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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	0.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 NNE	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	9	14	10	7	11	15	15	14	16
Energy(?)	850	1160	920	1044	858	159	1905	874	875	984	953	1142	441	1139	806	643	1001	2141	664	1355	1187	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 1.80		6:51AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		7:53PM 1.40		3:03PM 2.01		9:29AM 1.34	2:32PM 1.89	2:55AM 1.79		2:47PM 2.78		4:30AM 1.72			5:28AM 1.65	6:06PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.58	2:14AM 0.21	8:54AM 0.29		10:41PM 0.71			8:51PM 0.51	9:08AM 0.55		10:27PM 0.66	10:52AM 0.61	1:40PM 0.66	11:25PM 0.78	11:55AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	32	-	-	-	17	2	29	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	18	20	15	11	11	14	17	18	18	14	13	15	14	16	16	21	17	13	13	16
Low °C	16	13	14	17	14	11	11	11	16	17	17	14	12	13	13	16	15	16	17	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	15	18	20	15	10	10	13	17	18	18	12	13	13	13	15	15	21	17	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:08	-
Sunset	7:09	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 E	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 SW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	12	7	13	13	13	13	14	8	12	12	7	10	7	11	8	9	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 N	0.5 SW	-	0.7 NE	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.4 S	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	16	10	10	10	12	-	5	-	16	7	13	-	16	14	12	11	10	15	15	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	2.5 NNE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	7	10	7	11	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.2 S	1.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	15	15	13	14	15
Energy(?)	1521	1114	1108	1160	1838	1247	1042	1179	1126	1371	1557	511	536	1114	1008	911	1137	1219	3109	3305	3456	1343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54			1:50PM 2.14				1:05AM 2.08			12:57PM 3.15	2:21PM 2.05				2:40AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)				12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19			9:25PM 0.49				7:24AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	15	14	13	13	15	20	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	17	10	10	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	20	16	15	13	12	12	14	20	19	17	15	15	15	15	15	17	10	10	7	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.2 S	1.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	15	15	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	1.2 SW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	17	17	16	17	10	10	21	10	-	-	5	16	10	6	15	15	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	9	4	4	10	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02										Friday 03
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	16	13	11	10	14	12	12	12	10	11	12
Energy(?)	1035	958	850	755	848	848	897	1129	696	675	703	1385	82	317	347	92	118	117	466	1022	920	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:28PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	18	17	16	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	18	17	16	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	13	11	10	8	12	12	12	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	18	18	18	17	11	11	11	16	8	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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