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

	Tue		Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	4	7	5	5	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.1 N	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 W	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	2.5 S	4.5 WSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	9	13	16	11	16	10	11	8	8	8	12	14	14	13	14
Energy	1225	1337	992	1385	870	517	1263	1083	619	429	995	1627	1109	2714	468	210	1968	6566	5396	7632	4236	2716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:03AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.90		5:49AM 1.79			5:19AM 1.98	5:57PM 1.78		6:12AM 1.73			5:55AM 1.64		8:56PM 1.82	6:13AM 1.63		6:49PM 1.63	7:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.60	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65		12:10PM 0.61	11:20PM 0.88	11:49AM 0.80		10:54PM 0.76		12:36PM 0.68	11:53PM 0.75		12:22PM 0.61			3:37PM 0.49	1:00AM 0.61		2:13PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	2	-	2	2	3	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	14	15	13	12	15	14	14	13	18	9	10	12	14	18	7	12	10	9	10	12
Low °C	14	11	12	14	13	12	14	13	11	12	15	9	10	11	12	16	4	11	8	7	7	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	14	12	12	14	13	14	12	17	6	6	10	13	18	2	12	7	7	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	5:32	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.1 N	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	2.0 NW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	4.5 WSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	11	14	14	8	9	13	13	14	11	10	10	8	8	17	12	14	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	11	14	10	4	14	14	20	16	-	16	15	15	9	10	13	-	11	11	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.0 WNW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 W	0.8 N	0.4 NW	2.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	9	4	11	8	10	11	4	2	8	-	-	-	13	-

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 N	1.2 SSW	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	9	14	9	9	12
Energy	1225	1328	1275	1337	1208	1038	1067	1067	1007	1307	1014	1145	1032	680	617	569	579	1255	534	1083	1083	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:03AM 1.86				4:16PM 1.91				3:13AM 1.77					6:20PM 1.84			4:02AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				11:01PM 0.60				10:11AM 0.75				10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	11	12	12	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	10	10	10	14	16	14	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	12	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 N	1.2 SSW	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	9	14	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	11	11	22	10	10	10	9	7	-	5	14	6	14	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 N	-	1.8 WNW	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	-	10	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05											Wednesday 06
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	943	1177	1225	1209	1346	1328	1310	1018	1045	1760	919	1616	1616	919	919	850	1161	556	1038	673	708	857
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)															2:29AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)										9:36PM 0.62										7:45AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	10	11	10	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 NNW	1.6 SSW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	6	15	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	15	9	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	0.7 NNW	1.2 NE	0.7 NNW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	4	5	4	6	6	4

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