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

	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	2	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 N	1.4 SW	2.3 NE	1.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	4.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s)	11	10	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	16	9	16	10	14	19	14	15	14
Energy	705	832	1363	791	1225	1275	1441	843	870	354	626	1176	1045	406	1328	987	1131	1488	301	11127	2027	1742
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85	5:25AM 1.61	3:03PM 1.81		4:28AM 1.83		6:20PM 1.84	6:39AM 1.74		7:11PM 1.80	7:30AM 1.72		8:26PM 1.59	7:07AM 1.74		9:17PM 1.61	6:54AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	11:41AM 0.50		10:23PM 0.70	10:45AM 0.63	12:10PM 0.61	12:44AM 0.69		1:03PM 0.63	1:37AM 0.69		1:56PM 0.62	2:51AM 0.56		1:33PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	27	-	-	-	-	45	2	-	3	-	3	11	-
High °C	11	13	14	14	15	13	14	15	12	16	13	12	14	13	17	11	12	10	15	4	10	14
Low °C	10	13	14	12	14	11	13	14	10	15	13	10	11	12	14	9	11	7	15	4	8	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	14	15	12	13	14	11	15	13	12	14	12	16	8	9	7	14	0	8	14
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	2.5 N	1.7 ENE	2.3 NE	1.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	11	10	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	7	14	14	12	13	9	11	10	14	10	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	16	9	-	-	-	11	12	10	14	-	10	-	16	12	13	13	11	9	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 N	0.7 NE	4.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	9	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	2	-	-	8	-	16	5	3	5	14	8	3

	Monday 04					Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	705	679	832	855	1516	1328	1058	637	1262	1669	1225	1328	1292	1275	1208	1038	1052	1167	1297	1289	1011	870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 1.96									4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86				4:16PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47				11:01PM 0.60				11:41AM 0.50				9:12PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	13	13	12	11	10	11	15	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	16	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	13	11	10	10	9	14	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	10	16	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WNW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	1.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	16	15	14	14	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	9	5	14	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNE	1.7 NW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	3	-	-	4	4	4	4	12	5	3	-

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	772	745	705	692	692	679	614	832	505	557	564	564	677	803	807	796	785	1064	1343	1324	1058	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								1:40PM 1.96	2:48PM 2.06		4:04PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		7:29AM 0.34															10:14PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	11	14	12	10	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-

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