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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	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	6	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	14	13	13	12	9	11	13	11	13	12	11	11	10	12	12	7	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	3709	1466	458	1005	3174	1302	161	891	323	913	469	356	236	291	52	199	217	283	220	1188	5061	5626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 2.26		5:08AM 1.81	5:31PM 1.75	8:36PM 1.62	5:01AM 1.68			10:03AM 1.51		11:04PM 1.49	5:43AM 2.26		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53		12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59		3:07AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 0.62		11:00PM 0.43	11:22AM 0.50		2:55AM 0.53	11:15AM 0.70	3:21PM 0.54	10:57PM 0.81		4:35PM 1.18		12:02PM 1.06	6:23PM 0.49		5:49AM 0.61	6:07PM 0.54		6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47	8:48PM 0.56	8:45AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	13	21	15	11	18	13	17	14	21	17	17	17	15	21	22	15	16	15	13	16
Low °C	13	15	9	19	14	9	17	13	16	11	20	15	15	16	15	16	21	9	13	15	10	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	11	21	14	10	18	12	17	13	21	17	17	17	14	21	22	14	16	13	12	16
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:20	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	14	13	13	12	9	11	13	11	13	12	11	11	11	6	12	7	5	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	-	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	5	13	11	10	5	-	8	9	10	7	8	9	8	12	10	12	7	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.1 N	1.4 ENE	0.8 NW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	0.6 WNW	-	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	11	7	7	-	13	-	5	-	4	7	5	5	-	3	4	-	5	4	-	13	-	-

	Saturday 07							Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1735	1911	3709	4335	5150	1687	1643	2330	1063	2122	2406	1641	1058	620	1319	1302	1189	1255	1216	1305	313	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 2.30							3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22		3:23PM 2.66		8:36PM 1.62				9:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				10:37AM 0.38													2:55AM 0.53					4:33PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	10	14	9	11	15	19	12	11	9	9	10	12	15	19	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	7	14	6	9	14	19	12	10	7	7	8	10	14	19	11
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	6	14	12	7	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	13	14	7	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 WSW	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	12	12	6	-	13	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Saturday 07
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1735	1735	361	356	350	1118	1426	1117	882	1188	315	200	922	297	1466	1596	1660	1687	1687	2499	80	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:27AM 1.92															7:42PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 0.39					2:56PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	16	17	17	19	20	19	16	16	15	15	14	12	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	11	14	14	16	16	16	19	20	19	15	15	14	14	13	10	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	5	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	7	9	7	13	7	7	6	13	5	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	13	-	4

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