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

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	9	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	2.5 N	1.9 NNW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	16	9	8	14	13	12	11	17	9	10	14	13
Energy	1216	1051	857	734	819	1363	1226	969	1292	881	212	1784	702	602	664	739	721	963	1758	1478	5104	5406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 2.01	1:12AM 1.98		1:40PM 1.96			2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		6:12AM 1.73		6:52PM 1.77	8:23AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 0.42	7:29AM 0.34		9:13PM 0.77	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76		12:36PM 0.68	1:09AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	4	-	3
High °C	13	15	14	11	13	14	16	15	13	12	16	14	16	15	13	14	16	14	18	15	9	15
Low °C	12	15	11	11	13	13	14	14	9	10	15	13	15	15	11	11	15	13	17	14	9	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	10	13	12	15	15	12	11	14	14	16	15	12	14	16	13	17	15	8	14
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	2.5 N	1.9 NNW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	16	9	8	14	13	12	11	13	9	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NW	-	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	9	9	-	4	10	-	14	14	6	6	-	16	17	11	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	2.4 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	14	2

	Sunday 03							Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15
Energy	1488	1275	1216	1068	1051	530	969	857	843	799	734	825	819	880	1648	1454	859	764	1226	1383	1983	1418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 2.35				1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96				1:49AM 1.93					4:47PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	10	11	14	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	11	10	8	9	13	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	15	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	3

	Sunday 03
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12
Energy	1488	1488	1488	1465	1295	685	1256	1236	1216	1216	1085	1068	1068	1068	1051	1051	1033	985	6	6	6	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														1:01PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)							6:51AM 0.29														8:12PM 0.45	9:30PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	3

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