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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	8	10	11	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	194	156	1280	1052	651	1431	665	980	636	889	819	810	935	1658	2617	1278	917	1439	1200	895	778	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:36PM 2.54		5:39AM 2.08	5:05PM 2.51	1:07AM 3.33		2:44PM 2.26		6:05AM 1.88	3:27PM 2.17			2:33PM 2.82	2:54AM 2.65		3:11PM 2.64	3:34AM 2.50			7:12PM 2.17	4:17AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.09		9:42PM -0.02	11:57AM 0.10			7:14AM 0.58		12:07AM 0.62	12:21PM 0.18		10:43PM 0.15	9:06AM 0.38		8:48PM 0.27	9:10AM 0.92		9:27PM 0.45	9:45AM 0.57	2:27PM 0.46	1:31AM 0.82	10:31AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	12	11	14	15	13	13	16	11	19	22	15	15	15	14	15	20	15	16	20	17	18
Low °C	15	11	10	13	14	12	12	15	10	15	21	14	13	14	11	14	15	13	16	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	9	9	12	14	12	11	15	11	19	22	15	14	13	13	14	20	14	16	20	16	18
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.5 SE	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	12	11	11	12	9	11	8	8	11	13	12	13	-	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 S	-	1.4 NNE	1.2 NW	1.8 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	10	-	8	8	11	-	13	10	19	11	17	7	-	-	8	6	5	7	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	11	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	12

	Monday 02							Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 NE	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	7	11	12	7	12	11	10	12	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	10
Energy(?)	549	533	262	289	218	282	344	534	1826	1339	1018	1161	1326	1583	1574	1000	1182	1007	1047	560	587	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)										4:33AM 2.02			1:17PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			9:21AM 0.13	11:06AM 0.10		6:12PM 0.53					7:55AM 0.13			6:49PM -0.03					7:04AM 0.06	11:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	16	21	12	17	16	11	9	9	11	11	16	14	13	12	12	12	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	21	10	17	16	9	7	8	10	11	16	13	12	10	11	12	14	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 NW	1.7 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	7	11	12	7	8	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	9	9	11	11	11	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 S	1.1 NNE	1.7 NNW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	9	7	9	12	9	9	10	8	8	-	10	7	8	12	11	9	8	8	12	21	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.3 W	0.7 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 NE	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	6	11	12	7	12	12	12	11	12	7	11	7	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	170	519	260	605	250	193	239	1229	194	227	541	17	906	237	237	278	229	217	256	1129	1263	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:19AM 2.54	3:14AM 2.40	4:49AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:05PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	15	11	12	15	15	17	12	12	14	17	17	18	17	17	17	12	11	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	14	15	10	11	15	15	17	9	9	12	16	16	18	17	17	17	10	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	13	11	12	10	6	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 S	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	9	6	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	11	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-

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