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

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	Sun	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Houghton Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	9	6	4	4	4	5	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	4.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	6	12	-	11	4	15	14	9	11	11
Energy(?)	2905	695	1045	475	790	707	479	413	155	337	417	106	365	109	0	2259	40	1631	1899	3103	6401	6427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:01AM 1.56			9:37AM 1.71		12:05AM 1.59	11:08AM 1.50		8:48PM 1.58	10:24AM 1.72		2:26AM 1.56		2:55PM 1.19	3:07AM 1.55		3:40PM 1.19	12:40AM 1.98	4:05AM 1.37		12:16AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 0.53		1:57PM 0.85	12:46AM 0.73		4:18PM 0.58		4:53AM 0.63	5:15PM 0.58	3:05AM 0.83	4:18AM 0.82	4:45PM 0.70	8:09PM 0.56	8:51AM 0.33		8:48PM 0.56	9:37AM 0.32			10:23AM 0.30	6:04PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	16	-	-	14	-	1
High °C	11	12	14	16	21	20	13	15	21	16	22	17	17	20	21	16	20	16	16	15	20	17
Low °C	10	11	13	15	19	20	12	12	20	14	18	17	16	18	19	13	19	16	15	15	19	15
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	15	21	20	12	15	21	16	22	16	17	20	21	14	20	16	15	14	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	7	12	-	11	9	8	9	10	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	-	1.4 NW	0.1 N	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.3 E	-	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	-	8	4	5	5	9	12	16	-	11	9	6	-	10	6	15	14	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 NW	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 N	3.0 WNW	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	4.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	4	5	5	-	5	4	-	7	6	6	6	12	-	4	-	-	9	11	11

	Sun	Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1404	1385	1166	1080	1050	1519	777	1483	1375	832	1195	1024	632	546	685	559	507	521	503	256	278	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:36PM 1.62			5:59AM 1.73	8:37AM 1.78				9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27							7:58AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			1:31AM 0.82							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:52PM 0.53			3:13AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	10	9	11	15	13	13	11	11	12	10	19	22	20	20	17	16	12	16	14	18
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	7	9	14	12	12	9	10	10	8	19	22	20	20	17	16	12	16	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	12	12	7	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	13	14	13	13	4	5	5	6	12	7	9	6	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 08				Monday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	0.1 E	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1427	1404	1401	1401	2905	1385	593	1385	1446	1195	6	1954	255	164	259	226	195	305	1886	280	1045	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:36PM 1.62															11:46AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)								2:55AM 0.53											1:34PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	10	9	11	9	9	9	12	12	15	16	17	17	17	17	13	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	10	10	14	16	17	17	17	17	12	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	9	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	-

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