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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon		Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	15	14	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	12	8
Energy(?)	1682	1067	723	500	907	691	1022	1599	369	644	904	709	213	738	639	393	171	80	380	229	109	671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 1.59			2:23AM 1.59			3:10AM 1.29						2:32AM 1.79		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84	12:48PM 1.96	2:07PM 2.19	3:48AM 1.87		1:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	5:22PM 1.14	7:26PM 0.50	7:59AM 0.53		8:07PM 0.55	8:44AM 0.57	2:40PM 1.41	8:52PM 0.29	9:27AM 0.33	4:56PM 0.56	9:54PM 0.31	7:52AM 0.49		8:06PM 0.40	8:16AM 0.50		8:48PM 0.34	6:47AM 0.49		9:28PM 0.29	7:24AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	4	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	22	15	14	15	13	11	17	18	12	16	14	14	13	12	13	15	11	11	16	15
Low °C	17	11	18	15	11	12	12	10	16	17	11	16	14	12	13	12	11	13	11	9	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	13	22	15	12	14	12	10	17	18	10	16	12	13	13	10	12	15	9	9	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 SE
Period (s)	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	13	10	14	13	13	12	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 E	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	9	16	14	-	15	5	-	12	13	12	12	11	14	14	7	-	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	-	0.6 NE	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	1.1 ESE	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	12	-	4	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	8	8	-	6	6	-	4	-	10

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 W	1.7 NE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1098	1610	1177	1146	1053	1124	569	730	523	1067	629	1032	560	541	514	855	1022	691	820	1898	1697	1648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:37AM 1.59		7:22AM 2.67		1:57PM 1.26			12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.50	12:24AM 0.87							8:24PM 0.28			6:19AM 0.55				4:12PM 0.63				4:37AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	12	11	12	15	21	23	15	16	12	12	11	12	15	13	12	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	11	9	11	15	21	23	15	16	11	10	10	10	14	12	10	12	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SW	1.1 S	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.3 W	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 NW	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	8	12	13	13	9	5	6	11	7	9	18	9	16	16	14	-	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 W	1.7 NE	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	5	6	10	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Monday 12										Tuesday 13
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 W	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	8	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1730	2010	1858	1671	1704	1610	1533	1469	904	1256	744	998	982	1361	344	640	602	83	419	482	714	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:27AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	19	15	15	15	14	14	11	15	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	18	14	14	14	13	14	9	15	10	9	8	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 NW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	10	11	11	10	11	11	8	11	10	14	8	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 W	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	8	8	11	8	8	11	8	8	10	7	15	-	10	8	10	9	9	13	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	9	-	8	10	8	5	8	8	-	-	5	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None