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

	Mon		Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	10	12	12	10	10	11	12	10	13	13	15	14	14	10	9	9	5	6	8
Energy(?)	669	982	262	627	497	585	77	544	679	1127	209	596	468	2684	1496	749	85	1036	1702	64	106	1523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				3:07PM 2.25	3:42AM 2.15		3:56PM 2.16			4:39PM 2.00		5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90	7:06PM 2.25	5:07AM 1.77	5:33PM 1.77		9:50AM 1.62	6:29PM 1.70	7:19PM 1.66	7:52AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		10:52PM -0.01	8:55AM 0.19		9:28PM 0.02	9:49AM 0.24		12:56AM 0.15	9:03AM 0.54		11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		1:27AM 0.60	11:17AM 0.64		11:48PM 0.66			1:35AM 0.64		2:15PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	7	12	-	16	17	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	19	15	15	17	15	18	17	16	17	17	14	12	13	23	18	13	14	20	15
Low °C	16	12	16	19	13	15	17	12	16	16	15	17	17	11	11	13	20	17	12	12	17	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	19	15	15	17	14	18	17	16	16	17	12	11	12	23	17	12	12	20	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.6 W	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	12	12	10	-	11	12	10	13	7	10	14	10	10	13	-	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NE	0.6 NW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	12	15	-	14	14	11	-	-	-	5	13	13	15	-	14	5	12	-	7	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.7 NE	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.8 SW	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	4	-	15	-	-	5	9	9	5	-	8

	Monday 05			Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07								Thursday 08
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	495	243	1638	982	612	513	552	391	230	967	712	656	667	521	585	542	527	268	507	783	585	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:54AM 2.22				1:44PM 3.30				3:42AM 2.15	5:04AM 2.46			3:10PM 2.08	6:38PM 1.91				4:29AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33PM -0.03				9:00AM 0.19	11:43AM 0.13			9:28PM 0.02				8:59AM 0.36				9:26PM 0.36	10:10PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	15	13	12	12	15	19	17	21	17	15	13	13	15	15	15	16	15	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	12	11	11	15	19	16	21	17	15	12	12	15	15	15	16	15	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	11	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.6 N	-	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	6	8	-	12	-	-	7	9	14	12	12	11	-	8	14	14	13	9	13	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.9 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-

	Monday 05	Tuesday 06
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	508	250	136	722	866	872	872	489	335	1638	1182	982	895	814	555	536	523	561	508	140	552	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	13	13	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	-	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	8	7	-	-	-	-	9	16	-	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	9	15	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 NE	-	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	13	12	12	12	6	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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