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

	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	2.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	7	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3561	8761	6196	2018	3210	1250	999	261	237	708	466	824	505	711	1434	1201	1622	1335	1044	341	1186	3263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:26AM 1.77		2:54PM 1.69	10:55PM 1.84	11:45AM 1.98	2:18PM 1.82	2:42AM 1.92		2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97	11:43AM 3.05		11:41PM 3.20		1:48PM 2.29	2:11AM 2.23		2:31PM 2.29		5:32AM 1.94	1:45PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 0.37	8:52AM 0.37			5:41AM 0.40		8:25PM 0.16	8:48AM 0.20		9:06PM 0.09	5:33AM 0.11	5:56PM -0.04		7:41AM 0.07		8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		11:24PM 0.12	11:46AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	46	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	14	13	16	13	16	15	16	16	13	10	14	13	12	13	14	12	17	17	14	19	15
Low °C	15	13	13	16	11	12	14	15	15	12	7	10	13	11	12	14	11	13	15	12	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	15	11	16	14	15	15	11	9	13	11	11	13	13	11	17	17	14	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	-
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.1 NW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	-	-	10	19	18	11	12	10	9	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	2.4 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	14	-	3	3	3	7	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	5	5	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	12074	11380	3613	3285	5640	11293	6196	5240	3794	3274	3118	1193	1028	1249	1250	998	905	819	682	722	743	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)									1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02					2:42AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.36			5:03AM 0.54	7:30AM 0.38				7:44PM 0.26							6:08PM 0.20				4:55AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	14	13	15	15	13	12	16	19	17	16	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	14	13	12	14	15	12	11	16	19	17	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	13	-	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	7	-

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	5	5	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Energy(?)	11513	11946	3561	3545	7771	14307	10434	10060	9211	9189	8963	2264	2264	3636	6743	6743	6658	6328	6247	6196	6196	2574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:03PM 0.37										5:09AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	15	13	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 N	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	14	-	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-

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