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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.7 SW	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	4.5 NNW	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	14	16	13	12	11	11	13	16	14	12	12	16	9	9	11	11	9	13	13
Energy(?)	1236	2391	1699	815	1068	554	135	894	693	1341	1572	549	1447	2178	478	1364	1633	4516	778	493	644	1327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 2.00		6:23AM 1.88	4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00		5:26AM 1.93	3:52PM 2.65		5:51AM 1.75	5:44PM 2.33		5:50AM 2.53		8:54PM 1.82	9:15AM 1.86		10:01PM 1.89	10:18AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	11:46AM 0.15		12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21		10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26		11:19PM 0.47	11:53AM 0.38		11:30PM 0.65	12:17PM 0.64		11:58PM 0.74	12:15PM 0.76	2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		3:35PM 0.38		4:10AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	19	16	15	18	18	14	15	17	17	17	17	15	22	22	17	20	18	16	12
Low °C	13	12	10	17	16	13	14	16	11	11	17	15	15	17	13	18	20	17	18	16	16	9
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	19	16	15	18	18	14	14	17	17	16	16	14	22	22	16	20	17	16	10
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:02
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	4.5 NNW	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	16	7	12	11	11	13	16	14	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	9	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	-	1.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	18	16	18	12	13	12	9	19	16	13	12	14	13	16	19	19	14	-	8	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	9

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1236	1250	1437	1636	1556	1699	1589	1366	1337	1143	839	1188	1011	634	591	619	847	858	1483	1759	885	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 2.00			3:37AM 2.15				2:02PM 3.10				2:55AM 2.79					5:00PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		11:46AM 0.15			9:31PM 0.17				9:53AM 0.15				9:24PM 0.39					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	15	18	15	14	15	15	15	14	18	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	15	18	15	14	15	15	15	13	18	18	18	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	16	16	-	-	10	16	13	13	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-

	Sunday 22																Monday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1279	1306	1236	1326	1380	1346	1387	2347	2391	2369	482	1248	1452	420	413	479	1898	1699	525	525	1589	1718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:17PM 2.24												3:37AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	16	15	15	15	15	12	12	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	19	15	14	13	14	15	12	12	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	18	18	18	14	18	18	19	19	5	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	14	14	14	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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