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

	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31
	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	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	2	4	4	5	5	4	8	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	3	3	3	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.9 E	1.6 WSW	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	16	14	12	12	12	10	11	14	9	13	12	9	12	17	12	16	16	11	14	14
Energy(?)	693	164	1700	501	1731	2392	3477	3161	4509	124	548	907	695	159	967	1728	691	769	346	450	9179	7007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 1.93	6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84		11:44PM 1.80	7:15AM 1.72		7:58PM 1.71	8:32AM 1.77		8:57PM 1.83	9:26AM 1.93		9:33PM 2.44	9:52AM 2.60		10:21PM 2.56			2:31AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19PM 0.47	11:53AM 0.38		12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45			1:40PM 0.64	2:14AM 0.69		1:50PM 0.66	3:12AM 0.54		3:17PM 0.43	3:38AM 0.46		4:08PM 0.29		7:53AM 0.21	4:29PM 0.22	8:14PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	15	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	20	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	17	17	14	16	17	18	15	16	23	12	17	14	18	17	20	12	14	14	12	11
Low °C	12	12	16	16	13	15	16	15	15	14	19	12	14	13	17	16	18	11	13	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	11	17	17	13	15	17	18	13	16	23	11	17	13	18	16	20	10	13	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 WSW	1.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 NW	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	13	16	14	12	12	12	15	14	11	9	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	16	10	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.6 NW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	19	7	13	12	14	13	13	-	-	14	14	6	13	9	18	17	17	16	6	9	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	3.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	-	1.7 NE	1.5 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	4	4	-	6	6	4	4	11	14	14

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 E	3.0 NNW	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	10
Energy(?)	853	693	809	1337	1437	1363	207	1652	1512	1327	1256	1040	1361	3270	3143	3223	5085	3619	3436	1736	2248	1672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				4:47AM 2.62				5:58PM 2.24						10:28AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38	3:57PM 0.27			11:30PM 0.65				12:07PM 0.58				12:10AM 0.73		4:20AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	12	12	15	12	17	17	17	17	14	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	15	18	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	11	11	10	14	10	17	17	17	17	13	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	14	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 N	1.7 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 E	3.0 NNW	2.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	19	19	18	17	16	-	7	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	10	-	11

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	13
Energy(?)	920	853	853	785	734	693	103	471	467	466	525	147	138	156	120	97	160	141	138	666	217	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:35AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)					11:19PM 0.47											10:23AM 0.46				2:29PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	14	19	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	15	14	12	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	15	16	18	19	19	12	19	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	19	19	19	19	19	12	14	13	13	13	6	13	18	6	6	6	6	6	16	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5

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