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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	9	11	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	202	192	550	825	352	984	972	1182	1220	1248	885	1053	609	2353	1646	684	926	676	634	706	790	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:57PM 1.91		5:57AM 1.44		12:11AM 3.35	1:00PM 2.18		2:11AM 2.23		4:50PM 2.32		5:32AM 1.94	5:58PM 2.00		6:03AM 2.16	4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00		8:25AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 0.18	12:14PM 0.16	6:10PM 0.01		6:52AM 0.20	6:35PM -0.09	8:04PM 0.01	8:21AM 0.05		11:24PM 0.12	11:46AM 0.15		12:18AM 0.21	12:19PM 0.23		10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26		10:20PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	25	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	10	13	13	12	16	16	11	17	16	14	18	16	14	17	17	16	16	16	14	16
Low °C	15	15	7	10	12	10	15	15	11	14	15	12	16	14	13	16	17	15	13	15	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	9	12	12	11	16	16	10	17	15	13	18	16	14	16	17	16	16	16	14	16
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	7	9	11	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	18	11	12	8	10	-	15	-	13	12	-	-	13	18	16	18	12	11	9	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 20
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NE	2.0 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	6	9	9	11	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14
Energy(?)	686	523	254	259	706	562	1029	509	848	734	506	679	612	517	533	580	1269	1341	1258	1163	1161	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:42AM 1.92							11:27PM 2.88					3:37PM 1.98				1:32AM 2.21					4:21PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				11:26AM 0.21		5:24PM 0.56					9:11AM 0.16				9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	16	22	16	16	15	16	8	7	8	13	13	12	9	10	10	10	12	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	22	16	16	15	16	7	6	6	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	12	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.0 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	7	6	6	9	9	11	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	13	11	10	18	17	8	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 18
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	2.3 NW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	12	10	7	12	7	8	13	7	7	7	7	10	9	9	10	10	11	9
Energy(?)	732	710	265	186	204	175	823	304	732	749	549	647	600	898	886	601	1714	1303	1383	1432	1029	811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:42AM 1.92												2:57PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					5:15AM 0.19													6:46PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	14	12	15	15	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	15	9
Chill °C (?)	15	18	14	11	15	14	15	16	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	9	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	12	10	13	12	-	-	13	7	7	12	12	10	9	9	10	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	5	8	18	12	18	18	-	-	7	11	11	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	2.3 NW	-	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	5	4	-	-	7	-	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	-	-

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