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

	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	9	2	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	14	16	17	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	12	15	17	17	16	14	13	13	13	15	14
Energy	1885	610	11029	411	5143	1980	2338	1009	3444	4840	4825	6532	6010	8240	5328	3658	1297	2659	1346	1470	1312	1483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 1.90		4:28PM 2.26	11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45		11:43PM 3.38		12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24	5:11AM 2.48	5:15PM 2.04	6:46PM 1.89	8:01AM 1.57		8:31PM 1.74	3:51AM 2.12			9:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.22	8:25PM 0.08	8:07AM 0.01			5:08AM 0.52	5:33PM 0.09		6:37AM 0.21		7:48PM 0.19	11:30AM 0.59		12:53AM 0.13		1:25PM 0.02	2:55AM 0.01	10:13AM 0.16	2:09PM 0.17	12:08AM 0.52		3:06PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	5	1	7	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
High °C	12	13	10	9	11	10	12	11	10	11	7	10	9	8	12	10	11	11	12	15	16	11
Low °C	12	11	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	5	9	9	6	8	9	10	11	11	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	7	10	10	11	9	9	10	4	7	6	5	12	10	10	10	10	13	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	16	17	14	14	13	12	21	12	12	12	15	17	17	16	14	13	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.5 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	1.2 W	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	5	-	4	12	-	-	-	11	20	13	-	-	-	19	-	6	18	10	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	12	12	15	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	3	-

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	1	2	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 S
Period(s)	11	15	14	14	15	17	16	11	17	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	14
Energy	1885	1851	1863	610	1066	12138	11029	133	411	7084	6226	5143	3429	3540	1980	1762	2338	1087	1556	1009	3703	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					2:27AM 2.47							11:30PM 2.17				11:26AM 3.45				11:43PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01	10:19AM 0.00		5:18PM 0.28				5:43AM 0.21				5:36PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Temp. °C	12	13	11	12	11	10	10	17	9	12	11	9	10	8	8	10	12	10	10	11	8	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	8	10	8	7	7	17	7	12	10	7	8	6	6	10	11	10	10	9	4	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	15	17	16	11	17	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 NNE	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	4	-	5	-	-	-	13	4	8	8	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	1.0 W	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	1	2	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	13	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy	1100	1914	1885	1050	1706	1851	1760	1855	1863	1956	1956	610	600	11469	1066	3216	12138	12138	11856	11438	11029	9809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)								7:47PM 0.13													8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.7 W	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	15	15	15	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	-	-	5.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	-	-	14	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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