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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	8	5	6	9	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	2.1 S	2.0 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	9	12	12	12	11	20	11	12	16	16	9	13	14	15	12	13	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	61	673	565	811	4430	1923	926	624	1416	1606	1402	758	449	762	605	911	2188	3059	3207	4853	4096	2447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 3.15	4:05PM 1.41		4:15AM 2.11		12:46AM 2.16	12:58PM 2.24	3:28PM 2.02	11:54PM 2.91		1:39PM 2.25		4:51AM 1.88	5:10PM 1.83	7:11PM 1.63	7:35AM 1.65		7:50PM 1.89	6:36AM 1.65	6:18PM 1.80	3:51AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 0.11	10:31AM 0.15	5:45PM 0.28		6:52AM 0.17			7:32AM 0.12		10:21PM 0.07	11:02AM 0.15		1:27AM 0.15			2:07AM 0.26	12:52PM 0.29		9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	21	11	14	11	11	10	10	13	12	15	15	14	19	20	18	22	24	19	15	17	12	16
Low °C	17	11	9	10	10	7	9	13	10	13	15	12	15	20	16	16	23	15	14	15	10	15
Chill °C (?)	21	8	12	11	8	7	9	12	10	15	15	13	19	20	18	22	24	19	15	17	10	16
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	0.9 SW	2.1 S	2.0 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SE	1.1 W	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	9	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	16	16	9	9	14	10	12	-	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	1.5 SE	1.6 S	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.8 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	4	-	11	-	-	11	11	20	9	10	11	9	9	13	10	15	14	-	9	12	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	1.7 SSW	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 N	1.6 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	12	13	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01					Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	11	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	20	18	18
Energy(?)	264	211	152	891	2066	1624	1256	3357	689	683	648	2537	1597	1444	3238	3131	1179	1378	710	1431	1160	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18						5:09AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		10:01AM 0.12											9:08PM 0.03					11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	20	22	8	13	10	9	8	12	11	12	10	9	7	9	9	8	13	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	20	22	6	11	8	7	5	12	11	11	8	8	6	6	6	8	12	9	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	10	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	11	-	12	10	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	20	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	0.6 NE	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 01																Monday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 E	4.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	10	12	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	6	6	13	10	10	13	12	12
Energy(?)	268	217	61	205	545	606	606	2868	633	830	1013	5100	2667	3155	242	242	5363	1887	13	8865	1402	1297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				2:26AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)											5:46PM 0.14			8:20PM 0.06	10:00PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	17	13	15	11	11	11	16	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	14	17	12	14	8	8	8	14	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	7	4	6	7	7
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	13	10	12	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	6	6	12	12	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	4	4	4	16	-	-	11	15	-	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NNE	0.3 S	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	4	3	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	2	2	13	10	13	13	9	9

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