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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	8	10	12	12	10	10	13	15	13	13	13	15	14	10	13	13	11	12
Energy(?)	556	465	757	948	90	826	950	490	77	583	924	1053	1162	348	837	404	956	1442	1083	75	1342	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 3.31		2:06AM 2.11		5:47PM 2.00		6:00AM 2.29	3:50PM 2.12		4:29AM 2.04	4:44PM 2.04					6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:17PM -0.03	6:11AM 0.03	6:41PM 0.01	7:51PM 0.24	9:00AM 0.19		12:03AM 0.06	12:12PM 0.22		10:16PM 0.13	10:37AM 0.32		11:04PM 0.26	9:49AM 0.70	5:15PM 0.05	11:47PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52		12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60	12:31AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	9	13	2	5	-	2	-
High °C	14	17	17	15	23	18	15	15	17	15	18	19	19	16	18	15	12	13	19	26	18	16
Low °C	11	16	16	12	19	17	12	14	17	12	16	15	15	15	18	12	12	12	13	22	18	11
Chill °C (?)	12	17	16	14	23	18	15	15	17	14	18	19	19	16	18	14	11	13	19	26	17	14
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.8 WSW	0.6 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	13	-	12	8	10	12	12	10	16	13	15	13	13	13	10	14	13	13	8	13	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 N	0.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	5	-	12	14	11	-	13	8	6	13	6	15	10	-	10	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	-	1.2 W	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	1.7 W	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 W	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.2 W	-	0.5 NE	2.3 WNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	13	6	-	8	-	8	5	10	-	4	4	6	-	-	9	10	-	3	11	4

	Sun	Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NE	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 N
Period(s) (?)	14	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	615	543	514	684	695	508	495	244	1638	948	814	704	502	254	202	1153	1005	950	667	551	541	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:01AM 3.14						4:38PM 2.35			2:54AM 2.22								3:42AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)					8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10			8:33PM -0.03				9:00AM 0.19		2:39PM -0.01		9:28PM 0.02				9:49AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	14	14	14	16	18	17	18	15	13	12	12	15	17	24	19	15	14	12	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	16	18	17	18	15	12	12	11	15	16	24	19	15	14	11	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	6	16	15	18	13	6	6	8	-	-	12	12	-	15	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 NE	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	6	-	-	-	4	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 04				Monday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	761	502	524	819	556	626	553	374	139	424	420	363	485	298	177	119	593	629	629	629	757	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:18PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	14	13	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	14	12	10	10	11	8	10	10	10	11	15	14	18	18	18	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	6	16	16	18	-	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	14	9	7	6	6	6	6	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	13	-

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