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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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSE	1.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.5 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	10	7	12	6	9	9	15	14	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	436	1045	375	510	414	460	151	289	332	523	54	516	134	138	15	1041	1357	1644	3723	4328	5183	1719
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:11PM 2.09	10:03AM 1.51		10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		10:03PM 1.72	10:24AM 1.72	2:02PM 1.47	2:33AM 1.34		2:46PM 1.44	3:35AM 1.33		1:53PM 1.57	3:49AM 1.54	11:45AM 1.88		10:16PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57PM 0.85	2:23AM 0.93		1:20PM 0.72		4:53AM 0.63	2:31PM 0.75		4:18AM 0.82		8:14PM 0.33	8:51AM 0.33		9:16PM 0.32	9:28AM 0.53		9:29PM 0.54	5:44AM 0.57	6:04PM 0.37		8:45AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	2	-	3	-	2	-
High °C	13	14	17	22	21	13	21	19	15	20	18	16	20	24	20	15	14	15	14	15	15	15
Low °C	12	13	14	18	20	11	21	16	14	17	17	15	17	23	19	14	14	13	12	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	17	22	21	11	21	19	15	20	17	15	20	24	20	14	13	15	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSE	1.4 ENE	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 W	2.5 E
Period (s)	12	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	10	7	11	9	9	16	15	9	10	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.3 N	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	14	7	7	7	15	9	11	13	12	12	8	12	7	14	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NW	2.0 W	1.8 W	-	4.5 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	3	-	6	5	7	4	6	3	9	8	-	9	9	10	-

	Monday 09							Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1166	1080	1114	1519	508	1380	1375	832	1194	1024	592	534	563	516	503	285	649	206	323	314	149	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:32AM 2.10				9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27				1:00AM 1.57			7:58AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.82							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:52PM 0.53	7:01PM 0.28							5:15PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	15	14	13	11	11	12	10	18	22	22	20	18	15	12	15	14	17	21	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	14	13	12	9	9	10	8	18	22	22	20	18	15	11	15	14	17	21	12
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	6	12	8	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	9	13	14	13	13	10	5	10	6	13	10	11	10	7	7	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NW	1.3 NE	0.5 NNW	1.4 SW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	4	4	-	5	6	5	6	4	11	4	-	-	-	4

	Monday 09
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	10	12	10	10	12	10	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1992	1889	1166	1451	440	1427	1488	1062	1961	1961	178	175	175	348	167	173	534	186	961	965	469	1305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:59AM 1.73						11:55AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.82																	6:10PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	13	17	18	17	18	19	18	13	18	13	12	16	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	10	10	11	17	18	17	18	19	18	12	18	13	11	16	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	10	12	10	10	12	10	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	12	10	10	-	9	9	12	8	8	8	7	12	9	13	-	14	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	9

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