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

	Wed		Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 W	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	9	15	16	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	4027	1512	1214	1576	1809	4569	3201	1042	1337	1379	1159	1193	1801	1053	870	718	586	1034	2025	1161	1006	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10AM	2:41PM	8:30PM		3:24PM		3:35AM	4:14PM		4:29AM	4:20PM	1:17AM	4:48AM	5:35PM		6:43AM		7:29PM
Low Tide / height (m)		9:18PM			2:55AM	9:10AM		9:33PM	9:57AM 8:12PM		10:26PM	10:56AM		10:31PM	11:15AM		11:47PM				7:45AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	2	-	4	3	-	8	-	11	-	-	1	-	6
High °C	12	12	12	13	11	15	16	18	16	14	20	18	17	17	13	23	17	11	12	11	10	15
Low °C	12	10	10	12	9	14	16	16	13	14	17	18	16	15	13	19	16	9	11	9	9	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	9	14	16	18	16	13	20	18	17	17	12	23	16	11	12	9	7	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.4 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	10	15	16	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 NE	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	15	15	16	-	-	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	10	-	6	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	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	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	17	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	4027	3181	1187	1512	1208	1231	1214	1285	1576	1882	1931	1809	5512	4966	4569	3251	3201	1525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 1.18						2:41PM 1.85				1:55AM 1.79				2:21PM 1.72	3:24PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					2:10AM 0.26		8:30AM 0.46				8:50PM 0.61				8:06AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	11	14	10	10	12	13	12	11	11	15	15	14	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	10	13	10	10	12	12	11	9	10	15	15	13	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	17	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	6	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	15	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.9 E	-	1.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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