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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Frentzes Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	13	13	12	14	12	14	13	14	16	13	12	11	14	15	16	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	403	1580	1192	1219	1092	820	275	1487	1586	816	1081	588	610	942	1603	2222	557	1181	3122	3192	591	971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:48PM 2.29	2:11AM 2.23		2:31PM 2.29	2:03AM 2.10			9:13PM 1.54	9:39AM 1.51	6:54PM 1.94		7:20AM 1.80		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74		7:48PM 2.24	8:19AM 2.17		7:28PM 1.78	7:58AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		7:53PM 0.18	9:05AM 0.07	2:55PM 0.07	3:32AM 0.06			1:19AM 0.30		1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37		1:30PM 0.54	2:05AM 0.68		1:09PM 0.45	1:42AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	5	-	-
High °C	15	17	12	17	17	14	14	14	13	18	16	15	17	17	14	14	18	16	15	14	14	19
Low °C	12	15	11	14	16	12	12	13	12	17	16	13	15	15	11	12	17	14	15	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	11	17	17	12	14	14	13	18	16	15	17	17	14	13	18	16	14	12	13	19
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.4 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	13	13	12	14	12	14	13	14	16	7	12	11	14	15	16	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 W	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	7	19	18	16	18	12	13	9	-	-	13	11	16	14	13	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	2.1 N	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	3	-

	Friday 20							Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1269	1341	1258	1237	511	1099	1245	1202	1068	1825	1219	1229	1092	1250	1126	1065	1461	1624	1196	1211	519	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29									5:07PM 2.03				4:14AM 2.51			3:12PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:45AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11				11:24PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	15	16	16	13	12	13	11	14	17	17	16	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	9	12	15	16	16	13	10	12	10	14	17	17	16	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	9	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	13	8	11	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 20
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1049	1170	1269	1250	471	652	1320	1897	1767	1731	1230	1211	1129	1126	1144	867	1306	1306	1352	1561	471	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:32AM 2.21															4:21PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)						6:52AM 0.20	7:41AM 0.07													8:04PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	13	11	16	16	17	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	9	12	10	15	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	10	-	-	7	7	7	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	5	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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