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 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	5	4	9	4	4	6	5	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.2 NE	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 S	4.5 W	3.0 SSW	4.5 W	4.0 SW	1.3 S	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	8	12	12	10	12	13	6	12	9	13	12	13	13	13	16	15	15	9
Energy(?)	211	99	1196	14	308	3925	2394	1335	1783	255	321	5031	1596	8036	4768	609	4540	2296	598	354	413	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				3:28AM 1.85	3:41PM 1.76		4:12AM 1.74		9:26PM 1.53	9:58AM 1.59		8:39PM 1.47	6:04AM 1.55		10:07PM 1.40	7:20AM 1.55		11:58PM 1.48	7:11AM 1.63	12:23PM 1.60	11:52PM 2.08	9:23AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 0.66	3:04PM 0.22	9:20PM 0.46	9:41AM 0.54		9:56PM 0.56	10:25AM 0.68	3:16PM 0.51		3:35AM 0.49	2:57PM 0.60	2:59AM 0.62		12:21PM 0.84			12:02PM 1.42					3:07AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	6	11	3	12	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	1	-
High °C	12	12	12	9	7	10	9	6	5	7	8	6	13	10	8	15	10	10	13	10	7	11
Low °C	9	11	11	8	6	9	8	5	2	6	7	5	11	7	7	13	10	10	7	9	6	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	6	4	7	7	3	1	4	6	1	12	6	3	15	7	7	12	9	4	10
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.2 NE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 S	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	10	-	8	11	9	13	13	13	16	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	-	-	-	11	10	10	6	-	10	13	23	6	20	19	9	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.9 W	2.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 S	4.5 W	3.0 SSW	4.5 W	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.7 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	5	4	8	-	-	10	12	4	6	12	9	13	12	-	-	-	3	-	3	3

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.8 NE	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1478	803	1179	1288	1635	1472	1185	704	743	617	937	2744	3426	3765	2106	3740	2643	1663	1663	1071	2306	1529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:08PM 1.89					8:09AM 1.63							4:06AM 1.71		9:04AM 1.48			7:39PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)						9:14PM 0.45					1:03PM 0.49			9:56PM 0.56	1:27AM 0.51		8:47AM 1.13					10:45PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	-	1	-	9	-	2	1
Temp. °C	9	15	13	11	9	8	8	11	12	13	11	6	6	5	4	5	10	9	8	10	5	4
Chill °C (?)	6	14	12	10	7	6	5	9	10	12	9	2	3	2	2	3	9	6	6	7	1	1
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.8 NE	1.8 W	2.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	12	12	8	8	-	11	11	11	9	11	12	11	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	2.0 W	-	1.0 ENE	1.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	10	10	-	12	12	-	12	12	12	11	-	12	12	11	12	-	11	11	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	-	1.2 W	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	-	9	-	11	11	11	4	5	3	9	13	12	12	12	12	-	4	-	-	11	11

	Thursday 28																	Friday 29
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	2.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 ENE	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	11	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	9	13	9	12	11	10	11	11	12	11	12	10	11
Energy(?)	800	1771	211	211	47	51	276	543	558	558	16	348	96	1635	378	1500	1701	37	2056	37	212	1700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												5:57PM 1.66										3:22AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				9:02AM 0.40				1:34PM 0.40								9:14PM 0.45				1:37AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	3
High °C	10	10	9	9	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	12	10	9	9	8	11	10	10	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	6	10	10	11	13	13	12	13	10	8	7	8	6	8	8	7	8	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.7 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.7 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	8	10	8	11	9	11	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	-	12	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	2.1 NE	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	-	0.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	2.5 W
Period (s)	4	11	13	13	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	3	10	11	-	11	-	3	-	3	3	11

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