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

	Sun	Monday 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cable Bay Nelson - Tasman Bay	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 NNW	1.9 SW	2.5 N	3.0 N	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	10	14	9	9	14	14	11	11	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1152	2230	2076	1820	2122	2866	3552	3040	1679	1354	1245	1500	1018	1604	1163	3295	3786	1216	1868	1028	1110	1184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57AM	6:24PM			3:08PM		4:52AM	4:01PM		4:20AM	5:00PM		5:19AM	6:08PM		6:29AM					8:09PM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48PM	12:10PM		12:40AM	8:54AM		12:08AM	11:17AM		10:14PM	10:42AM		11:13PM	11:46AM 8:07AM		12:21AM	1:00PM			10:28AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	13	-	1	4	-	15	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	11	13	14	11	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	16	12	14	15	19	14	12
Low °C	11	8	10	10	11	13	10	11	15	15	16	17	16	16	14	14	12	13	12	16	14	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	11	12	13	9	13	16	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	10	13	15	18	14	11
Sunrise	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 NNW	1.9 SW	-	-	1.7 SW	1.1 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	10	14	-	-	14	9	16	10	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.2 NW	0.7 S	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	8	-	-	17	16	15	14	10	11	11	-	-	9	19	10	15	8	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.4 E	2.5 N	3.0 N	0.5 NW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	8	9	9	3	14	11	11	-	-	-	6

	Sun	Monday 31	Tuesday 01	Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16
Energy(?)	1207	1152	1060	1077	2230	2265	2076	1106	2036	1820	1820	1949	2122	2510	2866	3072	3371	3552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:57AM 1.92							2:40AM 2.32				3:08PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 0.03			8:07AM -0.10				8:33PM -0.05				8:54AM -0.06				9:22PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	8	11	13	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	10	7	11	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	8	15	-	-	-	-	-	17	17	-	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4

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