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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 NNW	3.0 W	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	10	11	12	12	13	12	9	14	11	6	7	8	7	11	10	11	9	12	11	13
Energy(?)	455	102	63	1555	448	2053	578	3441	197	540	744	250	172	36	370	2117	3187	2289	881	1281	1271	1588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 2.35			10:25PM 1.92		2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		3:02PM 1.95	3:30AM 2.14		3:48PM 2.05			1:56PM 2.26	2:27AM 2.17		5:50PM 2.48		7:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.50		7:03AM 0.28	4:10PM 0.47		8:36AM 0.17		8:33PM 0.04	8:51AM 0.14		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		12:27AM 0.25	7:49AM 0.14		8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		12:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	16	16	12	17	17	15	20	18	20	23	25	13	17	15	14	19	18	15	20
Low °C	15	14	11	13	16	8	12	16	12	17	17	18	20	13	11	15	14	11	16	18	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	15	15	11	17	16	15	20	18	20	23	25	10	17	13	13	19	18	15	20
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	2.3 S	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	-	9	13	11	9	14	11	10	7	8	11	11	9	9	9	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	10	10	13	-	12	11	-	14	10	-	12	8	11	16	8	11	-	11	-	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 NE	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	1.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	12	12	-	12	5	3	-	6	-	-	7	-	10	11	-	12	-	-

	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	12	16	11	6	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	762	1016	1095	765	504	813	253	1548	2465	4227	1115	1325	1161	1009	1009	2053	1937	2427	3022	3109	2698	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:12PM 1.78					1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 0.54	4:48AM 0.66			3:02PM 0.57		7:02PM 0.17				7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	19	13	15	15	15	11	10	9	12	16	16	15	15	9	8	8	14	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	19	11	15	15	14	9	8	7	11	15	15	14	14	8	6	6	14	16	18	13
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	8	11	6	12	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	7	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	12	5	-	-	6	11	12	11	-	-	11	10	4	12	11	11	11	12	12	4

	Thursday 29
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	12	18	18	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	5	15	10	10	10	12	12	11
Energy(?)	901	1414	111	334	331	329	69	87	75	765	415	765	765	1821	133	710	430	430	430	749	761	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	18	19	16	17	13	14	16	21	17	17	16	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	17	16	15	16	18	19	15	17	11	12	14	21	16	16	14	13	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.8 W	0.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SW	0.5 NE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	12	5	12	12	11	8	11	14	14	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	18	11	11	12	18	18	5	11	11	16	11	16	16	11	10	-	12	12	12	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	12	5	5	11	5	15	10	10	10	12	12	11

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