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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	Sat		Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.4 ENE	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	8	12	8	9	12	11	9	12
Energy(?)	3202	2417	2032	713	864	221	1062	1413	491	1799	624	366	167	372	175	679	390	349	1665	2091	565	1692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:53PM 2.50		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		4:19AM 2.10	4:36PM 2.05	7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93	5:42PM 1.94		4:43AM 2.39		8:04PM 2.00	7:41AM 1.82		12:07AM 1.75	11:51AM 1.69		8:03PM 1.84	8:42AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		9:59PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.39		1:52AM 0.20			12:10AM 0.35	10:52AM 0.65	1:51PM 0.52	2:24AM 0.39		6:26PM 0.49		5:29AM 0.25	1:56PM 0.72	2:19AM 0.61		2:19PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	1	-	1	-	9	11	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	-	-
High °C	15	9	13	15	14	20	15	15	14	16	9	15	14	10	16	15	11	18	11	10	22	13
Low °C	9	8	11	15	13	18	15	14	12	15	7	14	14	9	16	15	10	16	11	9	20	13
Chill °C (?)	13	8	12	14	13	20	14	14	14	15	7	14	13	7	15	15	9	18	8	8	22	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 NE	0.5 WSW	2.5 NW	1.3 SW	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	-	1.9 WNW	1.2 ENE	2.4 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	6	12	10	7	11	11	12	12	11	8	12	8	9	-	11	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	-	1.7 W	0.1 S	1.1 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	8	12	-	12	12	18	-	8	8	9	8	8	14	10	-	12	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	2.4 W	-	1.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	4	9	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	3	5	12	-	9	-

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	7	8	6	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1150	3420	3017	2653	2221	2036	1891	1876	1632	1320	1000	530	1211	1080	511	583	289	363	1261	1017	3208	2121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 2.23									5:30AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				11:44PM 0.06			9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20			9:59PM 0.12						3:00PM 0.14			10:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	1	1
Temp. °C	18	9	9	8	9	9	11	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	15	20	18	15	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	7	7	8	8	7	9	12	10	12	12	12	10	12	15	20	18	15	13	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 NE	0.5 SSW	1.4 NE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	7	12	6	9	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.1 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	7	7	7	13	8	12	11	12	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	2.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	7	7	9	7	8	6	-	-	10	-

	Saturday 08										Sunday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	2.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	13	5	15	7	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	946	3070	3202	3217	3468	3267	3267	3061	3017	2844	2667	901	0	0	2221	14	256	13	1791	543	1651	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)															3:20AM 2.23			6:41AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:29AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	15	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	7	7	9	15	11	9	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	14	10	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	12	7	7	8	14	11	7	11	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	2.3 WSW	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	13	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 N	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	10	9	9	-	5	6	8	10	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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