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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	6	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	10
Energy(?)	1917	1144	1004	401	213	324	652	834	562	997	1487	1362	1518	1153	1166	724	600	1518	1294	1232	580	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:58AM 1.52	10:26AM 2.73		10:25PM 2.90	12:28PM 2.14		12:54AM 2.14		1:08PM 2.23		4:02AM 1.99		12:34AM 3.25	12:51PM 3.33	1:05PM 3.47		5:32AM 1.94		3:37AM 2.15	6:23AM 1.88	6:34PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16AM 0.45	4:40PM 0.26		6:24AM 0.26	6:46PM 0.08		7:02AM 0.15		9:49PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.11	6:38PM 0.43		6:42AM -0.03		11:24PM 0.12	11:46AM 0.15	1:14PM 0.17	9:31PM 0.17	12:41PM 0.21		1:19AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	16	14	16	13	10	14	13	12	13	15	11	15	15	13	16	15	12	12	16	13
Low °C	12	13	14	14	15	11	7	10	12	11	12	13	10	12	13	12	15	14	11	10	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	15	14	15	10	10	13	11	11	13	14	10	14	14	13	16	14	11	10	15	13
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	7	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	10	18	18	10	10	8	10	-	7	-	14	12	12	10	13	18	16	10	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.2 WNW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	7

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1034	1193	1028	1249	1144	998	904	819	763	860	709	202	259	262	564	1197	1114	579	928	1011	526	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02					2:42AM 1.92			10:55AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 0.47							6:08PM 0.20				5:05AM 0.70					9:06PM 0.09	10:37PM 0.18			9:11AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	13	13	16	19	17	17	14	17	15	17	17	16	12	9	10	8	7	8	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	12	12	16	19	17	17	13	16	14	17	17	16	10	9	8	7	6	6	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	0.5 ENE	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	8	7	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	12	18	17	17	11	7	7	10	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1068	1571	1358	1630	3363	1917	1945	1826	1852	2013	1873	507	864	830	519	1246	1221	485	998	1046	629	943
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:40PM 1.93															2:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	12	14	14	15	16	13	18	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	13	12	14	14	14	15	10	18	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.9 S	0.1 SE	-	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	3	3

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