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. Read More

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South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Monday 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	3.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 NE	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	10	15	14	15	9	12	11	14	15	14	12	13
Energy(?)	1026	2076	1820	3898	2826	3552	3040	1679	1354	816	1463	1238	1220	1020	1034	3441	1813	1095	1980	2317	1323	1442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (ft)		2:18PM		4:01AM	4:30PM	3:28AM		4:01PM NaN	NaN	4:20AM	5:00PM		5:19AM	6:08PM		6:29AM		12:15AM			8:09PM
Low Tide / height (ft)	12:10PM	NaN	11:11PM	10:23AM		9:22PM	9:45AM		11:19PM	10:42AM		11:13PM	11:46AM	NaN	12:21AM	1:00PM			10:28AM NaN			9:42AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	1.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	52	55	52	54	57	52	57	68	63	64	61	61	66	63	70	55	54	55	59	59	55	55
Low °F	50	52	48	52	55	48	50	63	61	63	61	59	64	57	64	52	54	50	52	55	54	55
Chill °F (?)	52	54	50	52	55	48	55	68	63	64	61	61	66	61	70	55	52	55	59	57	55	54
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	3.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	10	15	9	9	9	10	11	14	15	14	12	13
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 S	-	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	-	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	19	17	16	15	14	15	14	12	9	14	15	11	-	16	9	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 WNW	2.5 NE	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	10	-	14	3	4	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 31	Tuesday 01	Wednesday 02
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1026	2265	2076	1106	1089	1820	1820	1949	3898	2644	2826	3195	3371	3552	3598	3427	3040	1933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (ft)							2:40AM 7.61				3:08PM 7.68				3:28AM 7.35
Low Tide / height (ft)									9:54AM -0.13				9:22PM 0.3				9:45AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	50	52	55	54	52	50	48	48	52	55	57	55	52	50	48	48	50	64
Chill °F (?)	50	52	54	52	50	50	46	46	52	55	55	52	48	46	45	45	46	64
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	8	15	15	-	-	-	19	16	17	-	16	16	16	15	15	13
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-

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