	1.1 S	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	14	14	13	17	13	14	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	8081	13158	12784	6950	6805	6759	1647	2842	2605	3329	4473	3825	3561	2335	3360	3644	1293	614	2394	947	1128	989
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 1.77								9:46AM 2.52		11:10AM 1.88											10:20PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	14	15	14	14	13	15	16	17	14	14	14	18	14	14	16	17	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	13	12	12	12	14	15	16	12	12	12	17	12	13	16	17	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	8:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.0 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 SW	1.6 W	1.1 S	2.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	16	14	16	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	9	12	8	13	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	16	16	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	14	14	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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