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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	7	8	8	12
Energy(?)	949	781	508	930	1421	214	722	668	2871	335	3552	632	299	763	819	685	754	156	530	687	830	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:21PM 1.99	12:36AM 2.74	8:34AM 1.64		2:16AM 2.79		4:08PM 2.05		4:32AM 1.96			6:39AM 2.20		11:30PM 1.59	9:01AM 1.56	5:23PM 1.70	9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51	6:03PM 2.59	7:28PM 1.56	11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)					3:00PM 0.37	8:09PM 0.12	8:24AM 0.24		10:24PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.38	1:35PM 0.37	11:06PM 0.44		2:27PM 0.46				3:54AM 0.60			1:44AM 0.80	4:53AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	13	16	19	14	14	15	13	14	15	15	11	17	11	12	11	17	22	23	19	20
Low °C	16	17	10	14	18	13	12	15	11	12	15	13	11	17	8	11	11	16	19	22	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	17	13	16	19	14	13	14	11	13	14	15	9	16	10	11	11	16	22	23	19	20
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:47	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	5	10	10	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	12	20	10	10	17	7	7	-	-	15	14	6	6	-	9	13	8	13	13	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	8	-	5	5	12	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	10

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1097	621	844	567	512	575	508	710	961	1364	1421	1581	1312	795	210	742	635	698	668	627	2262	3563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					8:12PM 1.57		1:37AM 2.89									6:32AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12							9:20AM 0.18					12:22AM 0.18	3:16AM 0.34		8:56AM 0.29	12:47PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	16	12	15	15	10	13	17	18	19	18	18	14	12	13	14	15	16	12	10
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	16	11	15	15	9	13	17	18	19	18	18	13	10	12	13	14	16	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	5	7	7	18	17	19	10	10	10	-	-	5	13	6	17	7	7	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	4	5	-	5	5	11	12	12

	Wednesday 04																Thursday 05
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1253	665	949	472	939	839	823	649	658	577	606	560	559	547	416	537	249	517	547	381	205	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:15PM 3.07	2:44PM 2.26			5:21PM 1.99										3:07AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	7:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	16	15	16	16	17	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	14	11	11	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	11	16	14	15	16	17	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	10	14	10	10	12	10	11
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	13	11	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 S	1.0 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 ESE	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 S	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.2 NNE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	9	10	7	12	12	22	21	21	10	21	21	10	7	10	6	10	10	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 E	1.4 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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