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

	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	3	4	1	0	9	6	6	5	5	4	9	8	5	4	4	3	4	2	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	4.5 W	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	7	24	8	5	14	13	16	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	14	14	15	15	13	13
Energy(?)	966	121	341	651	38	129	9314	4460	6070	5292	1817	562	2129	3379	2026	3112	1974	834	685	149	11163	1094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 2.29	10:07PM 1.74	7:09AM 1.70		8:31PM 1.83	10:24AM 2.19		10:48PM 2.22	8:49AM 2.32		12:59AM 1.82			10:03PM 2.02		4:24PM 1.25			2:40PM 1.84	2:58AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				2:21PM 0.60	2:57AM 0.43	4:07AM 0.55	3:21PM 0.54			5:34PM 0.59		7:03AM 0.23	3:38PM 0.72		9:06AM 0.26		10:27PM 0.50	9:30AM 0.27		8:42PM 0.25	8:44AM 0.29	6:07PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1	-	-	-	4	4	15	2
High °C	11	8	11	15	12	17	11	10	16	18	16	13	8	8	11	12	10	16	12	10	15	9
Low °C	10	6	9	13	11	15	11	9	12	17	12	13	7	5	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	9
Chill °C (?)	8	6	11	15	11	16	8	8	15	18	14	10	8	6	9	9	8	15	9	10	12	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.2 N	2.2 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	4.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	10	8	8	19	13	16	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	14	14	15	7	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 N	1.1 NW	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	11	12	24	9	6	-	19	-	-	7	10	-	8	8	12	10	6	8	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.0 N	1.3 NW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	2.1 NE	1.6 WNW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NW	2.5 W	-	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 NE	4.0 WNW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	-	7	6	4	5	14	-	-	-	4	7	6	6	3	16	-	6	6	7	13	13

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	3	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 W	1.8 W	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.9 NW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	24	11	9	22	22	23	9	22	7	5	7	14	17	17	16
Energy(?)	1005	601	1302	739	751	746	1331	3230	533	1000	1860	2319	1050	988	67	53	55	802	8925	10033	9257	9075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							8:04AM 1.77					11:13PM 1.76					1:46PM 1.71			12:10AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					1:45AM 0.45								1:23AM 0.89					6:56PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	7	7	6	6	10	14	11	11	12	12	11	10	15	19	17	12	10	8	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	9	4	5	3	3	8	13	11	8	10	10	10	9	14	19	17	12	8	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	8	11	11	11	10	24	11	23	11	22	10	9	12	7	8	13	18	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.9 NW	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	13	26	26	26	24	11	10	18	22	5	23	22	22	8	7	8	-	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	2.4 W	1.7 W	-	2.0 W	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.1 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	12	-	-	3	10	24	-	9	-	12	-	-	5	3	5	7	14	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14										Wednesday 15
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	3	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	8	11	11	11	8	7	9	7	10	9	11	11	25	11
Energy(?)	1101	1533	1669	934	901	870	181	498	485	481	452	434	603	343	125	168	186	110	467	455	379	782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:45PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	13	11	9	11	11	11	10	9	10	7	8	7	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	9	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	4	6	5	7	8	6	7	5	6	5	5	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.5 W	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	11	11	12	7	9	7	10	9	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.6 S	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.8 W	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 NNW	0.6 W	0.4 NE	0.5 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	8	12	-	-	-	12	10	12	10	8	8	8	12	8	10	-	5	26	26	25	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	-	1.4 W	0.4 NW	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	5	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	-	11	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-

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