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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	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Karitane Point Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.9 NE	0.9 ENE	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	10	7	6	11	11	15	15	13	14	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	302	418	289	369	417	54	580	122	2059	949	953	3647	4381	1513	1799	1236	664	755	431	1101	1221	877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.32	11:08AM 1.50	1:19PM 1.50	1:44AM 1.56			11:07PM 1.78	12:56PM 1.59		10:52PM 1.72	12:09PM 1.89		11:37PM 1.82	11:45AM 1.88		2:41AM 1.85		3:26PM 1.63		5:54AM 1.40	4:03PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53AM 0.63		7:31PM 0.55	8:17AM 0.33	3:40PM 0.71		6:40AM 0.56	4:37PM 0.62		6:01AM 0.66	5:23PM 0.50		5:44AM 0.57	6:04PM 0.37	8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		10:17PM 0.25	12:14PM 0.25		10:14PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	14	20	15	23	19	17	24	16	14	12	16	12	17	15	16	20	20	12	14	16	13
Low °C	17	13	17	13	18	18	16	23	16	10	10	15	11	17	14	14	15	20	11	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	19	13	20	15	23	18	17	24	14	13	10	15	11	16	14	16	20	20	10	13	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	10	7	6	9	11	15	6	13	10	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.2 N	-	1.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	9	7	8	7	11	9	9	-	16	11	13	-	14	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 NNW	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	0.8 NNE	3.0 W	0.3 W	0.4 NW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	7	6	7	6	11	11	3	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	7	8	6	8	8
Energy(?)	542	660	229	207	205	284	398	303	457	369	622	444	417	403	320	768	721	580	1105	280	1145	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.55							8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61						1:52AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01PM 0.28				7:29AM 0.31		3:45PM 0.75	5:15PM 0.58							3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54					7:14AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	12	15	15	20	17	15	15	15	13	14	14	18	23	25	18	16	16	18	16	18	21
Chill °C (?)	18	11	14	15	20	17	14	14	15	13	14	13	18	23	25	17	15	15	18	16	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	8	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	5	10	10	6	9	8	8	4	8	5	-	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 NW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 NE	2.3 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	5	4	4	-	-	5	4	11	-	-	7	7	-	8	7	8	7	8	6	8	3

	Tuesday 10				Wednesday 11
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	513	532	344	339	302	391	523	558	392	392	470	325	325	325	325	333	335	15	198	168	7	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:58AM 1.60				11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	17	17	18	13	11	11	13	13	11	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	16	20	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	14	17	17	18	13	11	10	13	13	11	13	13	13	14	14	15	12	16	20	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	6	10	10	6	6	7	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	11	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	4	5	5	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6

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