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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	5	5	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	15	16	13	13	12	14	12	14	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1016	403	1551	1188	1192	1087	812	551	1705	1711	650	1081	546	407	855	1647	456	1807	1191	2020	4420	4982
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:41PM 3.20		1:48PM 2.29	2:11AM 2.23		2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21		3:17PM 2.24	9:06PM 1.54	9:39AM 1.51	4:08PM 2.13		7:20AM 1.80		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74		9:07PM 1.83	6:37AM 1.84		9:01PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:41AM 0.07		8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		8:46PM 0.07	8:10AM 0.23		3:25AM 0.06			1:19AM 0.30		1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.31	3:34AM 0.40		2:41PM 0.56	3:16AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	12	15	17	11	17	17	14	12	13	12	16	16	15	17	15	11	19	16	17	17	14	16
Low °C	10	11	15	11	14	16	12	12	13	12	15	16	13	15	12	10	17	16	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	15	16	10	17	17	13	10	13	12	16	16	15	17	14	9	19	16	17	17	13	16
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	11	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	15	16	7	13	12	14	12	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 W	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	13	12	12	6	10	18	16	11	12	13	12	21	-	18	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	517	1016	1207	1341	1258	1182	511	1099	1245	1063	1048	1016	1192	1229	1087	1199	1161	1147	1299	1208	1324	1326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29									5:07PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:45AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11				11:24PM 0.12				10:37AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	16	11	10	10	11	15	16	16	12	12	13	11	14	17	17	16	13	13	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	9	9	10	15	16	16	12	10	12	10	14	17	17	16	12	12	11	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	9	13	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.3 W	1.0 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	7	-

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	457	667	679	847	921	1016	326	591	1207	1352	1837	1341	1231	1392	1381	1249	1230	1211	1129	1182	1237	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:32AM 2.21														3:06PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)																10:11AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	12	12	11	11	10	14	10	15	16	10	9	9	11	13	14	15	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	10	11	11	11	11	10	14	9	14	15	9	9	9	11	13	14	15	14	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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