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

7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	7	5	7	8	5	5	5	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	0.4 SSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 E	0.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	13	16	15	15	14	12	11	14	13	13	15	14	13	11	12	11	12	15	19	16
Energy(?)	2846	85	7001	9098	5953	3545	4606	2277	898	200	4364	3247	3870	2510	1155	563	589	932	1438	1925	2872	7106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:41PM 1.90		3:37AM 2.07	4:04PM 2.15		4:36AM 1.80		7:31PM 1.54	7:54AM 1.38	2:21PM 1.98	2:08AM 2.69		2:36PM 2.54		3:15AM 2.07	3:55PM 1.87		3:11AM 2.61	4:01PM 2.69		10:45AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.26		9:54PM 0.33	9:50AM 0.25		10:16PM 0.35	10:52AM 0.21	12:16PM 0.20	1:53AM 0.19			7:57PM 0.31	8:56AM 0.42		9:13PM 0.47	9:35AM 0.37		10:05PM 0.52	9:34AM 0.94		10:14PM 0.54	4:07AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	15	19	14	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	23	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	8	10	12	11	12	8	9	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	11
Low °C	10	11	8	7	10	12	10	10	7	7	9	6	8	11	10	9	11	8	7	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	4	7	10	11	11	6	7	9	7	9	9	8	10	10	8	7	9	7	10
Sunrise	8:25	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	0.4 SSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 E	0.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	13	16	15	15	14	12	11	14	13	13	15	14	13	11	12	11	12	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	2.0 NNW	3.0 N	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.7 N	1.0 SW	0.9 NW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	13	-	-	18	-	-	7	12	8	24	21	19	19	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 ENE	1.0 NNE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	16	-	-

	Saturday 12							Sunday 13								Monday 14
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fields Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	5	4	4	7	7	8	7	8	5	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	4.5 ENE	3.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10
Energy(?)	5442	6206	5845	4109	4041	3742	5034	2880	1130	1116	9098	9473	7474	11342	6534	3504	4831	4485	2495	3619	3078	1046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 1.78				3:24PM 2.14							12:59PM 2.03				1:14AM 2.08				12:45PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)				9:07AM 0.28				11:21PM 0.26	12:21AM 0.24		6:47AM 0.45				7:06PM 0.45				6:32AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	16	4	3	3	2	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	8	11	8	11	9	10	10	9	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	10	10	11	9	8	10	8	4	8	5	8	6	8	8	7	10	11	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 E	4.5 E	4.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NNE	2.0 NNW	-	3.0 NNE	-	2.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	16	13	16	15	15	14	14	16	5	9	-	9	-	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	4.5 ENE	-	0.9 N	1.1 N	2.3 NE	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	6	5	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	9

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