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			Saturday 14
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Fields Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	4	6	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	6	13	12	9	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	6	13	13	12	13	16	16	14
Energy(?)	474	257	1549	1927	212	1045	408	824	765	279	314	134	305	489	131	309	166	363	2466	407	864	1871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:07AM 1.65	3:52PM 2.45	8:36PM 1.62	9:16AM 2.15		10:59PM 1.61	11:38AM 1.53		10:42PM 1.55	9:38AM 2.00		8:48PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53	2:02PM 1.47	12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59		11:58PM 1.88		3:31PM 1.41	3:49AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 0.52			2:55AM 0.53		3:41PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.50	4:18PM 0.58			2:31PM 0.75	3:05AM 0.83	5:49AM 0.61			6:40AM 0.56	4:37PM 0.62		7:25AM 0.49		9:29PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	5	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	12	12	15	11	17	14	16	21	21	17	16	22	14	22	20	17	19	16	13	13	18	15
Low °C	10	12	14	9	17	13	15	18	21	15	15	21	13	18	19	14	18	15	12	12	18	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	8	17	13	15	21	21	17	16	22	13	22	20	16	19	14	12	12	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	9	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	8	7	13	12	17	16	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	10	11	-	5	-	8	5	6	8	9	12	15	-	11	13	7	9	8	7	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NNW	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	12	3	-	4	5	6	3	-	4	-	7	6	4	4	7	13	-	2	-

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	7	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1764	2314	1036	2123	2509	1842	285	689	1404	1385	1166	1080	1114	1502	295	1380	1375	870	1275	1026	687	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22				8:36PM 1.62			5:59AM 1.73					9:37PM 1.56					12:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)							3:45PM 0.39				1:31AM 0.82							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	10	14	10	12	15	13	12	10	9	10	9	12	15	18	13	11	11	11	10	18	21
Chill °C (?)	15	7	14	7	10	14	13	11	8	7	8	7	11	15	18	12	9	10	10	10	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	6	14	12	8	8	7	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	7	14	13	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	8	9	13	13	9	4	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	-	4	-	5	5

	Saturday 07				Sunday 08
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	0.1 E	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	14	14	13	7	13	13	12	12	12	13	5	13	13	12	14	13	7	7
Energy(?)	1738	2468	804	2494	508	364	131	368	2291	2291	4390	3187	3023	1979	78	1977	1675	2485	8	3549	356	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														8:07AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 0.45																	2:27PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	16	10	10	11	16	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	16	13	13	12	12	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	10	16	7	7	8	16	6	7	8	8	8	9	10	15	11	11	10	9	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	13	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	15	7	13	7	7	7	11	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	8	-	11	-	14	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 N	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	-	1.7 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	7	6	3	7	13	13	12	13	12	13	5	13	-	12	-	13	7	7

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