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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	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Mon
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mana Island Wellington	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	0.2 S	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	13	10	12	12	13	13	12	11	14	10	13	8	10	7	8
Energy(?)	408	757	931	470	613	972	537	253	533	708	516	777	558	1920	1572	1014	1262	867	13	1564	907	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 2.54		5:10AM 2.38	3:02PM 2.21	3:42AM 2.15		3:56PM 2.16		10:03AM 1.57			5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78		5:58AM 1.70	6:19PM 1.76	7:19PM 1.66	6:45AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			11:10PM -0.01	11:21AM 0.16		9:28PM 0.02	9:49AM 0.24		10:16PM 0.13		1:27PM 0.26	10:58PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52		11:48PM 0.66	12:11PM 0.73		1:35AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	55	1	-	11	6	9	3	-	5	3	-
High °C	17	17	15	19	18	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	18	17	15	13	14	20	26	15	18	14
Low °C	16	16	12	17	18	13	15	16	13	16	17	14	16	15	11	12	13	17	25	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	19	18	16	16	16	14	18	17	16	18	16	14	12	13	20	26	13	16	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	-	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.3 NE	2.5 WNW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	-	12	11	10	12	12	11	-	12	12	13	13	16	11	10	14	13	5	10	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 N	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	-	12	9	13	12	14	13	-	6	9	12	13	7	14	14	-	5	8	12	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.3 NNE	2.2 SW	-	-	2.0 W	-	0.2 NNW	-	3.0 NW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	-	5	2	12	-	-	10	-	3	-	7	7

	Monday 05					Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07								Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 N	1.9 WSW	0.6 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	13
Energy(?)	695	249	495	243	1522	931	612	513	625	116	402	598	635	972	820	572	541	542	521	244	838	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 2.35			2:54AM 2.22								3:42AM 2.15				3:10PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 0.17				8:33PM -0.03				9:00AM 0.19				9:28PM 0.02				9:49AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	17	18	15	13	13	12	16	24	17	20	16	14	14	13	17	16	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	18	15	12	12	11	16	24	17	20	16	14	13	12	17	16	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	10	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	13	16	6	8	-	12	-	-	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	-	-	14	13	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Monday 05																Tuesday 06
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	483	172	408	242	108	601	601	601	757	251	473	217	937	921	984	984	1915	478	570	97	177	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								2:18PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)				10:30AM 0.13										8:39PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	16	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	17	18	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	12
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	8	13	12	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.5 N
Period (s)	6	13	6	8	7	16	16	16	-	10	6	7	-	-	-	-	12	16	16	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	13	12	12	11	11	11	3	3	-	-	-

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