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

	Sat	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	13	16	15	15	15	11	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	16	13	12	13	15
Energy(?)	4817	1705	1546	1095	1017	1571	1626	1409	596	781	746	743	615	796	434	618	388	1045	1215	1407	1975	4046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:45AM 1.87		3:12PM 1.97		3:26AM 1.91	3:53PM 1.98	12:08AM 3.04		12:32PM 2.91	12:24AM 3.26	7:29AM 1.48	2:46PM 2.12		3:05AM 2.15	3:32PM 2.06		3:56AM 2.06	4:23PM 1.98		4:55AM 1.96	5:23PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		7:58AM 0.25		9:22PM 0.20	9:39AM 0.09			6:24AM -0.00		6:14PM 0.06			8:56PM 0.19	9:22AM 0.17		9:45PM 0.25	10:14AM 0.30		10:41PM 0.34	11:13AM 0.44		11:46PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	10	8	9	9	8	7	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	9	11	14	10
Low °C	5	5	8	8	8	9	6	6	10	8	5	9	7	6	8	6	6	10	6	7	12	10
Chill °C (?)	4	7	9	8	8	7	6	4	8	8	7	9	7	6	6	5	8	9	8	9	13	8
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	16	15	15	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	16	13	12	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	10	16	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	10	10	11	15	13	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 NW	1.2 WSW	-	1.1 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	4	4	6	-	6	7	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	12	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	5202	3183	4581	3933	3491	3142	1358	1174	1045	1091	1266	1025	1017	1654	1571	1592	1671	1626	1693	1716	1409	1244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:45AM 1.87							11:05PM 3.21					1:22PM 2.15				1:34AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 0.25				8:55AM 0.12			5:18PM 0.16					7:12AM 0.04				7:29PM 0.18				7:53AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	4	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	3	3	4	5	8	7	6	5	0	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	4	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	9	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	15	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	11	17	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5621	3714	5202	5202	4961	4817	2294	2294	2076	2383	1279	2692	2412	2412	2243	2212	2053	1960	1784	1784	1759	1621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											5:00AM 1.39								12:43PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		7:36PM 0.39	8:40PM 0.25										6:32AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	0	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	6	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	15	15	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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