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

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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	13	6	6	7	8	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	9
Energy(?)	436	1045	369	510	406	400	120	162	274	423	293	283	263	289	1339	640	6521	1593	1271	1501	896	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:03AM 1.51		7:34PM 1.60	9:16AM 1.70		1:44AM 1.56		2:09PM 1.23	2:26AM 1.56		2:46PM 1.44	3:07AM 1.55			11:37PM 1.82	4:01AM 1.41	2:16PM 1.73	12:16AM 1.92	10:37AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.54	12:46AM 0.73		4:18PM 0.58	1:52AM 0.82		3:45PM 0.75	7:31PM 0.55	8:04AM 0.33		8:09PM 0.56	9:10AM 0.34		8:48PM 0.56	9:28AM 0.53	5:23PM 0.50		10:17AM 0.32			4:24AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	17	22	20	13	19	21	15	22	17	18	20	17	12	13	17	14	17	16	15	12
Low °C	12	13	14	18	20	11	17	20	13	17	16	16	20	16	10	13	17	12	16	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	17	22	20	11	19	21	15	22	16	18	20	16	10	13	16	13	17	16	14	10
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	2.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SE
Period (s)	12	11	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	13	12	6	9	8	15	15	13	9	9	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 NW	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	14	6	7	12	8	-	9	10	12	12	7	8	-	14	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.5 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NW	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 WSW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	2	4	-	7	6	6	7	6	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 09					Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1114	1519	508	1380	1375	832	1194	1024	592	526	562	553	531	285	275	212	325	314	104	322	288	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:32AM 2.10				9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27				1:00AM 1.57			7:58AM 1.60		1:17PM 1.28		8:48PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)						12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:52PM 0.53	7:07PM 0.28							5:15PM 0.58		12:37AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	14	13	11	11	11	10	18	22	22	20	18	15	15	15	13	17	17	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	12	9	9	9	8	18	22	22	20	18	15	15	15	12	17	17	12	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	6	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	13	14	13	13	10	5	10	6	13	10	10	10	9	7	7	8	4	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NW	1.3 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	4	-	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	3	-

	Monday 09																Tuesday 10
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	13	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1080	1502	436	1502	1502	1045	1886	1887	170	244	243	365	191	300	299	299	886	832	238	1143	745	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:32AM 2.10																					4:39AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)						12:19PM 0.63	1:34PM 0.67				5:59PM 0.26	6:10PM 0.50						12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	11	11	15	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	10	9	15	8	10	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	13	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	9	-	9	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	8	9	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-

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