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

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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	5	9	9	8	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	0.4 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	15	16	16	15	16	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	6	12	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	837	714	259	9846	12811	2964	6098	2084	1968	911	753	700	605	914	993	491	14	698	428	1117	1289	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:04AM 2.12		2:15PM 1.61	1:41AM 1.69			2:19AM 1.76		2:08PM 1.81	2:42AM 1.92		2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97					4:21PM 2.02		4:45AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.29		8:05AM 0.43		7:17PM 0.34	7:45AM 0.35	3:49PM 0.52	7:58PM 0.24	8:24AM 0.27		8:25PM 0.16	8:48AM 0.20		9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14	6:35PM 0.17	9:49PM 0.06	7:35AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.07	10:56AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	13	15	14	15	16	13	18	18	14	16	12	12	17	11	10	11	14	13	15
Low °C	14	16	13	13	14	13	14	16	11	17	17	13	15	11	10	16	11	9	11	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	16	14	11	13	13	13	15	11	18	18	13	15	9	12	17	9	10	10	12	11	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	13	10	13	15	16	16	15	16	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	11	12	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 N	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	9	-	9	12	-	12	12	-	18	8	-	12	9	8	7	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	8	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	9	13	13	10	11	10	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1252	504	1844	710	644	687	3275	1021	1242	1739	3003	11649	12811	11108	9807	8274	5640	6766	7419	4596	4110	3612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:08AM 1.32				1:33PM 1.56				1:01AM 1.62				1:01PM 1.64								1:39PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34PM 0.43					7:07AM 0.32				7:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	12	12	16	14	16	13	14	15	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	12	13	14	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	20	10	10	16	13	15	11	14	14	13	13	11	13	12	12	13	10	11	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 SE	1.6 SSW	2.1 W	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	9	12	12	10	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	1.0 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	13	9	13	9	9	21	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	-	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	0.3 NNW	-	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	3	-	10	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5	-	-

	Saturday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	8	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.4 W	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1330	441	577	702	893	544	544	381	522	547	565	2000	2193	2380	2594	2894	1889	3633	6393	5275	5275	5489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:18PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						6:21AM 0.51												6:20PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	10	11	13	9	8	13	13	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	20	12	7	8	11	7	6	13	11	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	14	12	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SW	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	14	9	13	13	13	7	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	21	12	12	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.8 N	0.8 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 N	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	14	9	9	9	11	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	20	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	6	5	4	5	6	6	-	3	3	3	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13

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