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			Wednesday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NE	2.3 N	2.1 ENE	1.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	14	13	9	15	10	9	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	11	15
Energy(?)	1644	1214	1576	4800	5165	3661	1065	1225	1348	1089	1087	821	651	249	782	698	731	1367	1049	3301	634	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				2:52AM		3:24PM		3:35AM	4:14PM 2:13AM		3:36AM	4:20PM		4:48AM	5:35PM		11:51AM		7:29PM			11:27PM
Low Tide / height (m)	2:10AM	8:30AM	2:19PM	8:50PM	9:10AM		9:33PM	9:57AM		9:24PM	9:59AM		10:31PM	11:15AM 7:27AM		11:47PM	5:47AM	5:55PM		7:45AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	-	18	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	13	12	13	16	16	17	17	14	18	17	19	21	19	18	14	12	13	11	12	9	12	13
Low °C	10	11	12	14	14	16	16	13	18	17	18	20	17	17	13	12	12	11	10	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	14	18	16	19	21	19	18	13	12	13	10	10	6	10	12
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.4 ENE	2.3 N	0.3 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.4 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	0.6 ENE	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	14	13	16	15	10	9	10	12	10	8	12	12	12	13	9	16	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 E	0.5 S	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	15	15	9	-	14	12	14	15	14	13	-	23	21	9	19	-	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.5 NE	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	1.7 SSW	0.7 SE	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	4	3	3	-	14	4	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 17								Friday 18								Sat
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	9
Energy(?)	1187	1644	1208	1231	1214	1285	1576	1907	1931	4800	5914	5597	5165	4355	3661	3097	1158	1065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:44PM 1.18						2:41PM 1.85				1:55AM 1.79				2:21PM 1.72			9:12PM 1.36
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	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	14	10	11	12	13	12	11	15	15	14	14	16	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	9	11	12	12	11	10	15	15	13	13	16	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	-	1.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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