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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	3	9	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.5 W	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	8	11	11	15	14	14	14	11	11	10	11	11	9	10	9	8	18	16	15
Energy(?)	481	619	302	122	2213	1236	1185	3533	1977	928	5504	3602	4161	4290	5421	2419	1673	981	328	1089	1023	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 1.72		9:57PM 1.63	10:12AM 1.67		1:23AM 1.71		1:38PM 1.66	2:39AM 1.68		2:32PM 1.63	2:57AM 1.76	4:41AM 1.85	5:28PM 1.26	12:47AM 1.97	1:00PM 2.09		12:40AM 2.03	12:53PM 2.11			12:55PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40PM 0.71		4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62		9:24AM 0.46		8:12PM 0.35	8:42AM 0.38		8:34PM 0.28	10:53AM 0.37			6:58AM 0.34			6:46AM 0.36	6:55PM 0.21	10:18PM 0.12	6:46AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	22	20	17	24	15	13	14	15	14	16	17	14	15	16	15	14	16	14	17	14	14	13
Low °C	18	19	15	22	15	11	13	14	10	15	17	12	14	16	14	14	15	13	17	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	22	20	17	24	13	11	14	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	16	14	17	14	13	12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 NNE	2.2 W	1.5 W	1.7 E	0.2 E	2.5 ESE	0.1 S	3.0 S	1.6 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	13	8	-	11	11	7	14	14	11	15	12	20	11	10	16	11	8	18	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.0 SE	0.4 E	1.0 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	-	8	15	13	13	12	-	12	-	-	10	10	12	11	10	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.5 E	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	-	1.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	11	9	-	14	-	5	11	11	10	11	11	9	10	9	-	10	-	-

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	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	629	512	481	403	325	771	511	722	593	609	958	340	405	337	1605	1730	2007	3240	3114	1630	1430	2482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:09AM 1.61					12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57				2:51PM 1.64			10:52PM 1.72				10:10AM 1.81	1:38PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)					3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54	8:04PM 0.45											4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	22	24	19	19	17	17	18	21	11	24	20	12	11	10	11	12	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	22	24	18	19	16	17	18	21	9	24	20	11	9	8	10	12	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 S	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	8	9	11	9	9	9	12	12	9	13	12	16	16	8	8	7	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	8	7	8	8	3	7	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 ENE	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	13	4	13	5	5	6	6	5	9	13	12	12	13	13	13	8	13
Energy(?)	45	331	337	373	405	540	41	581	71	71	191	242	138	157	100	273	246	338	309	84	787	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:26PM 1.46		2:22PM 1.24						8:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			3:05AM 0.83				7:50AM 0.51								3:32PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	15	16	17	22	23	20	22	24	23	23	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	14	12	13	14	15	16	22	23	20	22	24	23	23	16	16	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 E	1.2 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	13	10	10	10	10	11	9	13	12	12	13	13	6	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	8	7	7	7	6	8	9	7	7	13	13	11	10	9	8	8	6	6	13	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NNE	2.2 ENE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	6	5	5	6	6	5	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	4

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