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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	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	9	5	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	4.0 NNE	1.8 N	1.9 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	7	9	11	11	9	11	10	10	13
Energy	5521	3783	3048	9857	4153	13968	6282	3922	1419	1180	1019	589	639	202	653	1814	2443	701	4139	1227	1077	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.76	11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77	12:29AM 1.66		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		3:29PM 1.45	2:56AM 1.64			12:42AM 2.04	10:36AM 3.13		10:52PM 3.16	11:16AM 2.50	4:02PM 1.69	12:03AM 1.97	11:50AM 3.10		12:14AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 0.20		6:12PM 0.31	6:33AM 0.29		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		9:00PM 0.32	7:20AM 0.39	5:33PM 0.46	6:32PM 0.46	4:28AM 1.04	4:47PM 1.06		5:08AM 0.42			5:38AM 1.05	6:00PM 1.08	6:10PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	8	-	12	7	4	14
High °C	6	7	11	7	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	15	16	14	15	17	15	14	15	14
Low °C	4	7	10	7	8	10	8	10	11	8	8	10	9	11	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	3	5	11	4	8	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	9	14	16	12	13	17	15	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	7	9	11	11	9	11	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 N	1.3 W
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	-	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	10	9	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	4.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	13
Energy	5444	5521	5355	4310	3783	3399	3048	6077	8762	9857	9258	11366	4153	3075	13968	13275	6806	6282	5464	3236	3922	3449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.76				11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77							9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					6:02AM 0.20			3:23PM 0.43	6:12PM 0.31				6:33AM 0.29				6:40PM 0.36				6:57AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	5	5	6	7	7	11	7	7	7	5	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	3	2	2	4	5	5	11	5	4	4	2	7	4	9	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	-	12	12	-	11	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	14	14	-	-	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	5258	5444	5444	5444	5521	5521	5521	5628	5355	5280	3240	4310	5060	3077	3783	3724	3673	3399	3177	3177	3048	3523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:28PM 1.76												11:41AM 1.86		1:14PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	4	6	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	0	3	5	4	4	5	11	11	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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