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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	Mon	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa
Rating	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	2	7	4	4	4	3	4	6	7	6	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.6 SE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	3.5 ENE	3.5 NW	2.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	11	11	11	16	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	12	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	506	114	801	749	618	1700	1279	1230	1773	372	336	2557	2867	2085	928	523	447	726	5495	6332	2481	902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 2.79		3:23PM 2.68	3:21AM 2.82	5:26AM 1.93	6:14PM 1.88	11:39PM 1.82	6:32AM 1.81		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.82	9:15AM 1.86		9:07PM 1.76	9:36AM 1.85		10:05PM 1.84	10:27AM 1.94		9:59PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)		9:12AM 0.29		9:10PM 0.40	11:53AM 0.38				1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		2:52PM 0.58	3:22AM 0.60		3:52PM 0.49		4:16AM 0.49	4:40PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	8	1	2	-
High °C	15	21	19	15	16	17	17	17	17	14	20	18	18	16	13	20	21	20	16	11	11	16
Low °C	14	17	17	12	15	15	17	17	17	13	16	18	17	14	13	17	17	18	11	10	10	15
Chill °C (?)	15	21	19	15	16	17	17	17	16	13	20	17	17	16	13	20	21	20	16	9	8	16
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.6 SE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	0.2 S	3.5 NW	2.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 NNW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	11	11	11	16	14	13	12	12	12	15	11	11	13	12	7	12	12	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 SW	0.7 W	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	5	9	19	18	13	13	14	13	16	-	-	15	13	5	16	13	8	8	8	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	1.6 W	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.9 E	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	11	-	6	-	6	-	8	17	16	16	-

	Mon	Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 N
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	11	11	15	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	11
Energy(?)	770	634	591	619	835	847	105	1564	853	749	822	1337	1459	1342	1700	1673	1512	1279	1202	1010	1230	1418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:55AM 2.79					5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	8:45PM 0.23					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				11:11AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	15	18	21	18	15	14	13	12	12	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	14	18	21	18	15	14	12	11	11	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	11	11	9	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	11	12	10	5	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23				Tuesday 24
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	760	760	770	751	506	506	195	138	430	430	703	818	810	863	457	446	436	425	420	415	410	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)										4:27AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 0.23													9:49AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	13	14	7	7	7	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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