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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	4	5	6	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	13	7	8	15	15	12	11
Energy(?)	1192	1092	1064	1136	2498	1699	822	1068	574	497	760	638	215	157	1904	4416	379	832	905	193	8590	3393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:52AM 2.21	5:32AM 1.94	5:58PM 2.00			6:54PM 1.94		5:58AM 2.33		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74			6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82			7:14AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 0.08	8:46PM 0.07	11:46AM 0.15		12:18AM 0.21	8:56AM 0.32		10:21PM 0.32	12:26PM 0.47	1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.31	12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	12:48AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	17	9	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	17	18	14	13	12	12	18	16	14	18	17	14	19	17	15	16	17	18	20	22	17	18
Low °C	13	16	13	13	12	10	17	16	12	17	15	11	17	15	14	15	17	16	17	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	12	10	12	18	16	14	18	17	13	19	17	14	15	16	18	20	22	16	18
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	7	13	11	11	12	9	12	13	11	10	15	15	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	18	16	18	12	13	11	9	18	7	11	16	13	12	-	16	-	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	3	10	12	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	16
Energy(?)	1319	1066	1047	1159	1092	1254	1312	1064	1445	1006	1136	1015	1437	1632	1556	1699	1589	1243	1216	1042	839	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						5:07PM 2.03			2:52AM 2.21	4:14AM 2.51				5:58PM 2.00			3:37AM 2.15				2:02PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	1:45AM 0.10		8:21AM 0.05	10:56AM 0.11			7:53PM 0.18	11:24PM 0.12				11:46AM 0.15			9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	17	18	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	15	18	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	17	18	16	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	15	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 ENE	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	-	12	12	11	16	11	7	8	10	10	10	10	-	16	16	-	10	10	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1154	1286	1189	1148	1160	1205	1296	1212	1047	1064	1244	1159	1159	1092	1627	1577	971	876	909	859	662	738
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:45AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	1:45AM 0.10						7:30AM 0.19													8:46PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	12	11	11	11	15	12	13	13	16	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	10	10	10	15	11	12	12	16	17	18	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 N	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	13	-	12	12	12	16	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	14	14	5	5	5	6	-	-

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