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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	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	11	10	11	13	10	8	8	9	12	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	375	511	680	404	415	218	282	423	54	1081	432	2288	3165	3879	4612	2665	2151	1814	829	645	736	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:53AM 1.65		8:51PM 1.71		1:22PM 1.24	1:47AM 1.33		2:22PM 1.24	12:38AM 1.64	11:22AM 1.79		10:52PM 1.72	11:03AM 1.77		2:03AM 1.78	11:45AM 1.88	4:18PM 1.39	1:18AM 2.07			12:52AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 0.60		2:38PM 0.74	3:13AM 0.83	7:26AM 0.52		7:29PM 0.32	8:04AM 0.31			5:14AM 0.75	5:36PM 0.61		5:01AM 0.68	6:20PM 0.49	7:38PM 0.39	5:44AM 0.57			7:19AM 0.43	6:41PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	16	12	15	18	15	23	18	17	23	11	12	14	15	15	19	14	17	19	13	17
Low °C	15	19	16	12	13	17	14	17	18	16	20	11	11	12	15	13	16	14	13	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	22	16	11	15	18	15	23	17	17	23	8	9	13	14	13	19	13	16	19	12	17
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	10	11	13	10	8	12	9	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	5	5	6	8	11	8	7	11	9	8	12	-	8	7	13	12	21	12	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	1.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.4 W	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	-	4	-	7	6	8	8	9	12	-	5	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1380	886	1194	1024	539	525	562	622	502	509	523	520	325	283	398	302	282	224	614	588	423	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27				10:42PM 1.55			7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:45PM 0.27	7:01PM 0.28		3:13AM 0.83				3:45PM 0.75	5:15PM 0.58				4:18AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	10	18	22	23	21	18	12	11	11	14	18	15	14	15	13	15	16	17	23
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	18	22	23	21	18	10	11	11	14	18	14	12	15	12	14	16	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	5	5	10	6	13	5	9	9	9	7	8	8	3	10	4	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	6	5	-	7	-

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1380	965	1595	1480	369	338	403	679	347	1052	1099	1024	615	615	857	857	455	671	719	702	360	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:12AM 1.34										10:03AM 1.51		12:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:38PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	13	21	15	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	12	21	12	11	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	8	7	7	8	8	9	13	13	-	-	14	8	9	10	5	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 NW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	5	9	9	7	7

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