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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	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	1.3 SW	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	14	7	13	9	13	15	16	16	14
Energy(?)	1175	1481	932	323	694	1886	2236	764	1103	1585	605	433	582	1354	349	1093	963	725	1258	1885	1160	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		8:13PM 1.41		4:21PM 2.35			2:42PM 1.81	2:21AM 2.54		5:45PM 2.15		4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69		5:28AM 1.65	5:11PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50		1:44PM 0.21	2:31AM 0.20	8:54AM 0.29		12:02AM 0.43	8:31AM 0.46		8:15PM 0.51	8:33AM 1.03		10:34PM 0.67	10:58AM 0.62		11:25PM 0.78	11:55AM 0.71		11:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	1	49	-	-	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	19	15	12	12	13	16	17	13	12	14	13	14	15	12	20	16	14	12	16	11
Low °C	13	14	18	14	12	12	12	15	16	11	11	13	12	13	15	11	17	15	12	12	16	10
Chill °C (?)	15	20	19	15	10	11	13	16	16	12	11	13	12	14	15	12	20	16	14	11	16	11
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	14	7	8	9	13	9	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 W	1.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.1 NW	0.8 E
Period (s)	16	10	11	14	15	-	5	5	16	7	-	-	16	9	10	13	13	5	15	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNE	1.7 W	-	0.9 NE	-	0.8 N	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	-	2	11	-	5	-	6	-	4	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1093	1175	1388	1247	1044	1179	1025	1371	1688	701	1035	1140	668	802	1026	2121	3219	3305	3456	1325	3110	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 1.54							1:15AM 1.99			12:57PM 3.15	3:43PM 2.43				2:40AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49	10:34PM 0.25							8:37PM 0.31				7:57AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	16	20	20	17	16	16	14	15	16	16	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	12	15	20	20	17	15	15	13	15	16	16	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	17	16	9	10	10	21	10	-	-	10	5	6	12	15	17	13	-	-	-	-	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	4	4	10	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 02				Friday 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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	9	10	12	11	12	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	15	11	10
Energy(?)	897	925	1093	1092	1195	1870	1377	684	722	814	420	523	140	86	500	152	937	971	1086	225	565	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:06AM 1.90									1:50PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)						12:35AM 0.17						6:51AM 0.30			9:04AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	14	15	12	15	14	17	14	14	12	11	14	15	16	18	19	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	13	14	11	14	14	17	14	14	11	10	13	14	16	18	19	19	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	9	10	12	11	12	9	8	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	18	17	17	16	16	9	16	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	10	12	10	10	10	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

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