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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	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 NE	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	9	9	11	14	13	10	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	569	3961	2482	1027	777	615	542	535	231	2484	3864	1358	1887	1066	548	1389	1551	381	603	835	1492	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 2.07	2:08PM 1.96	12:09AM 2.10		3:31PM 2.46			4:20PM 2.50			2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15		6:06PM 1.91	7:41PM 1.82	6:32AM 1.88	6:53PM 1.81		9:54AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	7:04AM 0.19		10:00PM -0.02	7:55AM 0.13		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		1:57AM 0.18	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	12	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	14	18	16	18	11	16	16	18	16	15	15	12	16	18	14	23	13	13	15
Low °C	12	16	10	13	18	15	14	11	15	15	15	12	14	15	11	14	17	11	18	13	10	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	14	13	18	16	18	9	16	16	18	16	14	14	12	16	18	13	23	10	11	14
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	12	8	12	9	11	12	12	9	9	11	12	13	8	8	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 N	1.0 NW	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	10	12	8	11	-	15	9	13	8	20	14	-	10	11	-	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.8 SW	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	5	3	4	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	12	5

	Saturday 31							Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.1 NE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	7	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	2120	4393	3178	2294	3961	4261	3183	3262	4164	1121	1027	868	777	698	602	591	689	821	542	565	535	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:39PM 2.40				2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21					3:30AM 2.14	4:49AM 2.10			3:48PM 2.05	5:58PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)										6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01					9:40AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	8	9	14	17	17	16	14	14	12	10	14	13	18	18	17	16	15	15	18	14	11	25
Chill °C (?)	6	7	14	16	17	16	13	13	11	8	13	12	18	18	17	15	15	14	18	13	9	25
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	9	12	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	7	8	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	12	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	3	3	4	7

	Saturday 31
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	10	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	2124	1302	2120	1308	569	545	2305	561	4975	1945	2081	2181	2181	2221	2252	2252	3131	353	2876	2835	2790	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)								8:33AM 0.81												8:18PM 0.05		10:19PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	8	11	8	8	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	6	9	6	9	6	6	9	10	12	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	13	13	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	11	9	11	12	12	14	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	-	-	11	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	2	12	12	12	-

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