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

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	10	9	14	13	12	11	17	11	15	10	10
Energy	1103	1051	857	749	819	1363	791	1130	1275	1150	763	1578	769	577	614	775	680	556	3001	392	297	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 2.01	1:12AM 1.98		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73	6:42PM 1.63	4:02AM 1.70	5:57PM 1.78		7:30AM 1.72		8:04PM 1.79	8:23AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 0.42	8:52AM 0.66		7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		1:09AM 0.59	10:26AM 0.62		12:12AM 0.79		1:56PM 0.62	2:29AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	1	1	-
High °C	13	15	14	11	13	14	13	15	14	13	12	14	15	15	13	13	15	12	13	14	13	13
Low °C	12	15	11	10	13	13	11	14	9	9	12	12	13	14	11	11	14	11	13	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	10	13	12	13	15	13	13	10	14	15	15	12	12	15	11	11	13	13	12
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 E	3.0 N	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	10	9	14	13	12	11	6	11	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.3 ENE	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	4	4	7	10	9	9	6	6	16	17	15	15	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.5 W	1.3 SW	0.3 N	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	7	5	2	3

	Sunday 03					Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy	1103	1068	1051	530	969	857	843	800	749	698	819	880	1622	1327	1058	637	1226	1423	1130	1346	1292	1275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96									4:47PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47				11:01PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	14	14	12	11	11	10	11	13	13	11	10	10	10	14	16	15	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	14	14	11	10	10	9	10	13	13	10	9	9	8	12	15	15	13	13	11
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	14	14	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	3	4	-

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	12
Energy	1256	1236	1103	667	1085	1068	1068	1068	1051	1051	1002	985	985	969	649	969	6	6	343	355	354	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:01PM 2.01														3:39AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	6:51AM 0.29													7:10PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	4	4	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.2 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	2	4	4	4

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