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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.6 SW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	8	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	767	2206	367	1086	3244	1968	1299	1229	721	594	642	452	355	537	1344	1011	1013	1444	3204	2413	2383	1474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:18PM	11:28AM		11:52PM	12:52PM 11:53PM			12:57PM	4:49PM 3:08AM	1:23AM		4:23PM			2:16PM	2:42AM	11:28AM	3:02PM		5:31AM	6:32PM
Low Tide / height (m)		5:17AM	5:42PM		6:44AM	6:54PM	10:33PM	6:48AM		7:11PM	8:53AM		10:49PM	8:05AM		8:33PM	8:51AM		11:47PM 10:41AM	11:49AM		12:36AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	21	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	14	13	19	20	14	18	17	15
Low °C	14	15	19	15	13	16	15	16	16	15	15	17	14	13	13	11	17	18	12	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	21	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	18	16	16	13	13	18	20	13	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	8	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	7	13	9	13	-	13	9	8	6	8	18	7	5	15	9	12	11	11	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 SW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	11	8	11	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	627	767	547	461	2206	2122	367	1459	1652	1086	3829	3449	3244	1862	1968	1810	1430	1299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:09PM 2.68				12:02PM 2.14	3:38PM 1.75			12:01AM 3.28	1:23AM 2.12			12:09PM 2.98				12:33AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 0.34				5:48PM 0.80	9:32PM 0.13				8:54AM 0.34			6:24PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	15	15	16	21	16	13	15	10	10	13	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	15	15	16	21	16	11	15	9	8	12	16	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	2.5 W	0.6 ENE	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	11	8	11	8	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	13	12	9	14	-	13	-	-	-	10	13	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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