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

7 day 48 hour

	Tue		Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	6	5	4	4	5	8	8	7	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	20	18	18	18	17	15	11	9	10	14	13	10
Energy(?)	8097	3256	1482	1127	3550	8627	8266	6986	4616	3521	3120	6406	3771	2162	1252	1488	1447	1040	1434	972	590	1394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:31PM	8:53AM		9:27PM			6:22PM	6:34AM		8:42PM	9:06AM		12:12AM		12:40PM	10:26PM	10:57AM	1:10PM	1:26AM		1:46PM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57AM	2:22PM	2:06PM		6:31AM 5:04PM	12:05PM	12:29AM		1:04PM	2:55AM	11:58PM	5:59PM		6:22AM 2:57AM			4:42AM		8:36PM	6:17AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	14	1	2	2
High °C	11	11	13	14	12	14	15	12	13	14	13	14	14	13	15	15	13	16	12	12	13	16
Low °C	10	10	12	12	11	11	13	11	12	14	12	11	13	12	14	13	12	13	12	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	14	10	12	14	10	11	13	11	14	14	12	14	14	12	15	11	10	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	4.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	20	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	10	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	14	-	26	24	22	15	11	9	-	-	15	-	19	13	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	2.3 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.1 NW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	0.6 NE	2.5 NW
Period (s)	14	13	-	-	13	5	14	14	-	14	4	-	-	-	4	-	11	9	-	-	4	10

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	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	7	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	8097	5571	4508	3256	3174	4395	1482	1398	1127	1073	3321	3550	5878	7569	8627	6645	8266	7899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.69							5:19PM 2.36	6:48PM 1.77					9:51AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	2:03PM 0.47				2:57AM 0.43	5:42AM 0.22		11:02AM 0.57						3:48AM 0.35			1:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	8	10	9	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	8	6	9	11	12	14	13	10	11	10	8	8	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	15	14	15	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	15	-	15	8	-	-	-	-	12	-	14	14	14	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	12	13	5	5	5	6	14	14

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