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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	3	4	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.1 ENE	1.4 WSW	4.5 ENE	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	11	14	13	14	8	15	11	14
Energy(?)	1207	1194	1092	552	995	1660	1699	816	841	1082	498	811	1248	1550	329	655	2631	4893	498	850	4220	2129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 2.23			8:21PM 1.50	4:14AM 2.51	5:58PM 2.00		6:23AM 1.88	3:10PM 2.02		4:27AM 2.05		3:39AM 2.79	8:25AM 1.74		9:07PM 1.83	6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21AM 0.05	2:13PM 0.08	2:38AM 0.07	10:37AM 0.31		12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21		1:19AM 0.30	10:48AM 0.26	1:43PM 0.27	9:28PM 0.43		2:51PM 0.31	3:34AM 0.40		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	18	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	18	15	13	12	11	18	15	14	18	17	14	15	18	15	14	16	16	19	19	18
Low °C	12	14	16	12	12	12	10	17	15	12	16	15	11	12	17	14	14	16	15	15	19	17
Chill °C (?)	13	17	18	15	12	11	11	18	14	14	18	17	13	14	18	15	13	15	15	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 N	2.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	11	8	13	14	12	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	15	10	18	16	18	10	13	12	9	18	15	7	14	13	13	11	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 ENE	0.4 E	4.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	11	-

	Fri	Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1245	1207	1274	1058	1047	1161	1092	1250	1248	1064	1018	1342	504	1015	1437	1656	1579	1699	1589	1370	1322	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								5:07PM 2.03			2:52AM 2.21	5:32AM 1.94				5:58PM 2.00			3:37AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:04PM 0.01		1:45AM 0.10		9:50AM 0.26	10:56AM 0.11			7:53PM 0.18	11:24PM 0.12			7:24AM 0.01	11:46AM 0.15			9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	10	12	17	18	16	14	13	13	13	15	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	9	9	11	17	18	16	14	12	12	12	15	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 ENE	1.3 W	1.0 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	12	12	11	16	11	8	11	13	10	10	10	-	16	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 20	Saturday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1352	1561	1441	1318	1207	1180	1146	1206	1192	1138	1134	1205	368	1214	1194	1179	1064	965	980	996	1012	880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:45AM 1.98										2:31PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04PM 0.01														10:56AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	11	12	11	15	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	12	13	12	13	12	15	10	11	10	15	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	10	10	-	13	13	13	13	12	-	12	7	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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