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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	8	4	9	7	1	5	4	2	4	4	4	2	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	4.0 W	4.5 W	0.5 ENE	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	14	13	13	18	17	16	15	8	15	14	13	11	11	13	10	12	8	13
Energy(?)	717	412	366	536	488	239	238	1088	2068	8386	8717	75	3860	1121	485	1371	1317	1088	270	1445	631	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 2.51		7:12AM 2.28		9:16PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72		12:48AM 1.69	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84		11:37PM 1.86		2:28PM 1.70	1:36AM 2.25			12:57AM 1.95		1:06PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 0.72		1:19PM 0.77	3:30AM 0.56		2:27PM 1.32		4:19AM 0.57	3:17PM 1.29		5:04AM 0.56	5:26PM 0.46		7:13AM 0.81		7:30PM 0.70	7:53AM 0.77	5:46PM 0.58		7:05AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	1	3	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	19	3	-
High °C	16	15	17	17	18	17	14	13	12	14	11	15	14	12	14	16	15	17	17	13	11	13
Low °C	15	12	13	16	15	12	13	9	11	12	10	15	13	11	13	16	12	14	16	11	9	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	17	17	17	14	12	11	12	10	15	12	11	13	14	13	17	16	12	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	4.5 W	0.5 ENE	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	-	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 W	0.2 N	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	14	13	13	10	17	16	15	8	15	14	13	-	11	13	10	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	14	-	16	14	13	12	18	8	-	16	10	9	11	8	-	-	10	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.3 NNE	0.9 NE	1.9 WNW	-	-	4.0 W	-	1.0 S	1.9 SW	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.2 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	2	4	7	-	-	16	-	6	7	-	-	11	7	-	-	12	8	5

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	5	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.7 ENE	1.9 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	14	14	13	13	13	7	12	12	11	18	17	16
Energy(?)	712	610	580	506	555	615	270	296	536	211	1153	758	623	326	239	469	1167	217	3269	1088	3004	6134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 2.51					7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67			9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				12:54AM 0.69	2:37AM 0.53				3:06PM 0.56				3:30AM 0.56					5:18PM 0.78				4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	10	13	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	18	17	19	13	13	13	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	13	9	12	15	15	17	17	16	15	15	17	17	19	12	13	13	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.5 E	1.0 W	2.5 N	1.2 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	6	10	10	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	16	16	14	14	-	-	10	13	9	13	12	11	18	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	2	3	4	4	7	12	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13										Sunday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	5	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	795	724	717	717	960	843	536	381	502	467	505	425	432	497	208	252	177	178	308	391	366	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			7:44AM 1.75	8:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)														2:37AM 0.53	3:57AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	13	14	16	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	11	14	16	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	11	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 ENE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 N	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	9	-	14	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	14	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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