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

	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 W	0.6 SW	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	19	16	16	14	13	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	16	10	14
Energy(?)	617	662	436	1010	490	538	356	768	801	113	755	829	323	908	73	1875	487	493	705	3808	1811	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 2.25		12:25AM 2.12		4:04PM 2.06				12:49AM 3.11		5:47PM 2.00		6:18AM 2.03	1:56PM 3.17	2:20AM 2.91	7:08AM 1.92	4:44PM 2.04	7:30PM 1.82	8:00AM 1.80			7:32AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM -0.02		9:58AM 0.10		10:17PM -0.03	8:12AM 0.17	6:41PM 0.01		6:58AM 0.05		12:03AM 0.06	12:35PM 0.19		8:14PM 0.17			1:49AM 0.25		2:19PM 0.33	11:47PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	11	4	-	-	2	8
High °C	18	12	15	16	17	13	17	17	15	16	18	15	17	19	18	21	16	16	16	15	13	12
Low °C	17	12	14	14	16	11	16	16	12	15	17	14	15	18	16	21	16	11	15	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	11	15	16	16	11	17	16	14	16	18	15	17	19	18	21	16	15	14	13	11	11
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	1.4 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	9	16	11	14	13	13	11	11	10	11	11	-	10	12	12	12	12	-	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.5 WSW	0.1 E	-	0.1 SW	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	21	11	12	11	16	5	8	-	12	12	-	12	8	-	15	-	7	18	17	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.5 NW	2.1 W	-	2.5 W	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	-	-	8	-	3	10	-	12	3	5	6	16	10	4

	Saturday 03					Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	19	12	18	18	17	16	11	11	17	15	14	14	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	11	11
Energy(?)	614	629	719	793	947	981	779	524	516	537	848	603	696	543	514	529	695	495	489	471	1296	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26			11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14		4:37AM 2.17				4:55PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)					9:23PM -0.02			5:22AM 0.06									8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10			8:33PM -0.03	10:06PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	16	12	10	10	8	14	14	14	17	15	13	14	14	11	15	17	17	16	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	10	8	8	5	14	14	14	17	14	13	13	14	10	15	17	17	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	7	7	7	16	11	11	11	15	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	18	17	11	18	18	17	10	6	6	16	15	5	13	7	8	8	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	2.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	8	8	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	11	-

	Saturday 03																Sunday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	20	19	19	19	10	10	10	18	18	18	9	20	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	569	630	617	699	671	763	613	390	375	380	788	793	889	387	485	922	820	981	979	927	387	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	18	11	11	11	14	17	17	16	12	12	11	15	15	9	10	10	10	11	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	12	18	10	10	10	12	17	17	16	11	11	9	15	15	7	8	8	7	9	7	6
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	7	7	7	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	9	9	7	11	7	7	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	20	20	21	12	12	12	19	12	12	12	18	18	18	12	12	17	17	17	17	7	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	8	8	4	4	3

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Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
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