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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	9	5	9	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 N	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	18	8	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	9846	3561	2964	5946	2084	3233	1461	999	686	121	1234	977	758	638	819	1299	1217	1699	415	1028	1387	1556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 1.64	1:26AM 1.77		1:39PM 1.73	3:18AM 1.79	11:10AM 1.94		12:13AM 2.01		2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97	11:48AM 3.41		12:05AM 2.99	11:57AM 3.34	1:48PM 2.29	12:19AM 3.26	4:45AM 1.98	2:31PM 2.29	12:59AM 3.25	5:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.37	7:30AM 0.38		9:07PM 0.29	5:03AM 0.44	6:02PM 0.20		8:48AM 0.20		9:06PM 0.09	5:41AM 0.57	5:56PM -0.04		5:48AM -0.01			10:56AM 0.11			11:46AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	13	14	16	13	15	16	17	15	12	9	14	12	11	13	13	11	18	15	14	18
Low °C	13	14	13	13	16	11	13	14	14	15	11	8	11	12	10	12	13	10	16	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	12	15	11	14	15	17	15	10	8	13	10	10	12	12	9	18	14	13	18
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 WNW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.2 WNW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	6	8	12	12	9	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	12	-	8	10	9	12	12	7	8	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.7 SW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	4	6	-	8	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	16	13	14	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	9846	11086	12496	11380	10646	3285	5640	11660	9850	5203	3644	3274	1128	1341	1163	1249	1250	787	999	765	622	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 1.64								1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				10:03AM 2.90	2:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					7:03PM 0.37			5:03AM 0.54												6:08PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	12	18	16	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	12	14	13	15	15	15	12	11	18	15	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	16	13	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	-	12	10	10	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	6

	Sunday 15																Monday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	17	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	18	16
Energy(?)	8873	9846	9846	9981	10588	3011	5097	14795	4992	12074	11791	11380	1872	2087	2260	2256	11983	2328	7891	9818	3619	6821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)															9:28PM 2.36		11:01PM 1.81		1:26AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:08AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.3 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	-	-	9	9	9	8	18	18	18	17	18	9	17	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.9 NW	2.5 W	-	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	16	-	6	16	-	6

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