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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	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	2	3	4	1	2	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 N	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	16	7	16	14	13	11	16	10	10	12	14	10	10	12	11	10	6	16	15	14
Energy(?)	456	642	806	115	490	555	371	567	193	112	644	146	253	707	78	42	47	173	119	1496	1833	1809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 2.25		1:14AM 2.26				4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05	2:54AM 2.22		3:07PM 2.25	1:35AM 3.03	8:57AM 1.76	6:38PM 1.91			2:40PM 3.01	7:30PM 1.82	5:17AM 1.93		8:25PM 1.72	8:54AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19		10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		8:39PM -0.04	9:00AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.06			12:56AM 0.15	8:29AM 0.28		1:49AM 0.25	11:27AM 0.42	2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	11	11	17	18	14	17	16	15	17	17	16	16	18	18	23	21	17	14	18	14	13
Low °C	17	11	8	15	17	11	16	15	12	15	17	13	16	18	15	20	16	16	13	17	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	9	8	17	18	12	17	15	15	17	16	16	16	18	18	23	21	17	14	17	12	12
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 N	-	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	7	11	7	11	14	13	13	10	10	-	12	14	-	10	8	11	10	6	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	16	12	16	-	8	-	13	12	-	12	12	-	12	7	5	12	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.1 W	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	4	4	-	6	16	11	-

	Saturday 03							Sunday 04								Monday 05
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	18	18	17	16	16	15	17	7	14	14	16	15	13	13	13	11	11
Energy(?)	553	539	614	656	691	793	926	981	779	925	858	521	83	683	607	527	514	527	596	605	437	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26			11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14		4:37AM 2.17				4:55PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02				7:22AM 0.19								8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	13	17	11	10	10	8	9	13	15	17	15	12	14	14	11	15	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	17	9	8	8	5	7	13	15	17	14	12	13	14	10	15	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	7	16	16	15	11	7	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	11	11	11	17	17	10	8	16	15	7	-	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	8	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 03
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	20	11	11	11	10	6	19	18	10	10	18	18	18	18	17
Energy(?)	598	554	553	540	523	628	592	671	614	612	552	381	230	661	642	385	404	793	734	901	926	909
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															3:12PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)					5:43AM 0.35												5:01PM 0.10				9:23PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	12	13	13	17	15	11	12	16	16	12	13	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	16	10	10	10	11	12	12	17	14	10	11	16	16	11	11	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	7	7	7	11	11	11	10	13	7	7	10	10	7	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	12	20	19	19	21	13	12	11	12	20	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	8

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