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 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNW	3.0 NW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	11	11	12	12	7	8	11	12	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	381	591	777	594	510	609	745	803	2039	1790	231	1724	548	833	1125	861	736	380	861	248	1348	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:09AM 2.10		2:59PM 2.02	1:03AM 2.21	5:44AM 1.79	1:16PM 2.28			2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21	7:15AM 2.09	6:50PM 1.88		4:32AM 2.47	6:06PM 1.91	7:47PM 1.74		6:53PM 1.81		4:32AM 1.96	3:56PM 1.85	3:45AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 0.72			12:10PM 0.32		12:27AM 0.25	7:55AM 0.13		8:20PM -0.04			10:28PM 0.22	10:47AM 0.37		1:47AM 0.23	8:31AM 0.77		1:10AM 0.30	10:43AM 0.38		9:37PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	3	31	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	16	16	15	16	15	15	17	16	10	17	13	16	20	18	15	17	13	19	19	18
Low °C	12	17	15	15	14	12	14	14	16	12	10	16	11	14	18	13	12	16	10	15	18	13
Chill °C (?)	15	19	15	15	15	15	14	14	17	15	10	16	13	16	20	18	14	16	11	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	3.0 NW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	11	11	12	12	8	11	11	12	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	-	12	12	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.7 NNW	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	-	8	7	7	11	8	15	10	8	10	20	11	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 SSW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.1 SW	1.0 WNW	-	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	3	-	10	7	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	4	13	9	-	12	-

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	14	11	13	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	3183	3424	4100	1121	591	846	537	698	624	556	526	874	541	691	609	515	307	593	691	553	1306	3069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 2.11			12:27PM 2.21						4:49AM 2.10			3:48PM 2.05	5:09PM 1.84						12:43PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)				6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01					8:34AM 0.26								7:08AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	4
Temp. °C	14	14	12	11	17	12	20	16	15	15	14	15	14	15	16	15	16	10	10	11	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	10	17	11	20	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	8	9	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.9 NE	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 NNE	3.0 NW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	14	11	13	11	11	11	7	7	11	9	12	8	11	12	12	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	-	10	-	10	-	8	8	12	9	9	-	7	11	4	8	8	10	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	3	-	-	-	2	3	7	7	-	11	10	11	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 31				Sunday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	3517	726	2889	2086	294	2496	359	2394	1390	1284	56	551	1027	1027	963	400	276	875	806	160	704	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:14AM 2.15											11:11AM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 0.64											7:46AM 0.33			10:16AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	14	14	14	12	13	11	11	11	13	14	11	11	15	13	15	13	13	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	12	14	10	12	10	10	10	13	14	10	10	15	11	14	12	12	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	10	14	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	11	11	11	10	9	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 NW	1.8 W	1.1 NW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	12	11	6	12	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

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