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 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	14	15	13	12	12	20	16	17	15	14
Energy(?)	889	1995	1015	655	1256	1579	385	867	332	93	302	6874	5831	6999	3447	2460	1731	754	1779	715	893	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 2.33	8:40AM 1.75		9:16PM 1.78	9:49AM 1.85		9:46PM 2.50			10:03PM 2.86			1:57AM 2.49	12:58PM 2.24	2:13PM 2.52	3:54AM 2.04	4:24AM 2.48	4:39PM 2.50		12:47PM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.73		3:01PM 0.59	3:34AM 0.60		6:08PM 0.34	3:52AM 0.45	7:46AM 0.21	3:50PM 0.35		8:34AM 0.15	5:05PM 0.13	7:49PM 0.17	6:52AM 0.17		9:38PM 0.03	10:32AM 0.67		10:54PM 0.62	6:39AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	16	17	16	17	11	15	16	14	14	13	11	11	14	13	17	19	15	19	16	17	17
Low °C	15	15	15	15	16	9	10	16	11	10	9	9	10	13	11	14	17	14	14	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	16	17	10	15	15	14	12	11	7	8	11	11	16	19	15	19	16	17	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	13	5	12	11	11	13	12	12	20	10	17	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	5	7	6	12	-	9	11	4	4	10	-	-	8	-	10	10	11	16	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	13	14	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1679	867	805	2170	2228	2201	1973	1325	1442	1233	957	892	1475	1353	1384	1226	1207	1232	2045	2094	2242	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 1.71				8:02PM 1.72				7:59AM 2.36	12:05PM 1.78									1:31PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 0.68					2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65			1:43PM 0.71					4:23AM 0.51					7:47PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	21	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	15	15	14	13	10	15	13	16	16	10	15	9	9	11	15	16	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	15	15	14	12	10	15	12	16	16	10	15	7	7	9	14	15	15	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N
Period (s)	5	7	5	13	20	6	13	16	12	16	17	6	7	16	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	-

	Thursday 26																Friday 27
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1746	890	889	1731	1792	2014	2030	2390	1094	995	841	829	835	1089	1256	1236	1236	937	234	262	278	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 1.71											6:39PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)							1:42PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	18	13	20	19	12	17	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	16	14	14	14	11	18	11	20	19	10	17	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	14
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	19	5	7	11	11	7	13	-	-	-	8	14	17	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	13	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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