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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Moeraki Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	5	3	4	9	5	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 N	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	2.2 SSW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	12	16	9	8	10	12	9	10	7	13	13	13	13
Energy	791	1225	1385	990	822	870	658	581	901	847	711	616	501	1403	3599	794	312	901	4771	11070	7751	3699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:30PM 1.99		5:03AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.90		5:49AM 1.79		6:42PM 1.63	7:02AM 1.51	5:55PM 2.01		4:56AM 1.65	5:40PM 1.64	6:52PM 1.77	5:55AM 1.64		6:39PM 1.66	6:54AM 1.68		9:48PM 1.88	7:50AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 0.47		11:01PM 0.60	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65		12:10PM 0.61	1:09AM 0.59			10:54PM 0.76	11:23AM 0.64		1:09AM 0.77		12:22PM 0.61	12:52AM 0.70		3:37PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	14	15	14	13	14	15	13	14	15	19	15	11	14	18	11	12	9	10	12
Low °C	12	14	9	12	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	16	14	10	12	15	6	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	10	13	14	14	13	14	15	12	13	14	19	13	9	12	18	7	12	6	7	12
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 N	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 S	1.8 ENE	-	1.7 NNW	2.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 ENE	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	12	13	13	8	-	11	9	10	12	13	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 W	1.0 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	11	10	5	12	14	-	16	18	13	-	-	14	9	15	-	-	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	-	0.4 WNW	2.5 SSW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	10	12	-	3	7	-	13	13	-

	Tuesday 05					Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	1262	1669	1225	1328	1275	1337	1208	1038	1150	1142	1020	881	1014	870	1007	680	658	576	581	540	532	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86				3:03PM 1.81				3:13AM 1.77					6:20PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		9:11AM 0.47				11:01PM 0.60				11:41AM 0.50				9:12PM 0.66				9:35AM 0.57				10:00PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	12	11	9	9	10	12	16	14	14	12	14	13	13	12	14	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	5	11	7	10	10	10	9	5	5	12	6	6	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	4	4	3	5	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05																	Wednesday 06
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy	1226	1244	791	814	788	904	943	1177	1127	1161	968	895	907	907	1881	919	919	919	919	1208	1208	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					10:31AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	13	11	11	13	10	10	10	9	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	3

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