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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shag Beach Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	3	4	3	2	4	5	5	4	2	1	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	2.3 W	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.4 SW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	12	14	7	12	11	9	12	14	15	16	9	14	14	12	13	11	20	18	11	16
Energy(?)	2440	1991	228	659	744	563	651	1673	3670	3770	2691	97	20	1299	1819	1288	1001	451	364	1268	1435	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 1.77		5:03AM 2.40	2:14PM 2.20			5:11PM 2.21	8:46PM 1.39		6:15PM 1.89	9:35PM 1.43	9:35AM 1.44	4:16PM 2.05	10:13PM 1.66	9:13AM 1.75		10:43PM 1.54	10:52AM 1.84			5:45AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 0.12	11:12AM 0.71		10:42PM 0.13	9:46AM 0.20		2:59AM 0.13	7:31AM 0.08		3:50AM 0.12					3:35PM 0.24		4:46AM 0.27	5:09PM 0.22	10:56PM 0.81	12:07PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	18	15	16	18	15	12	15	15	14	19	14	14	19	16	16	16	17	13	17
Low °C	12	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	9	11	14	12	15	13	11	12	16	14	13	16	10	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	16	17	14	16	18	13	9	15	13	13	19	12	13	19	16	15	14	16	11	17
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 E	1.4 SW	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	16	12	14	8	12	11	10	-	14	15	6	9	14	14	12	13	11	7	18	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SE	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	-	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	18	9	8	7	14	11	11	15	-	-	10	16	6	9	9	-	9	8	20	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	1.0 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.2 WSW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	7	8	5	9	12	-	10	2	-	9	-	-	-	3	4	18	11	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.5 ESE	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 W	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	17	9	16	16	16	16	15	15	11	16	14	10	11	8	12	11	11	11	10	7	9	12
Energy(?)	3198	1040	2337	1052	1134	1159	1095	735	219	564	691	685	734	1127	517	756	622	277	399	798	1590	2213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 2.38			3:06AM 2.25	4:15AM 2.22	7:35AM 1.45	12:24PM 3.25			7:30PM 1.34			6:42AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31AM 0.26	10:19AM 0.22			7:54PM 0.08	10:01PM 0.13									1:44AM 0.43				1:39PM 0.22		7:39PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	16	16	14	13	12	13	13	19	16	17	21	17	11	16	15	18	22	15	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	13	12	11	12	12	18	16	16	21	16	9	15	15	18	22	14	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 W	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 S	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	17	9	9	9	16	16	15	15	11	6	14	10	11	8	12	11	11	11	10	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.3 WNW	1.1 SE	0.5 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	9	9	7	8	8	16	7	12	11	15	10	6	11	10	10	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 NW	2.5 W	0.9 NW	0.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	6	4	3	8	4	3	5	3	6	7	-	-

	Wednesday 18																Thursday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 W	1.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	18	18	17	17	16	17	10	19	16	10	8	16	8	7	10	10	7	7	16	16
Energy(?)	2984	908	2440	1398	1600	2228	2725	2032	229	441	2065	187	220	494	261	202	116	184	175	172	464	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33AM 0.74													11:45PM 0.19	12:37AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	12	12	12	13	15	14	13	15	22	19	15	20	17	15	15	15	15	18	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	15	13	12	14	22	19	14	20	16	15	14	14	15	18	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	17	17	16	17	10	11	16	10	8	16	8	7	7	8	7	7	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	1.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	8	18	8	10	10	9	9	8	19	9	8	8	6	10	8	8	10	8	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	3	3	-	3	3	-	-

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