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 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	7	7	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	11	11	14	11	13	14	13	9	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1192	1142	1146	1222	2391	1699	599	1068	550	497	826	693	1254	131	2099	6790	4339	2734	1801	1376	1776	2067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 2.03		5:32AM 1.94	2:22PM 2.12		6:23AM 1.88	5:36PM 2.43		7:20AM 1.80		7:57PM 1.88	8:03AM 1.99	6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	6:21AM 2.38	6:36PM 2.42	7:58PM 1.71	7:43AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			11:24PM 0.12	11:46AM 0.15		12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21		1:19AM 0.30		1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37			12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63	12:45PM 0.67		2:14AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	33	5	6	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	17	18	14	14	13	12	15	16	14	18	17	14	15	17	15	15	16	17	21	21	19	18
Low °C	13	16	12	13	12	11	15	16	12	17	16	12	12	15	14	15	16	16	19	20	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	13	12	12	15	16	14	18	17	13	14	16	14	14	15	16	21	21	19	18
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.2 S	2.5 E	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	7	13	11	11	14	11	13	14	13	9	16	16	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	1.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	18	16	11	12	13	11	9	19	16	7	15	17	13	10	-	-	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	-	-

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	13	14
Energy(?)	1047	1159	1142	1254	1312	1146	1236	1407	1222	1015	1535	1636	1116	1699	1589	1243	1212	1027	1068	1073	1042	634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:07PM 2.03				4:14AM 2.51				5:58PM 2.00			3:37AM 2.15				2:31PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 0.05	10:56AM 0.11			7:53PM 0.18	11:24PM 0.12				11:46AM 0.15							9:53AM 0.15				9:24PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	18	16	15	13	14	12	13	15	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	15	16	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	17	18	16	15	12	14	10	12	14	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	15	16	17	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	-	-	10	12	12	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1064	1212	1192	1248	1299	1159	1159	1611	1142	1077	1315	1254	613	864	850	794	816	846	676	603	1055	598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:07PM 2.03								1:24AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)				10:56AM 0.11										8:46PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	15	16	17	18	16	18	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	14	16	17	18	16	18	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	15	14	12	15
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 N	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	16	12	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	7	7	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	6	3	3	14	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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