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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	Thu	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	4	1	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.7 NNW	0.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	16	15	14	11	13	13	6	17	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	14	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	328	1636	3330	1306	840	790	123	152	228	57	2343	1493	1015	405	1502	1698	887	1303	961	2487	1599	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	9:16AM 2.22		9:23PM 1.64	9:50AM 1.62		7:24PM 1.69	7:52AM 1.68	6:36PM 2.19	8:26PM 1.65	10:21AM 2.09		9:29PM 1.65	11:13AM 2.10		11:43PM 2.14	9:00AM 2.44	1:41PM 1.54	2:21AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 0.45		2:39PM 0.30	2:43AM 0.36		3:33PM 0.36	3:38AM 0.45		1:08PM 0.60	1:42AM 0.64			2:43AM 0.71	4:07AM 0.91	4:40PM 0.87	3:43AM 0.72	5:05AM 0.93	1:59PM 0.95				7:52PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	12	21	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	14	16	21	20	20	27	21	14	16	14	23	18	14	12	11	12	12	14	17
Low °C	14	16	15	11	11	19	16	19	21	11	12	16	11	18	16	12	11	11	11	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	13	15	21	20	20	27	21	12	15	13	23	18	13	11	10	11	12	13	17
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	2.1 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	17	-	9	14	11	13	7	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	14	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	1.7 WSW	1.2 NW	0.1 NE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	5	6	-	15	6	15	11	7	9	17	15	10	10	9	10	19	17	14	7	7	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 WNW	1.7 NNW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	12	16	-	3	-	5	3	6	-	10	-	-	5	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	17	17	12	12	8	15	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	9	7	7
Energy(?)	995	1006	1097	809	270	97	1798	1807	1002	1306	1992	1008	1043	1047	974	1155	1075	1071	862	708	123	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:23AM 2.29							4:22AM 2.43				6:27PM 1.78	8:02PM 2.18			5:01AM 2.46		10:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 0.23				2:19PM 0.33			11:53PM 0.40					1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64	2:18AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	16	6	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	13	16	19	17	15	15	13	11	16	12	16	20	20	19	17	18	17	22	23
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	11	15	19	16	13	15	12	10	16	10	15	20	20	19	17	17	16	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 S	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	19	13	13	12	12	6	16	16	9	9	14	12	10	12	14	13	13	14	6	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	5	5	18	17	12	6	7	15	15	-	15	14	6	9	-	6	12	8	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.6 W	0.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	4	12	5	6	6	12	12	8	-	-	-	3	14	2	9	2	-	12	9	3	4

	Thursday 08				Friday 09
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	16	11	16	13	6	5
Energy(?)	694	1052	248	976	331	122	918	935	278	1699	1699	359	1671	1277	1277	1678	2141	374	2320	548	205	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:17AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)							1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	17	19	16	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	15	15	15	15	18	15	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	16	16	19	16	14	14	14	12	12	16	12	13	13	13	13	17	13	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	12	-	-	11	-	18	18	-	17	11	17	13	16	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	20	5	5	5	5	13	5	18	18	-	-	13	-	12	12	-	4	13	4	6	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.6 W	2.1 W	1.1 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	5	5	3	4	-	5	5	6	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	16	4	16	7	6	6

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