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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 E	2.2 WSW	0.7 E	1.6 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 SE	1.4 E	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	6	5	7	11	11	15	14	14	10	13	10	12	10	12	12	11	11	19	18	16
Energy(?)	280	417	254	163	125	2213	1453	1147	3231	1653	243	1579	98	768	2303	1801	650	1164	854	929	758	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				9:57PM 1.63	10:12AM 1.67		10:52PM 1.72		1:38PM 1.66	2:19AM 1.71		2:32PM 1.63	11:15PM 1.96		5:10PM 1.26		12:55PM 2.05		1:27AM 2.08	12:53PM 2.11		3:19AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.03	8:07AM 0.53	4:45PM 0.70		4:10AM 0.78	5:36PM 0.61		7:25AM 0.49		7:53PM 0.36	8:42AM 0.38			9:19AM 0.87		11:16PM 0.24	6:52AM 0.34		7:18PM 0.14	6:46AM 0.36		9:17PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	23	23	18	23	15	13	13	13	14	15	17	11	17	17	14	12	16	14	14	15	15
Low °C	13	18	20	17	22	15	11	13	13	9	13	16	10	17	16	12	12	14	13	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	15	23	23	17	23	13	12	12	11	13	14	16	11	17	16	12	11	15	14	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 NW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 E	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.4 E	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	7	7	-	8	11	14	14	10	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	-	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	7	9	13	9	-	16	15	-	13	13	12	10	4	20	10	11	9	8	12	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	-	1.3 SW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	7	11	11	-	14	-	4	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	3	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	2.4 NW	2.2 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	7	7	8	8	6	6	7	11	11	11	16	15	14
Energy(?)	236	230	629	512	417	565	325	713	729	767	564	822	835	692	212	669	1929	1751	2007	3232	3329	1568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:09AM 1.61	10:24AM 1.72				12:55AM 1.58	1:17AM 1.57		9:16AM 1.70		2:55PM 1.23			10:52PM 1.72				12:18PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)							3:40PM 0.71	6:07PM 0.54				6:56AM 0.51								4:10AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	18	14	14	14	18	18	24	18	17	15	18	17	13	14	23	20	12	11	10	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	13	14	13	18	18	24	17	16	14	18	17	13	13	23	20	11	9	8	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 NW	1.3 ENE	0.3 S	1.6 ENE	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	7	8	8	8	9	7	10	11	11	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	10	5	7	7	8	8	9	9	13	9	12	12	6	12	9	11	16	16	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	-	2.2 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	7	8	7	7	8	-	6	6	7	11	-	-	-	-	14

	Wednesday 11				Thursday 12
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	9	9	13	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	237	161	374	284	281	45	331	356	354	135	57	129	112	310	153	172	146	403	314	369	365	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												6:07AM 0.56								2:40PM 0.83		4:59PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	16	13	19	20	23	23	24	18	18	25
Chill °C (?)	19	15	11	14	14	12	12	10	10	11	12	11	16	12	19	20	23	23	24	18	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	7	6	9	9	13	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	8	4	8	5	8	10	10	12	11	12	11	14	11	11	9	7	8	7	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	5	-	5	6	5	4	5	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	-

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