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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	9	9	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 NNW	2.3 N	2.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	0.6 S
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	13	15	14	9	9	9	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	19
Energy	1511	1216	1051	872	822	743	1363	1226	742	1292	1365	667	1536	830	602	500	983	1019	1438	1832	13124	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 2.35		1:01PM 2.01	1:12AM 1.98		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93	3:05AM 2.22	2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67	7:33PM 1.59	4:56AM 1.65		6:52PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15AM 0.60		7:10PM 0.42	7:29AM 0.34		7:48PM 0.50	9:30AM 0.71		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		2:01AM 0.59	11:23AM 0.64	12:36PM 0.68	1:09AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
High °C	16	13	15	14	12	13	14	16	15	13	12	14	15	17	15	12	13	15	13	15	14	17
Low °C	12	12	15	11	11	13	13	15	14	9	9	13	13	16	14	10	11	14	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	15	14	12	13	12	15	15	12	12	12	14	17	15	11	12	15	12	15	14	17
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 NNW	2.3 N	2.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	13	15	14	9	9	9	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	16	9	9	9	-	9	16	14	14	6	6	-	16	11	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	6

	Sat	Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14
Energy	1021	1511	1488	1275	1216	1068	1051	1002	969	872	937	749	822	698	743	868	1790	1454	1058	772	1226	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:36AM 2.02				1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	7:58PM 0.65				6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50					9:11AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	11	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	13	13	11	10	9	10	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	16	15	14	14	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	9	9
Energy	1193	2993	1793	1649	1649	1511	1488	1488	1488	1423	1423	1275	1256	1236	1216	1216	1085	1068	909	1068	28	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:36AM 2.02	1:55AM 2.35												1:01PM 2.01	2:08PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		7:58PM 0.65											6:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	12

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