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 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	5	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 N	2.5 N	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	14	14	15	15	15	8	10	13	8	13	13	12	13	16	8	10	14	14
Energy	1051	857	718	785	1363	791	1161	1275	1421	668	1836	938	577	684	765	874	220	1974	1074	696	840	1444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:07AM 1.95		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77			5:18AM 1.77	5:57PM 1.78	7:11PM 1.80	7:30AM 1.72		8:04PM 1.79	8:23AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 0.42	8:52AM 0.66		7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57	12:32PM 0.54	10:00PM 0.72	11:39AM 0.67		1:37AM 0.69		1:56PM 0.62	2:29AM 0.66		2:48PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	17	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	11	13	14	14	15	14	13	15	15	14	18	12	14	15	12	12	13	13	16	7
Low °C	15	10	10	13	14	11	14	10	11	13	12	12	15	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	15	7
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	13	12	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	18	11	13	15	12	11	12	12	16	2
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 N	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.9 SW	1.3 NE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	14	14	15	15	15	16	10	13	8	13	13	12	8	16	9	9	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	8	-	-	-	10	10	14	-	14	6	9	11	13	9	15	15	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	2.2 N	-	1.9 W	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.2 NE	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 NE	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	3	-	8	6	8	10	-	14

	Sunday 03			Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1051	1590	1072	857	857	828	718	740	785	825	1321	859	1058	637	1244	1580	1161	1328	1275	1275	1208	1161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96									4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35PM 0.71				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47				11:01PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	11	13	13	12	11	10	11	14	16	15	14	14	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	11	10	8	9	11	13	13	11	10	10	9	13	15	15	14	13	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.0 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	1068	223	1051	1051	1002	1090	1090	1072	1072	969	969	857	703	857	0	0	358	363	358	347	335	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:18PM 2.36											1:12AM 1.98	2:20AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)								7:10PM 0.42														9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	3	3	3	3	3	3

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