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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	4.0 ENE	3.0 NW	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 E	1.4 WSW	2.4 NW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	16	15	13	12	13	14	10	10	11	13	13	9	12	12	15	15	14	11
Energy(?)	307	801	693	611	1700	778	954	1900	5218	669	3028	1885	1474	859	1083	138	815	2447	1274	658	745	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 2.88		5:26AM 1.93			6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.82	8:32AM 1.77		10:01PM 1.89	9:36AM 1.85		10:05PM 1.84	9:47AM 2.96		10:52PM 1.91	10:17AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)			11:19PM 0.47	11:53AM 0.38	2:29PM 0.37	12:23AM 0.58		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		2:52PM 0.58			3:52PM 0.49			4:30PM 0.32		4:04AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	6	-	2	4	2	-	28	10	2	-	-
High °C	19	19	15	15	17	17	18	15	17	17	18	18	15	13	13	16	21	17	11	10	11	13
Low °C	16	17	12	15	16	17	17	14	16	14	17	17	15	13	13	14	21	15	10	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	15	15	17	17	18	14	16	17	17	17	14	12	12	16	21	16	9	8	8	10
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	2.3 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 NW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	16	15	13	12	13	14	14	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	15	15	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	9	19	18	13	7	9	13	12	-	-	15	16	6	9	9	18	12	11	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	4.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	2.1 W	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.8 NE	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	9	6	5	-	4	-	6	6	6	7	13

	Tuesday 24							Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	16	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	591	619	918	847	398	1564	853	693	763	1337	1437	1342	1700	1673	1074	1324	1238	1006	1010	1010	3594	2575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 2.79					5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)				10:48AM 0.26	1:21PM 0.31			11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				12:07PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	18	20	18	15	14	13	12	12	15	16	17	15	18	17	17	16	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	18	20	18	15	13	12	11	10	14	16	17	14	18	17	17	15	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 N	1.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	16	14	13	14	14	13	9	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	10	9	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	-	13	12	12	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Tuesday 24
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	617	761	430	430	326	114	874	863	918	918	851	847	420	415	801	410	410	435	239	87	484	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 3.01		4:27AM 2.05												4:08PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)										10:48AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	14	14	19	15	15	15	16	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	17	18	14	14	19	15	15	15	16	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 E	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	7	7	10	14	12	12	12	12	10	10	14	14	9	14	14	14	11	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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