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 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	3	2	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	13	13	11	9	10	12	11	10	10	13	12	13	11	12	11	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1006	845	746	408	1025	953	101	589	811	531	501	358	257	193	761	170	1427	1768	1680	1261	824	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 2.27	4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05		5:28AM 2.12	5:47PM 2.00	1:35AM 3.03		3:10PM 2.08		7:08AM 1.92			5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83		12:15AM 1.35	6:51AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 0.02	7:48PM -0.06	10:50AM 0.10		12:33AM 0.06	11:43AM 0.13		7:28PM 0.06	8:59AM 0.36		12:56AM 0.15		1:04PM 0.31	10:58PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52	5:58PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	6	2	-	2	3	3	22	-
High °C	18	16	15	17	17	15	24	17	15	16	17	15	21	19	16	16	17	13	12	15	15	20
Low °C	14	15	13	16	16	12	20	17	13	14	15	13	20	18	12	16	15	10	11	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	17	16	14	24	16	15	16	17	15	21	19	16	16	16	11	11	15	15	20
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	-	11	8	10	12	11	-	10	10	12	13	11	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	6	18	6	-	12	9	12	12	-	-	15	13	20	8	13	6	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 NW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	2	7	6	4	12	11	-	-	6	4

	Sunday 04							Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	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	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	8	9	8
Energy(?)	927	524	820	1016	845	214	711	619	514	602	558	550	480	236	1496	953	850	612	531	45	89	804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:45AM 2.19					5:27PM 1.83								4:38PM 2.35			2:54AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 0.06	7:22AM 0.19					10:17PM -0.03			7:26AM 0.29	10:50AM 0.10			8:33PM -0.03				9:00AM 0.19		2:40PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	13	18	16	13	12	11	14	14	15	17	17	18	15	14	13	12	15	21	23	18
Chill °C (?)	8	15	13	18	15	11	12	10	14	14	15	17	17	18	15	13	13	11	15	21	23	18
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	18	11	10	6	7	6	5	15	18	17	6	8	8	-	12	12	-	-	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	-	4	3	8

	Sunday 04
	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	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	14
Energy(?)	968	464	779	941	944	296	892	998	516	836	829	919	911	551	343	1644	1644	1621	1621	79	147	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:48PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	15	8	11	10	11	11	12	14	16	16	17	17	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	7	15	5	9	8	8	8	10	14	16	16	17	17	14	16	12	12	12	12	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	11	16	16	16	7	16	16	11	16	16	15	15	15	14	-	-	-	-	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	17	18	11	7	11	16	11	11	18	11	11	10	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 W	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 E	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	5	5	3	6	14	14	14	14	3	-	5

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