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

	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	2	3	4	1	2	2	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	17	7	16	14	13	11	16	10	10	12	11	10	10	11	11	6	18	16	11
Energy(?)	578	456	642	981	115	490	555	237	567	193	112	644	146	335	707	78	78	75	144	44	1496	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 2.07			1:14AM 2.26		1:27PM 2.29	1:17AM 2.13	4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05			3:07PM 2.25					7:08AM 1.92	2:40PM 3.01	3:05AM 2.76	8:00AM 1.80	5:34PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		7:59AM 0.38	6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19		7:01PM 0.23	10:50AM 0.10		11:10PM -0.01	9:00AM 0.19		12:03AM 0.06	7:44AM 0.14	3:28PM 0.30	12:56AM 0.15			8:59PM 0.31			11:53PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	-	-
High °C	12	18	12	11	17	18	13	17	16	15	19	18	16	19	18	18	21	15	14	14	18	15
Low °C	11	16	12	9	15	16	10	14	15	12	16	18	13	16	18	15	21	15	12	13	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	18	10	9	17	18	11	17	15	15	19	18	16	19	18	18	21	14	14	13	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	7	7	7	11	14	13	13	10	10	-	12	11	-	10	11	6	6	6	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	21	12	11	17	12	16	-	8	-	13	12	-	12	8	-	12	6	11	6	13	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.1 W	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	3	11	-	-	10	-	4	10	-	-	3	6	6	16	-

	Fri	Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	7	14	14	16	15	13	13	13
Energy(?)	554	578	553	539	614	656	691	793	926	981	779	925	968	521	83	683	607	527	514	527	596	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26			11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14		4:37AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02				9:58AM 0.10								8:12AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	11	12	11	12	14	16	12	10	9	8	9	13	15	18	15	12	14	14	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	11	11	13	16	10	8	6	5	8	12	15	18	14	12	13	14	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	7	16	16	16	11	7	14	14	11	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	11	11	11	17	17	10	8	16	15	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	8	3	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 02				Saturday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 W	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	6	20	19	10	10	19	18	18
Energy(?)	560	371	401	425	465	578	446	529	534	554	554	539	592	333	141	699	671	381	336	661	710	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:20AM 2.22		2:52AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)												6:30AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	15	12	12	17	17	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	11	10	10	10	10	16	9	9	9	11	11	10	17	14	11	11	17	17	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 W	0.1 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	7	10	13	7	7	10	10	7	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	22	22	22	22	21	12	8	8	8	20	20	12	12	7	12	12	21	21	12	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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