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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SE	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 N	3.0 NNE	1.9 N	3.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	9	11	11	11	15	15	13	13	12	13	12	9	14	9	9	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	649	1068	582	107	870	769	648	1679	757	246	983	508	2976	1167	1986	22	1013	1361	1357	1278	3629	2178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.13		4:27AM 2.05	3:28PM 2.88			4:26PM 2.48		8:19AM 2.17		7:34PM 1.81			8:54PM 1.82	9:15AM 1.86		10:01PM 1.89	10:18AM 1.95		10:05PM 1.84	10:27AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 0.32	10:48AM 0.26		10:20PM 0.53	10:11AM 0.48		10:42PM 0.63		2:41PM 0.56	1:49AM 0.63	7:01AM 0.22	2:23PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		3:41PM 0.37		4:10AM 0.48	4:39PM 0.28		4:16AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
High °C	17	17	15	21	20	15	15	16	18	19	18	18	17	22	18	19	21	20	21	14	13	16
Low °C	16	17	15	17	17	11	14	15	17	16	18	15	16	20	17	18	20	18	19	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	21	20	15	15	16	18	19	18	18	16	22	18	19	21	20	21	13	12	16
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SE	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 N	3.0 NNE	1.9 N	1.0 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	13	9	11	11	11	15	15	13	13	12	13	12	9	14	13	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	11	12	7	5	9	19	18	13	6	13	14	12	12	12	15	10	14	13	12	18	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	-	-	-

	Monday 23							Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 ESE	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	15	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	15	14
Energy(?)	1589	1366	1337	1027	1079	1188	770	634	591	802	821	847	106	1622	924	769	853	1201	1512	1556	1679	1652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 2.15				2:30PM 3.09				2:55AM 2.79	5:58AM 2.33				5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53AM 0.15				8:45PM 0.23					10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	15	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	18	21	19	15	14	11	11	11	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	11	9	10	15	18	15	16	16	15	14	14	18	21	19	15	13	9	9	9	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	10	12	13	12	10	11	12	10	10	5	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.7 NW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SE	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1738	1707	1589	1718	643	1723	710	649	649	1212	1195	1027	269	275	841	704	786	692	640	858	865	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 2.15													4:08PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)								8:20AM 0.13			11:29AM 0.38										9:24PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	12	14	15	20	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	12	14	15	20	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SE	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	11	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	11	11	-	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	-	-

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