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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	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	2	4	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.0 E	2.2 WSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	2.4 S	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 E	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	7	8	8	10	11	15	15	14	9	13	12	12	12	9	11	11	10	10	18
Energy(?)	211	279	593	386	433	364	1650	1462	1197	1989	1817	192	1568	6203	7555	5660	1641	1337	1138	704	645	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:01AM 2.24	2:02PM 1.47	11:07PM 1.78	10:12AM 1.67		10:52PM 1.72		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		2:44PM 2.19					5:36AM 1.42		1:27AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		12:37AM 1.03				4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62		7:25AM 0.49		7:38PM 0.39	8:41AM 0.97		10:49PM 0.27	9:16AM 0.32	6:36PM 0.25	10:17PM 0.25	11:55AM 0.24		7:18PM 0.14	7:33AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	20	18	17	20	16	13	14	17	14	14	17	15	15	18	15	16	17	14	15	18
Low °C	17	13	17	17	16	19	15	11	14	16	10	12	17	13	15	15	14	16	15	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	15	20	17	17	20	14	12	13	16	13	12	16	13	14	18	14	16	17	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	8:29	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	1.1 NW	1.3 SW	0.2 N	2.1 W	1.0 E	2.2 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	9	9	-	8	15	13	14	9	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	8	9	9	13	12	-	16	11	6	13	13	12	10	-	10	13	16	16	7	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	-	2.1 W	-	0.6 SW	-	5.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	-	-	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	6	7	8	8	10	11	-	15	-	4	-	12	12	12	9	8	8	-	-	3

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 W	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	6	8	11	8	7	11	11	16	16
Energy(?)	398	237	236	202	628	512	417	403	672	812	779	905	792	278	780	2469	422	545	1861	1620	1893	3450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:15PM 2.21					9:09AM 1.61					12:54AM 2.11				10:07AM 1.64	2:09PM 1.58			10:52PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										6:07PM 0.54					7:11AM 0.49							4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	20	18	14	14	14	18	22	20	18	17	16	16	17	19	15	22	20	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	20	18	13	14	13	18	22	20	17	16	15	15	17	19	14	22	20	11	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.2 S	1.4 ENE	0.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	6	8	12	9	7	10	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	13	13	10	5	7	7	7	9	9	9	13	13	10	9	-	14	9	12	16	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 W	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	11	8	7	11	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11										Thursday 12
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	1.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	4	14	8	9	14	13	12	14
Energy(?)	406	158	194	196	391	295	290	283	299	299	305	171	171	189	55	169	114	156	136	423	417	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:48PM 1.58			11:45PM 1.58			2:01AM 1.32							9:09AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	21	18	14	17	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	21	21	18	13	17	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	16	12	14	14	15	14	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	14	8	9	11	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	4	4	6	8	18	18	4	8	8	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	14	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.1 NE	0.2 E	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	4	4	6	-	7	7	3

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