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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	1	2	3	1	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 N	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	16	7	16	14	13	13	11	9	10	11	14	10	10	8	10	18	7	16	15	14
Energy(?)	617	662	806	136	490	555	396	953	450	119	516	122	223	501	76	54	89	473	85	1103	1545	3757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 2.25		1:14AM 2.26				4:37AM 2.17	4:55PM 2.05	2:54AM 2.22		3:07PM 2.25	1:35AM 3.03	8:57AM 1.76	6:38PM 1.91					5:17AM 1.93		8:25PM 1.72	8:54AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19		10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		8:39PM -0.04	6:58AM 0.05		7:28PM 0.06			12:56AM 0.15	8:29AM 0.28	1:27PM 0.26	10:12PM 0.46	11:27AM 0.42	2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	11	11	17	18	14	17	16	14	24	17	16	16	18	18	21	17	14	14	16	14	15
Low °C	17	11	8	15	17	11	16	15	12	20	17	13	16	18	15	18	17	11	13	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	18	9	8	17	18	12	17	15	14	24	16	16	16	18	18	21	17	13	14	15	12	14
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 N	-	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 W	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	11	7	11	14	13	-	11	9	10	11	14	-	10	8	10	11	7	12	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 N	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	21	11	16	12	16	6	8	-	9	8	12	12	12	-	12	11	13	13	7	16	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.3 SW	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	14

	Saturday 03							Sunday 04								Monday 05
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	18	18	17	16	11	15	17	7	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	522	539	614	655	719	793	947	1002	739	524	820	537	98	604	652	543	554	684	731	537	486	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26			11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14						4:55PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:22AM 0.06	7:22AM 0.19								8:12AM 0.17	10:50AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	13	17	11	10	10	8	14	13	15	17	15	12	14	11	14	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	17	9	8	8	5	14	13	15	17	14	12	13	10	14	15	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	7	16	11	15	11	7	14	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	11	18	11	17	17	6	6	16	6	18	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	8	8	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	5

	Saturday 03
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	20	11	10	11	10	6	18	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy(?)	598	554	522	510	523	604	592	671	614	327	580	381	232	662	662	304	793	660	731	901	947	930
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)										10:46AM 3.18					3:12PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)					5:43AM 0.35													6:09PM 0.26			9:23PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	12	18	13	17	15	11	12	16	12	16	13	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	16	10	10	10	11	18	12	17	14	10	11	16	11	16	11	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	7	7	7	11	10	11	10	13	7	7	10	7	11	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	12	20	12	19	7	13	11	11	12	18	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	8

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None