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

	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sun
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	11	11	10	13	12	13	17	12	10	15	13	13	9
Energy(?)	1011	501	554	465	816	1030	77	532	290	476	92	588	156	620	1211	395	2082	1714	673	1122	1361	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:36AM 3.28			5:59AM 1.95	4:55PM 2.05	12:49AM 3.11		5:47PM 2.00	3:42AM 2.15	6:18AM 2.03	6:38PM 1.91		4:24AM 2.00	6:13PM 2.34		5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		11:45AM 1.31	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 0.02	10:17PM -0.03	12:16PM 0.11			6:58AM 0.05		9:28PM 0.02	12:35PM 0.19		12:36AM 0.17	10:31AM 0.32		11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		10:19PM 0.74	5:36AM 0.07		12:46AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	14	17	17	15	22	18	15	16	18	16	20	17	18	16	18	13	18	14	15	19
Low °C	14	15	11	16	17	12	19	17	13	15	17	14	19	16	15	16	16	11	18	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	12	17	16	14	22	18	15	16	18	16	20	17	18	16	17	11	18	12	15	19
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.9 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	14	13	-	12	8	10	9	11	11	16	13	12	13	12	16	15	15	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	-	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	16	-	6	-	-	5	12	12	8	-	16	-	15	18	17	7	8	13	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 W	-	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.7 W	-	-	1.0 W	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	13	6	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	4	7	12	10	7	10	-	-

	Sunday 04					Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NE	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	17	15	14	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	11	11	13	9	9	10	12
Energy(?)	516	537	843	214	613	543	514	535	695	551	480	243	391	1030	850	581	634	254	223	610	625	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 3.28		5:27PM 1.83		12:01AM 3.14		4:37AM 2.17				4:38PM 2.35			2:54AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)									8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10			8:33PM -0.03	10:06PM 0.14			9:00AM 0.19		2:39PM -0.01		9:28PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	16	13	12	14	14	12	16	17	17	18	15	14	13	12	15	17	24	18	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	11	12	13	13	11	16	17	17	18	15	13	12	11	15	16	24	18	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	15	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	13	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSE	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	18	17	10	7	6	16	15	6	13	6	6	8	12	-	12	-	12	15	8	13	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 NE	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	2	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 04																Monday 05
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	16	15	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	7	14	14	13
Energy(?)	524	516	1011	239	924	537	510	923	1667	834	775	428	287	538	644	618	557	406	151	509	431	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:04PM 2.06								12:37AM 3.27		2:05AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)			9:58AM 0.10										7:43PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	12	17	14	14	16	13	15	15	15	16	14	14	13	12	14	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	9	17	14	14	16	11	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	11	14	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	16	7	15	11	11	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	7	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	18	18	11	16	10	17	17	10	-	10	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	15	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	2.0 WSW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.8 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	-	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	5	14	-	7	4	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	5	-	-

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