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

	Fri	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 N	3.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	14	14	13	15	15	8	10	13	13	14	13	12	16
Energy	4106	1543	2321	1511	1121	1144	983	641	768	1152	1029	521	1006	1412	805	2719	773	680	580	786	824	1261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:21AM 2.07		1:40PM 2.41	1:55AM 2.35		1:01PM 2.01	2:30AM 2.29		2:56PM 2.30	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 0.55		7:58PM 0.65	8:15AM 0.60		8:35PM 0.71	8:52AM 0.66		7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:05PM 0.65	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	11	15	17	15	13	15	14	12	14	14	17	15	12	14	13	15	13	15	13	16	16	15
Low °C	10	12	17	12	12	15	11	11	14	13	15	14	9	12	12	14	12	14	11	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	15	17	15	13	15	14	11	14	13	17	14	11	14	11	15	12	15	12	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SSW	0.4 SW	3.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	14	14	13	15	15	16	10	13	13	14	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.2 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	17	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	16	8	9	9	10	9	10	15	5	-	19	19	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NW	-	2.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12
Energy	3113	4106	3601	3418	3035	2791	1354	3307	1021	1511	1359	1275	1121	1167	1144	1716	969	983	872	689	641	741
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 2.38				1:40PM 2.41				12:36AM 2.02				1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	8:08PM 0.34				7:37AM 0.55				7:58PM 0.65				6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42				7:29AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	11	12	14	17	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	15	13	14	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	11	13	17	17	15	14	12	11	11	13	15	13	14	11	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.8 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2827	3458	3885	3992	3999	4106	1957	3706	1855	3465	3465	3418	3155	3078	3035	746	2831	2791	2648	2573	2321	2287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:19AM 2.38											12:24PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.59											6:15AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	13	15	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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