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

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	0.7 E	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	14	12	12	9	10	11	14	11	13	12	9	12	16	16	11	9	9	12	13	11
Energy(?)	618	1700	501	1490	2873	796	3593	4532	117	1645	827	518	120	1169	3092	615	186	1784	1382	796	2664	1525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84	6:40PM 1.71		7:15AM 1.72		7:58PM 1.71	8:32AM 1.77		9:07PM 1.76	8:59AM 2.46		9:33PM 2.44	9:52AM 2.60		11:41PM 2.04	12:59PM 2.25	2:08PM 2.21	2:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 0.38		12:29AM 0.59			12:53AM 0.71		1:40PM 0.64	2:14AM 0.69		2:42PM 0.51	3:22AM 0.60		2:54PM 0.51	3:38AM 0.46		4:08PM 0.29		6:43AM 0.23		8:31PM 0.12	9:28AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	1	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	14	17	15	20	15	16	13	13	18	15	16	15	13	19	10	11	15	13	14
Low °C	15	16	17	14	15	14	17	15	15	13	13	16	14	16	11	12	16	8	11	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	13	16	13	20	13	16	12	13	18	15	16	15	12	19	6	9	15	11	14
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 E	1.4 S	-	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	14	12	12	16	15	14	11	11	13	12	12	12	16	16	11	8	-	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	18	13	12	14	13	11	-	-	14	13	5	16	6	8	7	11	7	11	-	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	0.7 SW	-	-	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 SW	0.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	9	10	11	-	4	-	-	5	8	-	3	3	9	9	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25							Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	3	5	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	4.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	809	1337	1421	1465	1700	1652	1512	1327	1238	1139	1152	3874	2159	3539	3490	5004	5271	708	3071	1737	3163	9090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49					9:10AM 1.95	10:28AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				12:17PM 0.64				12:10AM 0.73						5:39PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	13	15	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	13	16	17	17	18	17	17	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	12	14	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.2 SW	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	13	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	10	10	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SE	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	14	15	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	11

	Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	3	5	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	17	13	11	11	11	17	17	14	12	14	14	12
Energy(?)	715	799	809	970	525	524	517	618	618	745	195	1134	138	217	223	284	248	1299	52	513	983	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																4:40PM 2.37		6:14PM 1.88	7:27PM 2.03	8:46PM 2.05	9:07PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)										10:56AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	16	19	19	18	17	17	18	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	16	19	19	18	17	17	18	9	9	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	16	6	6	18	17	17	-	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	5	6

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