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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	Fri		Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	6	8	11	9	8	11	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1727	1046	1709	553	2469	422	293	66	981	1447	1288	208	189	783	617	1289	496	663	553	43	287	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:33PM 2.66	1:55PM 1.92	1:00AM 3.08		1:09PM 2.63		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61			6:54PM 1.57		4:31AM 1.73		9:31PM 1.45	9:58AM 1.57		8:53PM 1.45	9:24AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 0.37	6:25AM 0.44			8:38AM 0.53		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48	9:53AM 0.62	1:02PM 0.54	1:15AM 0.49	10:39AM 0.65	1:54PM 1.07	3:16AM 0.39		2:47PM 1.06	3:16AM 0.42		3:51PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	15	15	16	11	12	13	10	10	12	8	19	15	16	18	16	18	25	24	19	20	11
Low °C	13	13	13	15	8	11	11	8	9	10	7	17	15	13	14	13	17	23	22	19	19	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	15	9	10	12	7	7	10	6	19	14	16	18	14	18	25	24	19	20	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	-	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	12	8	11	11	8	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	18	7	10	-	13	9	9	14	9	9	9	5	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.3 NNW	2.3 NE	0.5 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	13	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	6	8	6	9	-	3	7	4	4	4

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	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1430	1451	1336	3044	1075	3362	1332	1771	1609	1496	1282	2469	1669	1707	3068	2734	562	2266	2624	1706	1549	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)										4:47PM 1.70				5:12AM 1.78								6:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)								10:42AM 0.44							8:31AM 0.52	11:42AM 1.07				12:00AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	14	8	12	8	15	15	15	14	10	9	9	9	12	15	12	11	10	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	10	14	6	12	6	15	14	14	13	9	7	7	7	11	14	11	11	8	6	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	6	-	7	-	6	10	10	10	9	13	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	4	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12

	Friday 21										Saturday 22
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	13	14	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1351	1411	1377	1747	804	2840	1046	1658	1722	1743	1743	3044	1702	1762	535	615	387	377	579	237	236	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																4:54AM 2.29	5:58AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)										10:12PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	17	14	16	13	15	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	17	12	16	11	14	10	9	9	7	6	7	7	5	8	10	10	8	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	13	-	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	7	18	7	-	7	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	10	15	15	10	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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