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

	Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	8	4	5	4	5	3	0	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 W	6.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	10	11	12	11	11	8	15	15	15	17	16	15	14	13	13
Energy	1384	930	515	870	712	711	114	1716	4469	3967	3963	912	1743	26870	6814	7544	13255	4999	3272	4939	2823	4454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 2.14		4:28AM 1.83	5:05PM 1.83		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		7:30AM 1.72		8:04PM 1.79	5:55AM 1.64	5:12PM 2.57		6:54AM 1.68		7:34PM 1.73	7:50AM 1.77		11:31PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.70	10:45AM 0.63		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76		2:16PM 0.54	2:29AM 0.66			10:54PM 0.87		1:20PM 0.54	1:47AM 0.61		2:13PM 0.44		7:44AM 0.21	1:17PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	-	-	1	8	5	10	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	16	13	14	13	17	14	10	10	13	12	5	10	10	7	13	15	12	13	11
Low °C	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	12	10	9	9	12	4	6	10	6	7	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	16	12	13	12	16	12	7	9	12	10	-1	10	7	6	12	15	11	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	3.0 W	2.2 NW	4.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 N	4.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	15	15	17	16	15	14	13	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.8 W	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.9 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.1 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	10	-	12	5	-	11	-	-	-	10	13	-	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	-	0.8 NNW	3.5 W	6.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	11	14	-	-	8	10	11	12	-	4	8	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	8	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	4.5 NE	1.8 ENE	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	12	11	13	13	16	11	9	11
Energy	1036	1289	1181	1137	779	704	609	617	605	659	532	712	831	1297	711	910	1153	1122	1735	7154	541	5355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 1.91				3:13AM 1.77					6:20PM 1.84		2:27AM 2.73					4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61			10:00PM 0.72				10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	-	-	-	3	2	-	4	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	16	15	13	12	15	16	12	14	14	11	11	12	15	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	13	16	15	12	11	14	15	11	13	13	11	10	10	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	14	12	11	13	13	17	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 SW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.1 W	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	9	7	9	-	6	6	6	5	14	10	-	18	16	17	16	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	4.5 NE	0.7 NW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	9	3	-	-	3	4	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	11	4	11

	Wednesday 06											Thursday 07
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	8	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	15
Energy	973	1384	1384	1384	869	869	869	869	785	988	777	930	132	219	779	690	690	704	336	4	161	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)														1:28AM 2.62		3:13AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	14	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 N	0.7 N	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	15	15	9	9	9	7	9	11	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	4	3	3

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