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.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	5	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	11	11	8	12	13	12	13	10	9	13	13
Energy(?)	2964	6196	2084	3210	1083	848	607	294	1237	977	748	609	1137	6	1390	1520	464	1020	585	1050	1249	2659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 1.74	10:31AM 1.82		11:36PM 1.89	11:45AM 1.98	2:18PM 1.82	2:42AM 1.92		5:19PM 1.44	11:27PM 2.88	11:43AM 3.05		1:32AM 2.21		1:48PM 2.29	2:11AM 2.23		2:31PM 2.29		8:06AM 1.54	2:22PM 2.12	2:21AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		4:23AM 0.56	4:44PM 0.48		5:41AM 0.40		8:25PM 0.16	8:48AM 0.20			5:33AM 0.11	5:32PM -0.05	7:24PM 0.02	7:41AM 0.07		8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		11:24PM 0.12			8:11PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	54	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	13	13	16	13	16	20	16	16	17	10	14	13	12	11	14	12	19	16	14	22	17	14
Low °C	13	13	16	11	12	17	15	16	15	7	10	13	11	11	14	11	17	15	13	18	15	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	11	16	20	15	15	16	10	13	11	10	10	13	12	19	16	13	22	16	13
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	0.1 S	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	11	12	12	13	12	13	10	10	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.1 S	0.9 S	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	12	-	-	-	5	18	18	8	8	-	12	8	-	-	7	12	13	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	-	3	4	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	13

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	7	6	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 NNE	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	9	8
Energy(?)	3613	6537	5464	11293	10184	5240	3644	3274	1048	1193	1028	1249	1083	998	848	764	763	633	671	223	1441	648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:11PM 1.73					1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02				12:17AM 2.05	2:42AM 1.92	4:48AM 1.50		11:22AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM 0.36			5:03AM 0.54					9:34PM 0.47							6:08PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4
Temp. °C	13	13	11	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	16	20	17	16	17	15	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	12	13	11	13	13	14	14	15	12	11	16	20	17	15	16	14	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	0.4 N	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 NE	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.4 N
Period (s)	9	13	13	-	-	9	9	8	7	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	10	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	2	7	6	-	-

	Sunday 15				Monday 16
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	7	6	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.1 S	2.4 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	18	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	9
Energy(?)	3981	7313	7309	3400	3217	8761	8081	7343	1790	3201	3164	3680	6247	5931	5931	5931	3825	3825	4686	652	2717	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:56PM 1.77			1:26AM 1.77		3:11AM 1.52								11:10AM 1.88		1:39PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:19PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	3.5 SW	1.1 S	2.4 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 N	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	-	-	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 NE	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	17	-	-	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	14	14	-	4	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None