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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	7	8	10	12	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	9	10	11
Energy(?)	503	646	391	418	222	282	423	291	567	278	2080	2136	1254	4382	1381	1355	1399	910	843	669	605	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 1.53		1:00AM 1.57		1:22PM 1.24	1:44AM 1.56			11:07PM 1.78			10:52PM 1.72	12:09PM 1.89	1:38PM 1.66	11:37PM 1.82			12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		12:52AM 2.01	1:00PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.53		7:16AM 0.32		7:31PM 0.55	8:22AM 0.34	6:07PM 0.54		8:48AM 0.53	4:37PM 0.62		6:01AM 0.66			10:10AM 0.52	6:59PM 0.36		6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:58AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	18	13	14	20	15	23	17	16	21	12	11	15	15	14	20	18	15	19	14	13	17
Low °C	18	17	12	13	18	13	18	16	15	20	11	10	13	15	10	17	17	12	16	14	13	17
Chill °C (?)	22	17	11	14	20	15	23	16	15	21	10	8	15	14	13	20	18	14	19	13	12	17
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	7	8	9	16	15	7	8	10	13	12	12	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.0 E	1.0 SE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	6	9	11	8	7	9	13	13	12	-	8	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	-	7	6	7	8	10	12	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

	Tuesday 10							Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	561	598	592	526	590	576	532	504	523	213	325	330	398	341	283	224	610	512	423	403	325	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 1.27				10:42PM 1.55			7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 0.51				6:52PM 0.53	7:07PM 0.28		3:13AM 0.83				3:45PM 0.75	5:15PM 0.58							3:40PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	18	22	23	20	18	12	11	16	14	18	15	14	15	15	15	14	18	23	24	20
Chill °C (?)	15	14	18	22	23	20	18	10	10	16	14	18	15	13	15	14	14	14	18	23	24	20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	12	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	4	10	10	5	5	6	13	6	9	10	9	9	8	8	3	10	5	-	7	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 NW	1.3 NE	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	5	-	4	-	-	5	4	3	6	5	-	7	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	551	373	443	502	489	708	430	891	857	498	455	455	714	712	362	566	569	1104	1104	433	433	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:34PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						6:41AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	18	11	13	19	17	17	15	19	16	21	14	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	18	9	11	19	16	16	12	19	15	21	12	13	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	8	-	-	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 E	1.5 SW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	4	10	8	8	13	10	9	9	9	6	9	5	11	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	3	3	4	5	9	4	9	11	11	6	6	6

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