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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	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	2	3	4	9	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.5 N	1.7 SW	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 W	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 SE	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	13	10	17	16	16	15	13	13	12	12	11	7	12	14	8	10	13	8	8
Energy(?)	169	204	247	248	2562	1776	3722	4520	1922	3403	1673	1075	1038	355	43	240	2634	524	1415	2021	40	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:16PM 1.74	9:40AM 1.76	1:39PM 1.65	10:07PM 1.76	10:26AM 1.79	1:41PM 1.54	1:32AM 1.72		2:19PM 1.56	11:37PM 1.86	11:48AM 1.88		12:18AM 1.91	11:45AM 1.93		3:33AM 1.83			12:09AM 3.14	1:00PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 0.56				4:19AM 0.57		7:06PM 0.41	7:49AM 0.42			5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		5:39AM 0.66	6:40PM 0.38	9:10PM 0.36	9:39AM 0.42	5:53PM 0.81		6:55AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	9	1	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	3	5	2	4	6	1	-
High °C	15	18	20	13	13	14	14	11	14	13	13	18	17	13	19	10	8	12	13	11	10	12
Low °C	15	16	19	12	12	12	12	9	10	13	10	16	16	12	18	9	7	11	12	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	18	20	13	12	14	12	10	12	10	12	18	17	13	19	7	5	12	11	9	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 N	1.7 SW	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	-	2.2 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 W	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	14	13	10	17	16	16	15	-	13	12	12	11	7	5	14	8	14	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.2 N	1.2 NW	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	8	7	12	10	8	8	8	8	-	11	8	10	9	10	10	9	9	15	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NE	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 WNW	-	0.5 W	1.8 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	8	7	-	4	9	-	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	-	7	8

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	9	4	4	4	6	5	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 NE	1.8 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	8	13	13	8	7	8	7	11	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	246	658	1006	1126	623	326	309	578	894	991	687	1221	3303	6489	8522	1199	2280	2354	5277	4594	7511	6970
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65				10:07PM 1.76			9:39AM 1.77	10:21AM 1.76	1:06PM 1.66		9:21PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)					3:30AM 0.56					6:55PM 0.36				4:19AM 0.57								4:13AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	3	1	5	3	2	3	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	19	19	13	12	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	17	15	16	16	19	19	11	11	8	7	7	11	10	10	9	10	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	14	8	13	13	14	7	8	7	11	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 W	-	1.7 N	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	15	14	8	-	10	9	9	13	13	12	18	9	-	9	-	8	8	8	8	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	-	2.3 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 SW	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	8	4	4	8	13	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14										Monday 15
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	9	4	4	4	6	5	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 NNE	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	6	11	12	9	14	6	7	14	14	13	13	6	14	14	14	12	14	7	7
Energy(?)	295	451	485	216	610	658	3	688	154	178	900	758	651	642	869	118	626	604	198	351	1473	1473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				8:14AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:02AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
High °C	18	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	18	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	15	17	16	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	13	14	16	17	15	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	11	10	10	7	11	12	8	14	12	8	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	9	15	15	9	6	7	12	14	-	-	-	13	11	10	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	2.4 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 N	1.3 NNW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	2	2	6	3	3	6	4	6	7	2	2	2	4	6	4	7	7	4	6	7	7

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