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

	Wed	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	6	5	4	6	3	3	5	9	7	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 W	7.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	9	13	12	8	11	8	15	12	11	9	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	16
Energy	828	515	1625	715	711	101	1189	460	6660	55	535	2624	21791	5476	3466	7076	2103	2155	5099	1436	1539	1648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 1.83	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67	7:11PM 1.80	7:54AM 1.49	4:42PM 1.58		5:07AM 1.60	5:12PM 2.57	6:39PM 1.66	6:54AM 1.68		7:34PM 1.73	11:06AM 1.51		11:28PM 1.62	6:42AM 2.15		7:03PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23PM 0.70	10:45AM 0.63		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		1:37AM 0.69			10:52PM 0.71	11:32AM 0.67		12:52AM 0.70		1:20PM 0.54	1:47AM 0.61	4:58AM 0.36	5:14PM 0.30			1:17PM 0.42	1:16AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	3	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	16	13	14	13	17	9	12	12	16	13	6	9	9	9	13	14	10	15	13	10
Low °C	13	13	15	11	12	13	13	8	11	11	13	11	5	6	9	8	8	13	9	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	12	13	11	16	6	9	11	16	10	1	8	6	8	12	13	8	15	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.8 N	0.9 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	9	13	12	13	18	10	11	9	11	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 W	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	9	14	5	-	9	-	16	15	13	12	-	-	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	4.0 W	7.0 SSW	-	1.0 W	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	8	11	8	15	4	4	9	15	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.2 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	4.0 NE	2.3 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.1 NNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	8	12	11	13	13	9	11	10	11	11	10
Energy	1181	1160	779	692	690	617	579	646	1340	1176	1082	769	711	908	1153	1122	1236	5529	1185	3079	4081	919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				3:13AM 1.77												4:43PM 1.67	8:20PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.70				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61		8:54PM 0.67					10:26AM 0.62					2:39AM 0.51		8:37AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	13	13	14	17	15	14	14	14	16	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	12	12	13	17	14	13	13	13	15	10	13	13	12	11	12	10	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.2 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	8	12	11	13	13	13	10	10	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	6	-	6	6	14	14	14	14	-	18	16	17	13	13	17	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	4.0 NE	0.6 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	13	11	11	-

	Wednesday 06					Thursday 07
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE	0.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	2.2 NNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	5	15	15	7
Energy	1289	1181	811	799	883	828	777	852	1207	1183	1626	166	692	692	690	607	4	2	30	27	33	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									2:13AM 1.76											1:07PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)				9:12PM 0.66												9:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	11	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	16	17	18	21	20	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	12	11	16	17	18	21	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	4	7

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