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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Pukerua Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	9	9	8	8	9	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 ENE	3.0 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.4 NW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	8	13	11	16	11	11	11	14	13	10	14	6	14	16	14	15	14	12
Energy	1343	822	826	524	1212	712	698	426	1487	4831	2740	6333	4074	353	5792	717	10552	8893	6934	6784	2994	1199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 1.90		3:13AM 1.77	5:05PM 1.83		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		4:56AM 1.65	5:40PM 1.64		8:23AM 1.73	5:47PM 1.58		6:13AM 1.63		6:49PM 1.63	7:50AM 1.77		8:26PM 1.83	8:43AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.65	9:35AM 0.57		11:15PM 0.76	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76	11:23AM 0.64		11:53PM 0.75			11:58PM 0.68		12:34PM 0.60	1:00AM 0.61		2:13PM 0.44	2:39AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	4	10	2	8	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	14	9	10	11	14	8	10	10	9	12	12	10	12
Low °C	12	15	13	13	14	12	12	11	9	13	9	9	10	14	6	10	9	7	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	11	12	8	7	11	12	3	7	8	8	10	11	8	10
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 ENE	3.0 W	2.3 NW	1.0 NNW	3.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	8	13	11	13	11	11	10	9	13	8	12	11	14	16	14	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	1.0 SW	0.8 W	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSW	3.0 NW	1.0 W	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	11	10	11	14	5	-	8	17	11	15	8	-	-	-	17	11	12	12	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	-	1.4 NW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	2	-	11	14	-	10	14	6	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06							Thursday 07								Friday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	9	11	13	13	13
Energy	1145	1038	1067	846	1382	1297	1014	826	700	680	699	617	579	1170	1110	1046	1005	1000	698	1082	1067	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:03AM 1.86				4:16PM 1.91				3:13AM 1.77								3:02AM 1.69				4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)								9:12PM 0.66				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61		8:54PM 0.67					10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	10	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	17	14	15	14	14	14	12	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	17	13	14	13	13	13	11	14	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	9	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.6 WNW	1.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	4	9	9	11	14	22	10	10	8	9	6	-	6	14	14	14	14	13	-	18	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 N	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	11	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1275	1145	1145	850	1441	1441	857	857	857	857	857	846	926	930	936	997	990	1013	995	921	1014	999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														1:59PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)									8:49AM 0.49													9:12PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	9	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	4	11	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-

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