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

	Tue	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Possums Reef Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	2	5	5	4	0	7	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.4 ENE	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 W	5.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	9	12	7	11	9	10	14	13	13	13	15	14	15	14	13	14
Energy	1337	1004	1385	870	520	581	1182	889	86	1927	366	1056	4569	2263	2800	9097	16825	7078	7615	2891	2937	2938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.90		5:49AM 1.79	5:04PM 2.06		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		6:12AM 1.73	5:40PM 1.64		5:55AM 1.64		9:17PM 1.61	6:54AM 1.68		7:34PM 1.73	7:12AM 1.71		8:26PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	11:01PM 0.60	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65			11:20PM 0.88	10:26AM 0.62		12:12AM 0.79			11:53PM 0.75		2:48PM 0.57			1:20PM 0.54	1:47AM 0.61		1:30PM 0.51	2:39AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	14	16	15	14	13	18	13	10	11	12	13	9	7	10	10	11	13	10
Low °C	11	12	14	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	11	10	10	11	13	5	4	8	7	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	12	14	16	14	13	12	17	11	6	9	12	13	5	3	6	7	8	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.9 SW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 N	3.5 S	0.9 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	11	14	14	14	9	12	13	11	9	10	9	9	11	11	15	11	15	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.1 W	1.0 SW	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 S	1.4 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	11	14	10	11	12	14	-	20	-	16	10	8	-	-	-	12	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	-	0.4 NE	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 W	5.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	3	4	-	-	-	7	11	4	4	14	13	13	13	15	14	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 N	1.9 NNE	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	8	11
Energy	1275	1337	1145	1038	1069	1064	1004	1028	1014	1137	1019	601	532	617	579	648	547	694	1005	1015	1054	919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:03AM 1.86				3:03PM 1.81				3:13AM 1.77								3:02AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.60				10:11AM 0.75				10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61			10:00PM 0.72				10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	12	12	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	10	10	14	15	14	12	12	14	12	13	15	16	14	14	13	12	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 N	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	5	6	11	4	18	13	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	3

	Tuesday 05					Wednesday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy	1310	1292	1275	1275	1275	1051	1051	919	919	1526	1441	857	857	857	1069	1158	846	846	834	956	984	921
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:29AM 1.85	3:42AM 1.91										1:59PM 1.77		3:03PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	11	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	11	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	-

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