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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	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Scarborough Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	3.0 E	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	6	8	10	11	16	15	14	14	10	13	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	654	391	418	291	40	417	54	162	354	1611	1484	965	6788	2329	1622	259	471	2419	902	1711	872	771
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 1.57			1:44AM 1.56			9:57PM 1.63	11:22AM 1.79		10:52PM 1.72	11:03AM 1.77		11:37PM 1.82	12:49PM 2.00		12:16AM 1.92		4:58PM 1.34	3:51AM 1.75		6:15PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 0.53		7:29AM 0.31	5:15PM 0.58	7:31PM 0.55	8:07AM 0.53	3:40PM 0.71		5:14AM 0.75	6:55PM 0.47		5:01AM 0.68	6:20PM 0.49		6:42AM 0.54	6:59PM 0.36		8:45AM 0.34		9:31PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	15	20	15	22	18	18	13	16	13	15	15	15	20	14	11	13	13	13	13	15
Low °C	18	13	13	17	14	17	18	17	11	16	12	12	15	14	17	13	11	12	13	12	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	12	15	20	15	22	17	18	11	14	12	15	14	13	20	12	9	11	12	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	0.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	3.0 E	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	8	9	11	16	15	14	14	10	13	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SW	-	1.3 NW	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	4	-	11	10	12	-	8	8	13	13	12	12	9	13	12	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNW	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 W	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	7	6	6	5	10	9	-	15	-	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	7	6	7	7	6
Energy(?)	557	551	542	660	275	207	325	284	398	303	284	325	622	512	582	566	320	719	542	528	500	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 1.55			7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58					10:24AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.53	7:01PM 0.28						3:45PM 0.75	5:15PM 0.58							3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54	8:04PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	18	12	15	15	15	18	15	14	14	13	14	14	17	19	24	18	22	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	22	21	18	11	15	15	15	18	15	12	14	13	14	13	17	19	24	17	22	16	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 NE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	6	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	7	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	6	13	5	10	10	9	9	8	8	3	8	5	7	6	8	8	9	10	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NE	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	2.0 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	5	6	-	4	4	-	-	5	4	3	-	-	-	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	6

	Tuesday 10										Wednesday 11
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	9	11
Energy(?)	671	633	478	635	371	420	1104	456	640	588	487	391	523	440	472	470	327	410	135	39	136	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:34PM 1.60			10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 0.58		6:52PM 0.53									3:13AM 0.83				7:06AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	18	22	21	16	15	12	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	13	10	19	13	12	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	18	22	21	15	13	11	12	12	13	11	13	11	11	13	10	19	12	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	13	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	5	14	6	10	10	-	-	8	6	6	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	10	5	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	1.3 ENE	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	2.1 W	1.2 W	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	4	5	11	6	9	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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