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

	Sun		Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sun
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 N	2.3 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.2 ENE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	3.0 E	4.0 WNW	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	9	10	10	12	12	17	18	16	11	9	11	11	11	13	11
Energy(?)	1044	772	1247	1491	402	563	468	482	964	1244	773	986	2113	1201	1314	1027	1587	1354	1068	1954	5091	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM			10:56PM	11:28AM		11:41PM		12:12PM	11:16PM	4:16AM	4:29PM	1:56AM	5:04AM	5:16PM		5:53AM	2:56PM	3:22AM		3:24PM
Low Tide / height (m)	4:22PM		5:47AM	3:45PM		5:09AM	5:33PM		5:52AM			10:17AM		11:05PM	11:06AM		11:57PM	11:54AM		10:23PM	8:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	2	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	10	10	12	11	9	12	12	10	11	10	10	15	14	12	12	15	11	14	14	10	12	9
Low °C	10	8	11	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	9	12	12	11	11	14	9	11	11	9	12	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	9	8	11	10	8	8	8	9	15	13	10	10	14	8	14	14	8	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 N	2.3 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	0.3 SSE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	3.0 E	3.5 W	2.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	9	10	10	12	12	17	18	16	9	9	11	11	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	-	1.1 NNW	1.2 N	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	10	7	9	14	13	13	14	9	-	8	7	16	18	18	18	14	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	3.0 E	-	-	0.7 SW	4.0 WNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	5	3	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	4	13	3

	Sunday 06	Monday 07	Tuesday 08

Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1044	1210	1053	772	981	1067	1247	1299	1491	1514	891	402	449	571	563	471	468	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								10:41AM 1.87					2:42AM 1.48					3:02PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		5:29PM 0.53				4:24AM 0.59				4:49PM 0.65					8:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	10	11	10	11	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	10	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	7	8	10	11	10	10	11	9	8	6	8	8	8	9	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	10	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	7	7	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	5	7	3	9

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