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

	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1566	852	781	508	848	1569	775	735	680	2672	380	1786	1296	1495	704	568	562	830	458	358	709	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:57AM 2.94			1:10AM 3.09		6:06PM 1.91	1:14AM 2.62	9:29AM 1.61		2:54AM 2.65	10:21AM 1.58			5:14AM 1.84			7:32AM 2.10		12:16AM 1.58	10:03AM 1.51	6:38PM 1.59	10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04AM 0.06		7:04PM 0.01	8:28AM 0.30		7:06PM -0.02		3:50PM 0.40	8:48PM 0.27	4:11AM 0.39	4:44PM 0.15	11:06PM 0.44	11:28AM 0.51	2:27PM 0.46	11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	13	16	19	14	14	15	13	17	18	15	11	18	18	17	18	13	19	15	13
Low °C	13	16	16	10	14	19	14	12	14	11	14	18	14	10	18	17	17	18	12	19	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	13	16	19	14	13	14	11	16	18	14	10	18	18	17	18	12	19	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.0 NW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 E	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	8	12	20	10	-	17	7	7	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	-	15	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.4 NE	2.2 W	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	12	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	12	3	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SE	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	10	8	11	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1338	1122	1133	1108	1107	664	844	567	535	518	504	504	861	1323	1421	1581	1437	1139	207	744	1541	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 2.94							8:12PM 1.57											6:32AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				6:38AM 0.02	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12					2:20AM 0.29		9:20AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.35	3:16AM 0.34		9:06AM 0.38	12:47PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	13	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	14	16	15	17	16	12	15	11	11	13	17	18	18	18	16	14	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	14	16	14	17	16	12	15	10	11	12	17	18	18	18	15	13	11	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	8	8	11	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NNE	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	8	10	5	7	7	18	10	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	13	6	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	4	4	-	5

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.1 NNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 W	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	7	7	11	7	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	430	1338	1944	1738	1459	418	1540	735	752	944	698	629	777	777	699	764	674	674	1328	675	784	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														8:38AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	14	9	11	12	12	13	13	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	13	7	14	11	11	12	11	12	8	10	12	11	12	12	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.9 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NE	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	12	8	11	10	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 W	-	0.1 NW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 NNE	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	-	10	8	13	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	13	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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