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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	7	8	9	11	16	15	15	14	7	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	503	658	399	418	291	279	417	54	765	277	1082	1111	1059	3878	2361	1462	350	604	2281	2555	1792	980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 1.53		1:00AM 1.33		1:23PM 1.21	11:45PM 1.58		2:02PM 1.47	9:57PM 1.63	10:12AM 1.67		1:23AM 1.71	11:03AM 1.77		12:40AM 1.98	11:45AM 1.88		12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		3:01AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 0.30		7:26AM 0.52			8:07AM 0.53			4:10AM 0.78	5:36PM 0.61		5:01AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50		5:44AM 0.57	6:04PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25	8:43PM 0.25	9:59AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-
High °C	22	18	13	14	20	14	22	18	16	19	15	13	13	15	15	19	14	12	11	12	14	14
Low °C	18	18	12	13	16	13	18	17	15	13	14	11	13	15	12	16	13	11	11	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	18	11	13	20	14	22	17	15	18	13	12	12	14	13	19	12	11	9	10	12	13
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	7	8	9	11	16	15	15	14	9	11	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 W	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 SW	-	1.1 NW	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	6	6	9	7	8	7	11	9	12	-	8	8	13	13	12	14	7	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 NW	1.5 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 W	2.5 W	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	2	-	7	6	7	3	9	8	-	5	-	-	7	6	5	5	4	-

	Tuesday 10					Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 E	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	7	7
Energy(?)	592	525	563	551	510	504	294	212	336	330	398	303	284	279	620	512	417	403	325	254	331	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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)				6:52PM 0.53							3:45PM 0.75	5:15PM 0.58							3:40PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	22	24	21	18	12	15	15	14	18	15	14	14	13	15	14	18	22	25	22	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	22	24	21	18	10	15	15	14	18	15	13	14	12	15	13	18	22	25	22	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	5	10	6	7	6	10	10	6	9	8	8	3	8	5	-	7	7	8	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NW	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	5	4	4	-	-	5	4	3	-	5	7	7	-	-	-	7	7

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	598	506	503	680	778	735	408	411	366	366	579	622	1191	438	564	438	477	399	399	448	358	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)													7:34PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:52AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	19	20	13	21	22	16	16	14	18	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	19	20	12	21	22	16	15	12	17	12	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	4	4	10	5	13	14	14	-	-	9	6	-	-	8	-	6	6	6	6	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 W	2.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	4	5	3	4	9	9	8	4	11	6	5	6	6	-	-	-	4	10

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