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

7 day 48 hour

	Sat	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22
	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	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 W	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 NW	1.7 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	9	10	16	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	508	590	591	1300	1232	1245	1410	1160	529	1149	526	586	3659	1057	3772	1538	1688	1439	1068	2090	1237	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:26AM		8:39PM	9:00AM	4:02PM		7:56AM	3:43PM		4:02AM	4:25PM		8:48AM	5:18PM	10:51PM	5:33AM	6:16PM	3:25AM			8:16PM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19AM	12:49PM	2:33PM	2:53AM			10:16PM			9:57PM	10:12AM		10:39PM				11:52AM		1:26AM 11:04AM	11:24AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	3	-	-	7	-	-	19	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	25	18	20	20	19	24	18	20	19	15	12	17	14	16	12	14	16	17	19	14
Low °C	17	21	19	16	20	19	17	20	17	16	18	14	10	14	11	15	11	14	13	15	18	12
Chill °C (?)	19	23	25	18	20	20	19	24	18	20	19	14	10	17	13	16	9	12	15	16	19	12
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 W	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 NW	1.7 ENE	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	9	10	16	11	14	14	8	8	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	15	14	13	14	12	12	11	13	8	14	10	14	8	8	13	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	16	-	14	-	12	12	-	11	11	-

	Sat	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.8 ENE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.3 SW	2.5 NNW	2.2 ENE	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	9	10	10	10	10	14	10	8	10	11
Energy(?)	483	508	808	840	590	599	591	453	1111	1300	1326	1412	1232	676	1245	650	1140	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					8:14AM 1.68		3:26PM 2.02	6:48PM 1.57			2:51AM 1.87				3:07PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.75	2:04AM 0.26						8:47PM 0.41				8:59AM 0.45	12:44PM 0.41			9:10PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	16	21	23	25	19	18	17	17	16	20	19	20	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	16	21	23	25	19	18	16	16	15	20	19	20	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNW	0.3 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	13	13	11	13	10	10	10	10	9	10	15	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	12	-	12	15	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	-	-	1.8 ENE	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	-

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