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

	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	13	11	13	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	906	325	965	403	1182	1188	1270	1125	1158	291	1467	1586	660	1069	448	244	744	1697	2406	1493	680	3723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:37PM 1.98	12:46AM 2.10	1:00PM 2.18	4:21PM 2.02			2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21		3:17PM 2.24	8:27PM 2.10		4:08PM 2.13	9:59PM 1.57	4:27AM 2.05		7:57PM 1.88	8:25AM 1.74		9:07PM 1.83	9:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52AM 0.20		10:17PM 0.07	8:21AM 0.05		8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07		2:38AM 0.43	9:53AM 0.15			10:48AM 0.26	1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.31	3:34AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4
High °C	17	13	12	15	15	11	17	17	14	12	13	11	18	17	15	17	13	11	13	16	16	15
Low °C	16	13	10	12	15	11	14	16	13	12	13	10	17	16	13	14	11	10	12	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	12	11	15	15	9	17	17	14	11	12	11	18	17	15	17	12	9	11	16	16	14
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	16	7	13	11	13	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 N	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	10	-	12	-	13	12	11	11	20	18	16	11	12	13	9	-	-	13	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	13	10	12	13	12	12	13	13	14
Energy(?)	551	725	696	695	525	593	1207	1341	1258	1237	511	1001	1245	1207	1032	1016	1270	1084	1125	1240	1121	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29	6:36PM 2.01								5:07PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 0.16			6:35PM 0.17	9:49PM 0.06				7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:36AM 0.10			10:56AM 0.11				11:24PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	16	16	9	10	10	10	12	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	14	17	17	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	12	16	16	9	8	9	9	11	15	15	12	13	12	11	11	14	17	17	16	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	13	10	12	13	12	12	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	13	-	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	6	11	11	7	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	570	846	906	894	715	430	562	827	825	830	173	29	587	656	186	1150	696	787	881	1042	1089	1265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:08PM 2.23															4:02AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)													7:24PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	16	17	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	16	12	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	16	17	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	16	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	7	11	11	7	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	-	-	12	10	-	-	10	-	9	10	10	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 S	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	4	6	4	4	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

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