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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Jacks Point Canterbury	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Houghton Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	2	9	9	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.9 ENE	3.0 SW	0.2 SSE	6.5 W	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	16	11	9	8	15	14	11	13	13
Energy	1363	791	1225	1337	1437	1387	883	609	629	838	980	1032	271	344	4092	205	1208	59	16058	4775	5571	1226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85	3:42AM 1.91	4:16PM 1.91		5:49AM 1.79		6:20PM 1.84	6:39AM 1.74		7:11PM 1.80	4:49AM 1.62			5:55AM 1.64		6:39PM 1.66	6:54AM 1.68		7:34PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	9:56AM 0.55		11:51PM 0.65		12:10PM 0.61	12:44AM 0.69		1:03PM 0.63	1:37AM 0.69	11:16AM 0.63	12:36PM 0.68	11:53PM 0.75		1:33PM 0.63	12:52AM 0.70		1:20PM 0.54	1:47AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	4	7	5	2	-	-	5	5	-	-	1
High °C	14	13	15	13	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	18	11	15	12	16	8	10	10	11	9
Low °C	14	12	14	11	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	15	10	13	11	13	7	6	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	12	14	12	14	13	14	13	12	12	17	8	13	12	16	4	6	7	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	2.2 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	3.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	11	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	9	9	6	-	10	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.7 NE	0.3 E	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	15	4	10	9	12	19	-	16	18	16	17	16	13	11	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NNW	1.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SW	3.0 SW	-	6.5 W	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	11	3	8	-	14	11	13	-

	Mon	Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1658	1328	647	586	1262	1784	1225	1328	1275	1337	1145	1038	1067	503	1387	880	1014	1146	690	690	609	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:49AM 1.93					4:47PM 1.97				5:03AM 1.86				3:03PM 1.81				3:13AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47				11:01PM 0.60								10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	14	12	15	13	14	13	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	9	14	14	15	14	12	11	11	8	10	13	10	15	12	14	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 WNW	0.3 NE	0.8 W	0.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	11	4	7	10	10	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	11	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	14	14
Energy	910	1733	1658	1480	1307	1363	850	838	814	802	802	791	791	342	1262	647	647	1784	657	666	738	759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:20AM 1.93										2:20PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		7:48PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	15	12	12	15	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	14	11	11	14	13	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-

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