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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	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	11	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	12	13	18	16	14	15	14
Energy(?)	352	980	403	1546	1192	1219	1082	552	992	1425	1586	761	1082	507	407	185	1745	587	934	1386	1393	3462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:02AM 1.99	4:04PM 2.32	2:11AM 2.23		2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21		2:22PM 2.12	3:37AM 2.15	9:32AM 1.50			7:20AM 1.80		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74	5:20PM 1.78	9:07PM 1.83	9:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	6:00PM 0.46	9:49PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.11		8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07		9:31PM 0.17		3:47PM 0.06	1:19AM 0.30		1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37			3:34AM 0.40		4:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1
High °C	13	12	15	17	12	17	16	13	13	13	11	15	17	15	17	15	10	19	17	17	14	15
Low °C	13	10	12	15	11	14	15	12	12	12	10	11	16	13	14	12	10	17	16	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	16	11	17	16	13	12	12	11	15	17	15	17	15	7	19	17	17	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	7:59	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 N	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	11	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	8	13	12	13	11	16	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	12	12	13	12	11	15	10	18	16	9	12	13	12	13	17	18	11	17	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	304	524	525	593	1207	1341	1258	1182	511	1097	1245	1159	1053	1207	1219	1167	1082	1245	1250	1159	1202	3214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29					4:45AM 1.98				5:07PM 2.03				5:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:36AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11			7:53PM 0.18	11:24PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	12	10	10	10	10	12	15	16	17	12	11	12	11	14	17	16	15	15	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	12	10	9	9	9	11	15	16	17	12	9	11	10	14	17	16	15	15	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	13

	Thursday 19										Friday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	352	684	642	342	639	946	964	964	204	615	1280	591	765	1042	1089	1265	1265	1251	782	1392	1381	1249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:37PM 1.98													4:02AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							7:24PM 0.02					12:43AM 0.13										10:11AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	13	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	14	10	15	14	8	8	8	8	8	12	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	11	11	11	-	5	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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