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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	Sat		Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Riversdale Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.6 W	1.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.6 NW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	12	10	12	12	7	11	9	12	9	9	12	12	6	12
Energy(?)	2862	2417	1904	713	864	214	1138	1739	474	1539	635	382	99	666	399	796	647	880	218	2433	154	1901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:53PM 2.50		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		4:19AM 2.10	4:36PM 2.05	7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93	5:42PM 1.94		4:43AM 2.39	4:41PM 2.65	8:04PM 2.00	7:41AM 1.82		12:07AM 1.75	12:33PM 1.82		8:03PM 1.84	8:42AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		9:59PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.39		1:52AM 0.20			12:10AM 0.35	10:52AM 0.65		2:24AM 0.39		1:52PM 0.56		6:13AM 0.25	1:46PM 0.67	2:19AM 0.61		2:19PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	1	-	1	-	9	11	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	2	16	2	-
High °C	15	9	13	15	14	20	15	15	15	15	9	15	16	10	19	15	14	11	11	10	17	14
Low °C	9	8	11	15	13	18	15	14	13	14	7	14	15	9	18	15	9	10	11	9	17	13
Chill °C (?)	13	8	12	14	13	20	14	14	15	13	7	14	15	7	19	15	12	9	9	8	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 NE	0.5 WSW	3.0 NW	1.3 SW	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	1.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	2.5 W	0.1 SW	2.4 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	6	12	10	7	10	12	12	8	9	9	12	13	9	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.1 SW	-	1.6 NNW	0.1 E	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	-	12	-	12	12	13	-	8	12	8	7	8	8	13	-	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.6 W	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	8	4	9	-	-	-	3	4	7	11	-	-	9	3	3	-	6	-

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1085	3420	3017	2653	2221	2036	1891	1876	1632	1320	1039	613	535	1185	509	435	219	260	1143	1158	3350	2723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 2.23								2:04AM 2.94	5:30AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				11:44PM 0.06			9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20			9:59PM 0.12					10:29AM 0.39	3:00PM 0.14			10:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	4	1	1
Temp. °C	18	9	9	8	9	9	11	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	15	17	18	18	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	7	7	8	8	7	9	12	10	12	12	12	14	12	15	17	18	18	14	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.2 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	10	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	12	11	11	11	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.5 N	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	7	3	-	4	3	-	-	10	-

	Saturday 08										Sunday 09
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	946	2642	2782	3024	5440	3267	3267	3232	3017	2844	2667	799	859	0	2221	2187	260	273	755	543	1651	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)													1:11AM 3.14		3:20AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:29AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	15	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	7	9	9	11	12	11	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	14	10	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	12	11	7	8	7	11	12	10	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.2 NW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	10	14	9	-	-	6	6	10	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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