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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Murdering Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fox River West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Herbertville Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	7	3	0	7	8	9	7	7	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	3.0 N	2.2 NNW	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.6 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 W	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	11	8	11	11	12	10	9	10	17	13	15	16	13	14	12	13
Energy	992	1384	826	1405	1414	1163	815	72	599	4506	5540	4310	1346	4552	4541	14912	8499	13225	5317	4242	1027	1507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 1.81		4:28AM 1.83	5:05PM 1.83		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		4:56AM 1.65	4:32PM 1.62	8:26PM 1.59	8:23AM 1.73	5:47PM 1.58		6:13AM 1.63		7:34PM 1.73	7:50AM 1.77		8:26PM 1.83	11:15AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.56		10:33PM 0.86	10:45AM 0.63		11:15PM 0.76	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76	11:23AM 0.64		2:51AM 0.56			11:58PM 0.68		12:34PM 0.60	1:47AM 0.61		2:13PM 0.44	2:39AM 0.48	5:38AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	53	5	3	-	-	3	1	11	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	17	14	10	11	15	12	6	10	11	8	12	13	9	13
Low °C	12	14	13	15	15	14	12	13	13	14	10	10	11	12	5	8	10	8	10	10	8	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	15	12	8	9	14	10	0	7	9	7	10	12	7	12
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SW	2.2 NNW	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.8 NW	3.0 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	14	11	14	14	9	9	11	13	11	11	12	10	9	-	12	13	15	16	13	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	1.6 NE	1.0 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	2.5 NW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	10	15	8	14	-	20	-	-	11	15	12	-	12	12	20	11	11	13	24	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	-	3.0 N	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 NW	3.5 WNW	-	4.0 WSW	-	5.0 W	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	6	11	-	10	-	10	17	13	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06					Thursday 07								Friday 08								Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.2 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 NE
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	13	10
Energy	1067	846	1024	1289	1163	1160	700	607	692	617	1132	631	534	1163	1034	1000	1017	981	1067	1165	1389	5206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:16PM 1.91				3:13AM 1.77			2:36PM 1.75		6:20PM 1.84			3:02AM 1.69				4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)						10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57								10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	5	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	5	5	-
Temp. °C	12	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	10	11	11
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.2 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 SW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	-	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	14	10	10	9	8	9	-	14	6	6	14	14	13	13	18	16	17	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.4 NNE	-	3.0 NW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	4.0 NE
Period (s)	4	4	-	10	-	8	-	-	2	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10

	Wednesday 06																	Thursday 07
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 N	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 NE
Period(s)	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4
Energy	1038	857	992	1325	1325	1307	846	834	822	822	309	988	886	1163	1184	1179	1172	826	814	802	700	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)										3:03PM 1.81		5:53PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				9:56AM 0.55											8:08PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	15	15	12	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	12	13	10	13	13	14	14	10	11	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	11	15	15	14	11	11	11	11	15	-	-	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.5 N	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	7	8	9	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	4

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