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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	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	9	8	9	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	16	10	9	16	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	17
Energy(?)	673	3185	811	4410	1565	1179	1848	1701	1271	1400	785	577	174	654	1047	168	636	2930	13429	7366	510	4795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:32AM 2.06		12:46AM 2.16		3:44PM 1.89	1:26AM 2.19		4:11PM 2.00		4:51AM 1.88	5:09PM 1.83	7:11PM 1.63	4:57AM 2.19		7:14PM 1.73	5:56AM 1.82	3:33PM 2.04	8:58PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		9:56PM 0.09	5:22AM 0.37	6:33PM 0.05		9:18AM 0.12		7:15PM 0.01	7:32AM 0.12		10:38PM 0.08	11:02AM 0.15		1:27AM 0.15	11:04AM 0.24	1:44PM 0.22	1:18AM 0.28	12:08PM 0.31		3:15AM 0.22	10:04AM 0.38	3:59PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	11	11	8	9	14	11	15	15	15	18	21	18	22	23	19	17	13	16	13	18
Low °C	11	8	10	10	6	8	13	10	13	15	14	14	19	15	18	21	16	16	13	15	12	17
Chill °C (?)	8	6	10	8	7	8	12	9	14	15	15	18	21	18	22	23	19	17	12	16	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	-	1.7 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	12	12	11	11	-	11	12	16	10	9	13	12	10	14	14	15	15	15	9	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	-	-	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	-	1.2 SE	1.3 S	0.3 N	0.8 S	0.9 E	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.8 SSW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	8	10	11	9	11	16	9	15	6	10	9	9	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	-	3.0 S	-	-	2.5 S	1.9 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NW	1.1 W	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	-	12	-	-	12	11	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	2	5	-	15	-	-	-

	Sunday 01			Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	20	18	11	17	10
Energy(?)	538	1960	2066	1624	1256	3435	4874	924	648	2537	1597	1444	1215	3238	1093	1526	849	1434	1158	1701	1258	3051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:26PM 2.33			12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18					3:25AM 1.96	5:09AM 1.79							1:26AM 2.19	6:28AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							8:50AM 0.13				9:08PM 0.03				9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01	11:51PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	13	9	9	8	8	11	12	10	9	7	6	10	9	12	10	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	12	7	7	5	5	10	11	8	7	6	5	7	7	10	8	9	11	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SE
Period (s)	7	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	18	11	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SE	0.5 SW	1.8 S
Period (s)	14	10	10	11	-	12	12	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	20	10	8	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	2.4 S	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.9 S	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	3	-	11	-	11

	Sunday 01										Monday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	3.5 S	2.0 SW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	5	12	8	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	9	12	14	13	12	12	9	12	9
Energy(?)	67	851	1093	915	1114	5334	2629	1645	1646	5530	3250	3185	3379	872	3396	4945	4029	3435	1106	1945	1088	1563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																4:15AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	15	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	7	13	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	8	4	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSE	3.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	0.2 E	2.0 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	5	10	-	-	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	10	14	12	13	12	12	12	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	10	15	-	-	-	12	-	11	-	12	12	-	9	10	9	-	12	9	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	5	12	8	12	12	13	13	-	-	13	14	13	13	9	-	14	13	-	-	9	-	9

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