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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	6	7	8	10	11	15	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	418	289	303	481	238	753	397	1541	1310	1399	2206	2018	1234	1782	772	1286	1079	917	356	573	375	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 1.50	2:01AM 1.32	9:09AM 1.61		7:34PM 2.22	10:12AM 1.67		11:58PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.77		11:37PM 1.82	11:45AM 1.88	2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		4:12PM 1.70	3:33AM 1.81				6:08AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 0.31		4:45PM 0.70	1:51AM 0.99	4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62		5:01AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50		5:44AM 0.57		8:19PM 0.30	10:07AM 0.35		9:14PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.26		11:00PM 0.21	12:26PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	15	23	18	17	20	16	13	12	17	14	18	18	11	15	14	13	16	14	16	17
Low °C	13	17	13	18	18	16	20	16	11	11	17	10	17	17	11	14	14	12	15	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	20	15	23	17	17	20	14	11	11	16	13	18	18	9	14	13	11	16	13	16	17
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.3 NW	1.5 SW	0.2 N	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	10	7	9	9	8	15	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	7	8	-	11	9	12	-	17	11	6	13	9	22	7	8	8	12	17	13	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 NW	1.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	2	-	7	6	7	8	10	11	-	15	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	3.0 W	1.8 NE	1.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	6
Energy(?)	387	207	205	284	398	237	288	303	622	444	481	403	322	758	721	1217	1088	1016	1092	2391	380	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						6:15PM 2.21	8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61						1:52AM 1.68			10:07AM 1.64	2:09PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29AM 0.31		3:45PM 0.75								3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54				6:56AM 0.51	7:11AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	21	17	15	19	15	13	14	14	18	23	25	19	17	18	18	17	18	15	21	24
Chill °C (?)	14	16	21	17	14	19	15	12	14	13	18	23	25	19	16	18	18	17	18	14	21	24
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 NE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	8	8	12	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	10	6	9	8	13	4	8	5	-	-	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	8	7	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	3.0 W	1.8 NE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	5	-	3	-	5	7	7	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	6

	Wednesday 11
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	8	7	11	9	10
Energy(?)	401	310	291	392	470	150	325	325	418	325	331	284	284	323	308	229	216	93	45	98	195	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:58AM 1.60		9:16AM 1.70											8:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	13	11	17	13	14	13	15	16	17	19	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	13	11	16	13	14	13	14	16	17	19	15	15	16	16	15	12	15	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	8	8	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	10	6	6	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	12	12	8	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	5	4	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	4	7	-	7	-

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