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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	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	8	9	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	11	13	13	13	12	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	18	19	16	16	16	13	16	13	14	13
Energy	437	7622	7832	5483	1997	5067	1353	1283	1045	1788	863	1308	1628	916	1899	905	860	538	898	1059	1439	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:55PM 1.73			11:43PM 1.81		12:36PM 2.41	1:35AM 1.86			10:48PM 2.17	11:16AM 2.26		11:36PM 2.24	10:09AM 3.26				1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.33		7:08AM 0.52	5:45PM 0.23		6:09AM 0.21		7:22PM 0.19	6:41AM 0.14	4:41PM 0.16		5:04AM 0.08	4:00PM 0.03		3:59AM 0.03	4:49PM 0.00	8:58PM 0.09	6:44AM -0.04		7:12PM 0.16	7:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	9	12	13	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	7	12	9	12	11	7	9	10	9	10
Low °C	9	10	9	10	12	8	8	9	7	8	9	6	6	12	8	10	11	7	8	10	7	9
Chill °C (?)	10	6	6	11	11	5	7	8	8	7	9	7	7	11	9	12	9	6	9	10	8	9
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	22	13	12	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	16	16	16	13	16	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	26	11	10	17	10	10	10	9	10	24	21	18	19	-	-	-	11	12	16	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 12					Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	13	13	16	16	16	13	14	16	14	9	10	13
Energy	1147	1022	1071	6627	1291	7832	8175	8484	8272	8849	5320	5118	8186	6469	6283	5099	3132	1136	1131	1095	1717	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:33PM 1.45			10:55PM 1.73				11:17AM 1.76	1:17PM 1.87			11:59PM 1.72					12:23PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40AM 0.25				6:42PM 0.26			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	14	15	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	14	13	11	9	8	11	8	14	11	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	9	13	15	9	8	6	6	6	7	9	13	12	8	7	6	9	6	14	10	10	8	6
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	14	14	22	13	13	13	18	13	13	16	16	16	13	14	16	14	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	12	11	21	19	19	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	-	10	15	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	3.0 SSW	0.5 S	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	14	3	13	-	-	-	-	13	13	16	16	16	13	-	-	-	9	10	-

	Tuesday 12																	Wednesday 13
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	11	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	15	13	12	13	14	15	13
Energy	1332	1183	437	1502	978	7852	7668	7800	7622	7622	1480	1495	5881	3201	8948	1802	7973	973	7873	4520	1683	10325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:55PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	9	11	13	11	11	10	10	10	14	12	10	10	10	11	9	11	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	10	11	8	8	6	6	7	14	11	6	7	7	9	6	11	6	8	8	6
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 S	1.8 S	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	11	13	13	15	22	12	13	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	16	16	-	-	26	26	26	13	13	14	11	11	10	11	26	22	10	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	0.6 SW	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.0 S	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	14	-	13	3	13	-	13	14	5	13

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