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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Whareama Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	10	6	6	12	16	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	2486	1655	1908	695	1045	302	668	592	279	317	284	229	390	158	256	147	351	1036	1991	2271	1538	1705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.20			11:15PM 1.59	10:03AM 1.51		10:16PM 1.73	7:58AM 1.60		11:45PM 1.58			12:38AM 1.64	10:12AM 1.67	2:46PM 1.44	11:58PM 1.88		3:40PM 1.24	3:49AM 1.54	4:05AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		2:27PM 0.46	3:10AM 1.11	9:30AM 0.59	3:36PM 1.14			4:18PM 0.58			3:59PM 0.91		7:01AM 0.51	6:07PM 0.54		4:10AM 0.78			9:28AM 0.53		9:29PM 0.54	10:23AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	12	14	16	22	23	17	16	19	16	22	26	22	23	15	13	16	14	15	14
Low °C	12	14	9	11	14	15	18	22	15	13	17	14	17	25	20	21	15	11	15	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	8	10	13	15	22	23	17	15	19	16	22	26	22	23	13	11	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:25	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:35	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	12	12	11	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	10	6	6	12	11	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	11	-	9	-	8	5	10	10	9	8	13	7	11	9	9	10	16	8	8	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	1.5 W	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	-	1.3 W	1.2 W	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	-	12	-	-	4	5	6	4	-	2	-	-	4	6	-	7	6	-	-	8	13

	Sunday 08							Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	13	14	12	13
Energy(?)	1036	1361	2486	758	1841	763	1404	1385	1081	1080	1114	1519	819	1380	1375	870	536	1080	550	576	577	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22				8:36PM 1.62			5:59AM 1.73	7:32AM 2.10				9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)					2:44PM 1.06				2:31AM 0.61							12:46AM 0.73						6:44PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	10	12	18	14	12	11	9	10	9	11	15	12	13	11	11	15	11	18	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	14	7	10	18	13	11	9	7	8	7	10	14	11	12	9	10	14	10	18	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	13	14	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	14	5	11	10	10	10	9	-	-	9	9	9	13	14	8	13	10	10	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	-	7	13	2	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	4	-	5	6	6

	Sunday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	14	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	883	2433	421	991	426	533	1361	1887	1187	2527	2527	1782	600	1655	1655	2217	322	6	184	367	190	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:07AM 1.65										6:49PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 0.42												2:27PM 0.46			5:26PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	11	15	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	15	15	12	15	12	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	7	9	13	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	13	11	14	14	9	14	9	14	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 N	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	7	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	6	11	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	7	12	-	14	11	12	12	7	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	7	14	13	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	-	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 SE	2.5 WSW	-	1.6 S	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	13	7	12	-	7	7	13	13	12	12	-	8	-	-	12	6	12	-	6	-	6

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