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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	Mon		Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Mon
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	0.6 SSW	1.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	7	9	9	13	8	11	8	10	10	11	13	14	14	13	9	13	10	10
Energy(?)	1813	785	248	693	700	535	2725	247	671	479	701	9	1347	1413	3253	4063	1391	381	202	2371	2091	1504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:38AM 1.69	5:15PM 1.85		5:50AM 1.86	4:48PM 1.74	7:41PM 1.54	10:56AM 1.52		11:03PM 1.27	9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	10:25AM 2.16		11:02PM 1.51	11:33AM 1.62		12:44AM 1.73	11:47AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		12:27AM 0.48			11:30PM 0.57	11:58AM 0.70		2:05AM 0.49	4:39AM 0.50	2:41PM 0.53			6:14PM 0.25	3:50AM 0.40	4:15AM 0.96	4:41PM 1.01		5:20AM 0.30	5:46PM 0.29		5:36AM 0.26	6:02PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-
High °C	10	8	19	15	13	20	21	20	23	21	19	23	15	12	13	16	13	13	22	10	15	18
Low °C	10	6	16	14	12	16	21	19	22	21	17	19	15	10	12	16	11	13	19	10	14	17
Chill °C (?)	7	8	19	14	11	20	21	20	23	21	18	23	13	10	11	16	12	12	22	6	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	3.0 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	7	12	9	7	8	11	12	11	-	11	13	14	14	13	9	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	-	5	12	11	10	13	13	12	12	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	18	14	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	0.4 NW	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	0.4 NW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	7	9	9	3	8	6	8	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Monday 24			Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 NE	1.6 SW	1.7 NE	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	11	7	8	9	9	10	8	10	9
Energy(?)	500	1498	1281	1265	1168	1074	627	812	228	797	640	865	509	803	710	1131	2423	501	1002	535	720	820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:04AM 1.92				6:54PM 1.57	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13				7:52PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63										2:36PM 0.48				2:05AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	11	8	8	8	8	11	14	19	14	19	12	13	14	17	21	21	22	14	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	7	6	10	13	19	12	19	10	12	13	17	21	21	22	14	15	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 NE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	11	7	8	9	9	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	12	6	12	10	12	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	-	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 NW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	6	7	7	7	-	7	8	9	3	3	5	10	9

	Monday 24										Tuesday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	13	11	13	11	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	500	1630	1550	1782	1692	1568	944	1401	222	1259	164	1175	222	1068	457	449	35	99	541	283	894	878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:17PM 1.44											8:18AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)												12:27AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	12	8	12	7	13	7	8	7	9	9	10	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	11	8	10	6	12	5	7	6	7	7	7	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	13	11	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.2 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	-	-

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