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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	Mon		Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ENE	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	6	12	7	6	17	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1045	375	510	411	434	412	188	305	423	327	136	123	154	794	1453	5143	1795	1623	1554	829	819	2985
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:29PM 1.67	9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51		8:51PM 1.71	9:16AM 1.70	1:19PM 1.50	1:47AM 1.33		2:02PM 1.47	2:34AM 1.29		2:46PM 1.44	3:12AM 1.43	11:03AM 1.77		2:03AM 1.78			10:16PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		3:54AM 0.60		1:20PM 0.72	3:13AM 0.83			7:29PM 0.32	8:04AM 0.33		8:15PM 0.31	8:48AM 0.53		8:49PM 0.32	5:01AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50	7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41	6:04PM 0.37		7:19AM 0.43	6:41PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11
High °C	14	17	22	21	12	16	20	14	22	17	20	23	20	14	15	15	15	19	18	15	12	17
Low °C	13	14	18	21	12	13	20	13	17	16	16	21	19	10	13	13	12	16	17	11	11	16
Chill °C (?)	13	17	22	21	11	15	20	13	22	16	20	23	20	11	14	14	14	19	18	14	10	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 ENE	3.0 E
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	7	9	9	16	7	15	14	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	4	14	6	9	-	11	7	9	12	9	10	17	8	13	9	12	13	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	7	6	3	-	6	7	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	508	1380	1380	886	1194	1024	570	525	562	500	523	303	275	267	325	315	324	303	283	207	616	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27				1:00AM 1.57			7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:52PM 0.53								5:15PM 0.58		12:37AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	11	10	18	22	23	21	18	15	15	18	14	18	16	15	15	18	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	9	9	9	8	18	22	23	21	18	15	15	18	14	18	15	14	15	18	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	14	13	13	10	5	10	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	3	18	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NW	-	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	5	5	5	-	4	4	11	-	7	3	4	3	-	-	7

	Monday 09										Tuesday 10
	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	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	443	1558	1558	1045	1792	1691	186	261	328	472	495	375	369	305	745	745	1048	975	615	305	857	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:16AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			3:21PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	11	11	10	11	10	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	10	10	9	10	8	17	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	4	4	-	7	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	3

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