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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	Sun		Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	8	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	7	7	6	8	15	12	14	12	8
Energy(?)	1655	1908	695	1045	300	518	677	384	395	159	336	430	163	475	125	209	160	7816	1627	1789	1293	2198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 2.20	9:01AM 1.56		8:11PM 2.09	6:53AM 1.65		10:42PM 1.55	12:27PM 1.53		11:45PM 1.58	9:09AM 1.61	2:02PM 1.47	12:38AM 1.64		2:55PM 1.23	3:19AM 1.35		3:40PM 1.19	2:03AM 1.78		4:18PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:10AM 1.11		3:21PM 0.54	2:23AM 0.93		2:56PM 0.91		6:03AM 0.52	5:15PM 0.58					8:48AM 0.53		8:59PM 0.32	9:28AM 0.53		7:38PM 0.39	10:10AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	12	14	16	22	16	18	14	22	16	22	19	18	24	21	11	16	16	15	17	16
Low °C	14	9	11	14	15	19	15	16	12	21	14	18	19	17	22	19	11	13	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	8	11	13	15	22	16	18	13	22	16	22	19	18	24	21	8	15	15	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 S	1.1 ENE	3.5 SW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	13	13	11	7	11	11	11	13	11	7	7	9	8	15	15	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	1.0 ENE	0.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	9	-	4	5	4	12	8	12	16	7	7	11	8	10	-	9	8	14	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 NNW	-	1.7 NE	-	1.6 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	7	-	6	8	12	12	-	-	8

	Sunday 08			Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	13	14	14	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	948	1766	1404	1385	1166	1080	1114	1519	777	1380	1375	886	536	1050	548	541	602	557	634	513	278	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:23PM 2.66		8:36PM 1.62			5:59AM 1.73	7:32AM 2.10				9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27				10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)					1:31AM 0.82							12:46AM 0.73						6:52PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	10	9	10	9	11	15	12	13	11	11	15	10	18	22	21	20	18	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	13	8	7	8	7	10	14	11	12	9	10	15	10	18	22	21	20	18	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	13	14	14	12	7	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	13	14	8	4	5	5	10	6	12	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.6 E	0.7 NE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	4	-	5	5	4	-	-	3	3

	Sunday 08										Monday 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	8	6	8	8	8	12	8	8
Energy(?)	963	1841	1655	1604	1425	1543	1425	1404	598	1404	1385	1908	152	1385	177	124	172	228	303	1587	121	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 2.17	8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 1.06												2:55AM 0.53			5:39AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	15	15	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	13	8	13	14	14	14	15	11	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	9	12	6	12	13	13	13	14	9	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	8	6	8	8	8	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	13	9	8	8	8	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	-	3	3

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