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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	Sat		Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	5	6	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	10	12	12	18	15	14
Energy(?)	1719	464	1005	1553	1927	678	1027	384	697	692	351	232	203	288	403	104	67	157	1062	1194	1091	4507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:04PM 2.28	4:15AM 1.77			9:01AM 1.56		10:00PM 1.49	4:39AM 2.37		10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		10:15PM 2.04	10:37AM 2.01		8:53PM 1.62	12:56PM 1.59		10:52PM 1.72	12:09PM 1.89	1:38PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		2:22AM 0.99	10:27AM 0.59	2:27PM 0.46	10:09PM 0.64		3:36PM 1.14		10:55AM 0.95	5:26PM 0.48		4:53AM 0.63	5:15PM 0.58		4:28AM 0.98	6:07PM 0.54	3:12AM 0.82	6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47		6:01AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	12	19	15	11	13	14	16	21	22	17	21	22	15	20	18	21	18	16	13	13	15
Low °C	15	10	19	14	9	12	13	15	19	21	15	19	20	14	17	18	20	18	16	11	11	14
Chill °C (?)	15	10	19	14	8	13	13	15	21	22	17	21	22	14	20	18	21	18	14	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NE	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 NE	0.7 WNW	-	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	-
Period (s)	13	14	13	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	6	7	-	13	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	13	15	-	6	-	8	5	10	7	7	6	14	7	11	6	12	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	1.0 SW	-	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	5	7	-	13	12	-	-	4	5	6	5	5	4	-	-	4	2	4	12	6	-	14

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1719	2942	1764	2311	1036	2123	2525	1738	948	700	1404	1385	1358	1080	1043	1502	595	1380	1380	870	1174	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22		3:23PM 2.66		8:36PM 1.62				7:32AM 2.10				9:37PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)													2:55AM 0.53							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	10	14	10	12	15	18	12	11	9	9	9	11	15	13	13	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	7	14	7	10	14	18	11	10	7	7	7	10	14	13	12	9	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	0.1 NE	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	6	14	12	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	13	13	14	7	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	-	-	9	6	9	9	14	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	5	13	-	13	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Saturday 07										Sunday 08
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1322	406	1383	1719	821	2186	2965	357	854	499	2426	2311	2311	2377	2319	2291	1852	2123	1997	2852	15	1872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:56PM 1.85					8:03PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	16	16	15	16	18	15	13	10	10	10	11	12	11	13	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	19	14	15	15	14	15	18	14	10	7	7	7	8	9	8	12	8	8	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 W	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	2.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	12	6	14	13	12	13	6	6	6	-	-	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	7	15	6	13	14	7	5	13	5	13	13	13	-	-	7	15	7	7	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.4 W	-	0.7 NNW	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	-	2.3 SW
Period (s)	5	3	-	5	-	13	13	3	-	4	13	13	13	12	12	13	-	13	13	12	-	13

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