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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	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herbertville Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	3	3	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 W	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	2.2 NE	3.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	14	14	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	11	10	13	9	9
Energy(?)	783	604	874	1350	1044	571	366	4598	2419	342	606	354	498	864	599	381	548	1658	464	1404	1131	1925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 1.82		1:21PM 1.45	1:51AM 1.34	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		12:58AM 2.00		1:50PM 1.66	10:34PM 1.88	10:45AM 1.97		11:01PM 2.00		5:27PM 1.49		5:50AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 0.72	1:52PM 0.56	2:25AM 0.44	7:28AM 0.18		7:42PM 0.16		3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	6:56PM 0.32		7:17AM 0.34			4:35AM 0.51	5:04PM 0.57		10:08AM 0.38		11:29PM 0.26	12:15PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	19	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	-	-	-	3
High °C	19	13	10	17	13	16	12	12	11	16	15	12	22	18	16	23	23	16	15	18	21	20
Low °C	19	13	9	15	9	9	11	12	10	14	14	11	18	17	15	20	21	16	15	16	20	18
Chill °C (?)	19	13	10	16	10	14	12	9	10	16	14	10	22	17	15	23	23	15	15	18	21	20
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 W	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	2.5 W	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	0.4 S	2.5 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	13	8	10	14	9	9	8	13	10	8	10	10	11	8	9	9	11	10	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 N	-	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	8	13	14	-	14	6	10	-	7	14	8	11	12	13	9	12	10	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NNE	0.9 N	1.1 SW	3.5 W	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	-	2.2 ENE	-	-	1.2 ENE	2.2 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	4	4	5	13	-	-	10	4	6	10	10	-	7	-	-	9	9	9

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	4	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 NE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 E	1.3 SW	2.4 NE	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	9	9	13	16	14	14	14	10	13	10	13	13	12	12	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	530	505	539	2082	721	629	1084	2428	2020	1998	1350	1419	1198	1518	5482	3304	3434	2121	564	396	532	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:41AM 1.82	12:48PM 1.51			8:02PM 1.82					10:58AM 1.99			8:13PM 1.77						2:13PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)						6:51PM 0.12			2:25AM 0.44					5:43PM 0.29			2:29AM 0.67		7:05AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	12	10	11	23	17	17	11	11	9	9	15	18	20	19	8	8	8	7	11	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	23	17	16	11	11	7	6	14	18	20	19	6	6	7	6	9	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	9	9	13	16	14	14	10	10	10	7	13	13	12	12	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	8	4	8	7	8	6	16	16	-	-	14	14	13	10	17	11	11	11	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 NE	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	6	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6

	Thursday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	4	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 ENE	1.1 SW	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	7	6	7	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	9	7
Energy(?)	491	427	435	620	423	582	538	533	539	548	446	313	519	206	1012	539	1039	657	693	125	653	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:41AM 1.82											7:00PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)						6:11AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	17	17	17	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	15	16	16	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	14	14	12	13	10	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.6 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	11	12	11	12	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	-	12	8	8	4	8	8	8	13	14	13	13	6	11	6	11	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.8 W	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	4	5	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	8	8	8	8	6	-	-	-

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