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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	10	10	13	14	13	13	16	15	15	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	843	554	408	757	948	470	543	601	536	830	614	1127	828	1237	511	621	353	600	871	1172	1260	817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05	12:49AM 3.11		3:07PM 2.25		6:18AM 2.03	6:19PM 2.20		4:29AM 2.04	4:44PM 2.04		5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90	8:25PM 1.72	6:00AM 1.79	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 0.04	10:50AM 0.10			8:13AM 0.31		12:03AM 0.06	12:35PM 0.19		10:10PM 0.13	10:37AM 0.32		11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		2:43AM 0.36	12:12PM 0.51		12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	3	8	3	1	-	-
High °C	16	14	17	17	15	16	18	15	15	16	15	17	20	19	16	17	14	18	18	18	15	19
Low °C	16	11	16	17	12	16	18	13	15	16	13	16	15	14	16	16	12	18	17	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	12	17	16	14	16	18	15	15	16	14	17	20	19	16	16	14	17	17	18	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:37	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 W	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	-	12	11	10	12	12	10	16	13	14	13	13	16	15	15	14	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.7 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	-	6	-	-	9	12	8	14	11	16	13	8	8	6	12	8	13	12	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 W	-	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 NE	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.6 NE	1.5 NW	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	13	6	-	-	-	8	10	10	-	4	4	-	5	7	5	8	-	-	10

	Sunday 04			Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	6	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	11
Energy(?)	843	212	616	693	514	602	695	551	495	243	418	948	814	704	637	572	335	959	671	601	645	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 1.83								4:38PM 2.35			2:54AM 2.22								3:42AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)				10:17PM -0.03			8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10			8:33PM -0.03				9:00AM 0.19				9:28PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	16	13	12	11	14	14	15	17	17	18	16	13	12	12	15	17	17	19	16	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	11	14	14	15	17	17	18	16	12	12	11	15	17	17	19	16	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	6	6	15	18	13	6	6	8	-	-	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 04										Monday 05
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	965	240	843	834	494	785	1621	689	616	356	259	554	541	507	429	422	545	97	481	544	695	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)														2:05AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)							7:48PM -0.06													8:12AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	16	16	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	18	10	16	15	17	15	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	7	15	14	11	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 SW	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	15	10	10	16	11	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

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