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

	Fri		Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	9	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	4.5 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	12	15	8	14	12	13	14	15	13	13	13	8	11	13	11	15	12	14	14	13	11	13
Energy	2618	4320	1072	1259	315	6410	8063	1714	1688	2815	929	350	2099	695	530	339	5613	2301	6620	4458	2514	1569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:23PM 1.79	6:41AM 1.83		10:10PM 1.85	10:51AM 1.71		12:18AM 1.80	8:51AM 1.89	1:39PM 1.33	9:24PM 1.89	9:01AM 1.90		12:55AM 1.77		12:53PM 1.88	1:48AM 2.36		1:43PM 1.87	12:42AM 2.39	4:35AM 1.54	5:01PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				1:08PM 0.39		4:38AM 0.25	2:13PM 0.36	6:01PM 0.28					3:56PM 0.29	6:38PM 0.20	7:20AM 0.13		7:38PM 0.85	8:02AM 0.16		6:41PM 0.54	10:46AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	18	14	20	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	15	13	14	17	10	10	13	10	12	16
Low °C	14	12	13	13	15	12	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	11	13	15	9	9	11	7	9	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	18	14	20	9	10	12	13	12	13	12	15	12	14	16	6	7	12	7	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	8	14	12	14	14	15	13	10	13	7	14	13	11	15	-	14	14	-	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	-	-	1.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 S	-	0.1 SE	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	10	14	10	9	-	-	-	10	13	13	8	21	20	20	8	-	10	-	-	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NE	-	1.1 NW	4.5 SW	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	12	15	8	6	-	13	15	-	4	13	-	8	11	4	-	4	12	-	14	13	-	3

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	16	15	14	14	8	13	9	14	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	16	16
Energy	2618	561	5383	4320	3603	1010	1072	1010	1316	1085	2948	1391	5499	3511	3013	4121	8456	3651	5212	4947	3213	3714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			6:19PM 1.81				6:41AM 1.83	10:56AM 1.72			7:30PM 1.81					10:29AM 1.83				9:47PM 2.25	1:10AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.22				3:41AM 0.28			1:08PM 0.39	5:57PM 0.09			1:40AM 0.52	4:38AM 0.25				5:14PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	13	10	13	18	19	13	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	11	11	8	12	18	19	13	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	16	15	14	14	8	13	10	14	11	10	12	12	13	14	16	15	14	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	9	-	10	9	9	14	9	14	4	13	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 W	0.5 NW	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	16	15	5	-	8	-	9	5	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	-	-	14	-	-

	Friday 24											Saturday 25
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	13	16	13	15	16	15	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13
Energy	1668	415	2618	2624	2579	561	6416	912	5383	292	4710	1792	4242	2775	705	665	5605	591	2897	2433	499	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)												11:42PM 0.69	12:30AM 0.56			3:58AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	13	12	13	16	8	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.5 E	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	9	13	13	10	9	16	9	-	13	10	6	10	9	9	9	9	14	9	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	0.9 NW	1.9 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	3	12	12	13	-	16	-	16	-	15	-	15	12	-	-	14	-	5	8	3	4

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