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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	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	6	9	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	13	12	9	11	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	5	12	6	12	16	16
Energy(?)	882	5441	464	1005	3174	1213	173	1027	390	574	455	285	295	227	252	390	253	327	164	336	5364	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 1.88	3:35AM 2.68	8:23AM 2.22	4:40PM 1.74	8:36PM 1.62	4:17AM 2.35		9:55PM 2.14	10:26AM 1.44	5:03PM 2.30	10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		11:45PM 1.58	10:37AM 2.01		12:38AM 1.64			11:58PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 0.62		9:30PM 0.66			2:55AM 0.53	10:31AM 0.75	3:21PM 0.54		4:14AM 0.55			4:53AM 0.63	5:15PM 0.58		4:28AM 0.98	6:07PM 0.54		7:39AM 0.51	6:55PM 0.47		5:01AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	28	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	13	20	15	11	15	13	17	22	22	17	19	22	16	21	22	17	18	15	13	14
Low °C	17	14	9	19	14	8	14	13	16	18	20	15	17	20	14	17	20	15	17	14	10	13
Chill °C (?)	18	15	11	20	14	10	15	11	17	22	22	17	19	22	16	21	22	16	18	14	12	14
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	11	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	7	13	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	7	13	11	10	12	-	7	5	10	7	9	9	8	7	10	12	15	20	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	1.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NNW	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	7	-	13	-	3	-	5	5	5	3	-	6	-	-	5	5	6	7	-	-

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2092	4335	816	3395	1764	1386	1063	1997	2396	1644	948	1389	1319	1213	1209	1080	1383	1383	248	1380	1455	799
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 2.81				3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22		3:23PM 2.66		8:36PM 1.62				9:01AM 1.56				7:45PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		10:37AM 0.38													2:55AM 0.53							12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	18	16	15	10	14	10	11	14	19	14	11	9	8	10	12	15	16	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	18	15	15	7	14	8	9	13	19	13	10	7	6	8	10	14	16	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	14	13	13	14	12	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	7	13	6	14	7	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	12	9	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	13	-	6	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 07																Sunday 08
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 SW	0.2 E	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	7	12
Energy(?)	1984	330	882	315	1509	1013	855	1555	485	261	894	1625	1625	2464	2464	2966	1386	1386	107	2294	4	2319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)													7:42PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			9:05AM 0.60																	2:01AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	17	16	15	18	17	17	19	20	19	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	15	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	17	15	15	17	16	16	19	20	19	12	11	10	10	8	7	7	15	7	8	10
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	6	6	-	13	13	13	12	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	7	15	6	13	6	7	6	13	6	6	7	7	-	6	6	11	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.9 W	-	0.9 W	-	0.4 W	-	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	5	-	2	-	6	6	13	13	12	6	6	4	13	13	12

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