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

	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	13	17	13	12	14	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	9	8
Energy(?)	3179	3025	651	5862	2497	227	1915	746	149	1129	1267	2707	802	734	438	436	984	554	563	1418	161	380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	on	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 2.33		4:09PM 2.54	3:20AM 2.23	4:46AM 2.55	3:36PM 2.17		8:37AM 1.82		7:29PM 1.86	5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94		6:32AM 1.87		12:02AM 1.40	7:41AM 1.82		9:10PM 1.98	9:49AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09PM -0.07	10:09AM 0.38		9:02PM 0.00	11:04AM 0.46		12:46AM 0.13		1:28PM 0.27	1:52AM 0.20	11:33AM 0.49		12:10AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55	3:35PM 0.33			1:52PM 0.56	3:26AM 0.40		2:55PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	-	3	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-
High °C	16	13	20	13	9	17	12	14	22	16	14	15	13	11	15	16	13	13	12	11	21	21
Low °C	15	12	16	9	9	16	11	14	20	14	13	14	12	9	14	13	10	12	12	10	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	12	20	11	8	17	9	14	22	15	12	14	12	10	14	16	13	13	11	10	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	0.1 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	13	17	13	12	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	13	15	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.1 SW	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	-	10	-	-	9	8	9	14	12	11	-	-	-	8	8	-	12	8	-	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	0.5 NE	2.4 W	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.9 W	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.0 NW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	5	13	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	12	-	-	-	8	12	-	-	3	4	8

	Friday 07			Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1019	1979	3033	3025	3091	2809	2586	2555	705	3420	3185	2497	2221	2036	1891	1657	204	1152	1000	1372	1203	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:25AM 2.33					5:27PM 2.00			3:20AM 2.23									4:19AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			9:39PM 0.22				8:36AM 0.16	11:22AM 0.13							9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20	3:06PM -0.03		9:59PM 0.12	11:02PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	14	13	12	13	15	21	22	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	18	15	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	11	10	11	14	21	22	7	8	8	7	7	10	9	18	15	14	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.3 N	0.3 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	9	7	7	-

	Friday 07										Saturday 08
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	10	10	13
Energy(?)	1075	3056	3179	3198	3230	1979	1979	1572	345	1950	2192	3025	2981	2938	3091	2302	171	2809	2626	10	11	2586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:15PM 2.61											2:25AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)										10:44PM 0.00											9:38AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	13	15	11	13	13	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	11	11	10	11	14	10	11	11	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.6 SE	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	-	-	6	10	6	10	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	8	8	-

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