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

	Sun	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.6 W	2.0 N	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 S	4.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	14	14	15	15	14	14	10	9	14	13	12	8	12	8	9	10	12	14	15
Energy	857	718	797	1363	791	1225	1275	1167	834	2332	732	705	595	714	143	668	887	546	918	317	5745	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 2.29		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		6:12AM 1.56	3:50PM 1.73		5:18AM 1.77		7:11PM 1.80	4:56AM 1.65		8:04PM 1.79	8:23AM 1.73		8:56PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		7:29AM 0.34		7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66			11:15PM 0.76	11:39AM 0.67	1:03PM 0.63	1:37AM 0.69	11:23AM 0.64	1:56PM 0.62	2:29AM 0.66		2:48PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	1	12
High °C	13	11	13	14	13	15	14	14	13	16	16	16	12	14	14	18	16	11	14	14	6	11
Low °C	10	10	13	13	11	14	10	10	13	13	15	13	11	11	13	14	14	11	10	14	4	8
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	12	13	15	13	14	12	15	16	16	11	13	13	17	16	8	12	14	2	10
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.3 W	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	14	15	15	14	14	10	9	7	13	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 NE	0.7 S	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	9	6	14	14	14	6	6	8	14	13	15	10	12	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NNW	2.0 N	1.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	4.0 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	5	8	9	4	5	14	4

	Sun	Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	613	857	857	814	718	692	797	880	1277	862	1058	637	1262	1669	1225	1328	1012	1275	1208	1208	1067	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96									4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.71				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47			8:28PM 0.58	11:01PM 0.60				11:19AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	11	10	10	11	14	16	15	14	13	13	11	10	9	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	9	9	11	13	13	10	8	10	9	13	15	15	14	12	12	10	9	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.0 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	10	-	4	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	3	-	3	4	3	9

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 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	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	11	12	12	12	16	16
Energy	611	969	969	969	969	857	857	857	857	843	649	814	0	0	380	374	705	428	478	459	524	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								1:12AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.42														9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	13	13	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 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	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	4	4	-	3	3	3	-	-

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