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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	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Riversdale Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	3	4	3	1	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	2	1	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	2.5 W	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 N	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	12	8	12	10	8	12	14	15	15	9	13	13	12	12	12	4	11	11	15	15
Energy(?)	1991	409	164	1148	623	243	950	3874	4005	2594	362	1038	5263	1901	1141	815	500	4	692	1161	2493	4148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:29PM 2.21	3:43AM 2.25	5:12AM 1.94	2:48PM 2.16	1:22AM 3.12	8:53AM 1.46		9:09PM 1.42			9:48PM 1.51	9:13AM 1.75		11:03PM 1.49	9:15AM 1.59	3:11PM 2.07		6:39AM 1.80	6:40PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 0.66	8:09AM 0.19		9:28PM 0.08	11:24AM 0.20		7:16PM -0.01		3:30PM 0.12	3:25AM 0.13	10:05AM 0.23	3:37PM 0.14			4:29PM 0.14				10:43PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	22	15	16	21	17	11	15	17	14	13	14	15	18	17	16	19	17	15	16	15
Low °C	14	13	19	14	15	20	16	10	12	15	9	13	13	13	13	16	15	18	16	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	22	14	16	21	16	7	15	16	13	11	12	14	18	16	16	19	16	13	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.9 NE	0.1 N	-	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 N	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	12	8	12	10	8	-	14	15	7	16	-	13	12	12	12	4	11	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	9	5	9	14	8	10	15	-	-	8	9	-	-	11	-	9	8	6	20	18	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	2.5 W	-	0.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 W	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	8	-	3	8	12	-	10	3	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Warrington Otago	Waitarere Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 W	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	2.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	12	10	12	8	13	12	11	11	10	11	8	9	12	13
Energy(?)	2380	1052	1265	1159	1138	929	208	560	513	754	796	1140	542	501	563	269	168	342	744	1260	5359	3835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low	low	high	high	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.38			3:06AM 2.25	4:32AM 1.95		12:24PM 3.25			7:30PM 1.34							6:02PM 1.73			3:13AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 0.08	10:01PM 0.13			8:03AM 0.19		1:37PM 0.18				1:26AM 0.15				2:24PM 0.15		7:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	12	13	13	16	16	22	21	18	11	18	17	18	21	21	13	16	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	12	12	16	16	22	21	17	9	18	17	18	21	21	11	16	10	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	2.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	15	15	15	6	12	10	12	8	13	12	11	10	10	11	8	9	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.3 WNW	1.1 SE	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	16	16	9	9	7	8	9	16	7	12	11	15	11	11	5	11	10	14	15	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	0.5 NW	2.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.2 SW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	4	4	3	8	6	6	5	3	3	5	-	-	12	-

	Wednesday 18										Thursday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Warrington Otago	Waitarere Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	2.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	10	13	10	16	10	10	7	10	12	7	6	16	15	15
Energy(?)	2483	1198	1404	1991	2369	2065	501	508	202	264	194	409	225	192	169	147	202	107	355	413	208	492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:48PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	17	16	13	18	18	15	18	16	13	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	13	13	16	15	16	16	15	13	18	18	15	18	15	13	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	17	9	16	16	16	16	16	11	8	10	8	16	8	8	7	7	12	7	17	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.7 SE	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.9 W	0.1 S	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	16	9	9	8	9	6	18	10	8	10	5	10	10	8	10	9	8	8	5	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.7 NW	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NW	-	2.0 WNW	-	0.5 WSW	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	5	5	3	-	2	-	6	-	8	5

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