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

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	6	6	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N
Period(s)	13	13	11	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	9	11	11
Energy	1127	1036	4281	1498	3568	5277	5364	4253	6853	8594	10587	10448	8241	3892	1239	1167	1443	534	374	658	1972	2569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 1.73		10:37PM 1.78	8:25AM 1.86		11:16PM 1.88	11:53AM 1.77		12:30AM 1.66	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78	10:15PM 1.87		1:20PM 1.80			1:43PM 2.05	11:35PM 1.95	4:33AM 1.34		10:52PM 3.16	11:13AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38PM 0.25			5:09PM 0.31		5:33AM 0.31	3:23PM 0.43	6:13PM 0.31	3:46AM 0.41			6:57AM 0.33		9:46PM 0.29	9:14AM 0.30			10:41AM 0.28	4:47PM 1.06		5:03AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	25	16
High °C	11	11	13	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	16	11	13	14
Low °C	10	10	7	8	7	7	6	8	8	6	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	7	6	5	6	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	7	16	10	12	13
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.9 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N
Period (s)	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	11	12	11	11	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SW	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	16	10	10	10	13	12	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	11	10	5	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	13	13	14	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Monday 25							Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 S
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14
Energy	1016	1269	1127	1079	1036	1240	2492	4281	534	1345	1498	1179	3568	4736	5444	5277	5353	5514	5364	3732	4253	2071
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:32AM 1.78			7:57PM 1.81	10:37PM 1.78	12:37AM 1.51		8:25AM 1.86					11:16PM 1.88				11:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09AM 0.30				4:18PM 0.28				4:46AM 0.30				5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	8	10	13
Chill °C (?)	13	9	9	10	10	10	9	11	13	4	7	8	6	4	3	4	4	1	2	6	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	10	11	-	11	10	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	12	11	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11

	Monday 25
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1099	1077	1016	1002	1421	1269	1249	1249	1127	1109	1092	1079	1061	1061	1036	1033	1348	1240	1351	3901	2492	2492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						5:09AM 0.30										3:03PM 0.57	4:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.7 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	12	12	12

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