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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			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	God Squad Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	10	13	14	13	15	13	14	13
Energy(?)	434	447	2974	13418	5950	3883	1148	1089	1428	1004	891	1332	1250	1020	245	225	256	5048	5663	982	1614	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					2:39PM 1.83	3:23AM 1.82	5:07AM 1.60		3:42AM 1.83		4:11PM 2.47		6:51AM 1.54			4:45AM 1.84	5:06PM 1.86	8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51	2:58PM 1.97	8:55PM 1.58	9:21AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 0.80	9:59PM 0.12	8:26AM 0.16		9:07PM 0.12	11:20AM 0.45	5:29PM 0.13	9:28PM 0.13	9:32AM 0.17		9:54PM 0.18		1:09PM 0.55	10:34PM 0.25	10:52AM 0.27		2:29AM 0.54			3:20AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	20	15	11	11	12	9	15	15	11	18	18	15	20	21	15	10	11	11	11	15	14	9
Low °C	18	15	8	9	11	8	12	13	11	14	16	13	15	19	13	10	10	10	10	14	13	9
Chill °C (?)	20	14	8	8	11	6	15	15	10	18	18	15	20	21	15	9	8	8	10	15	14	9
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	10	13	14	15	8	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	16	7	11	10	11	16	15	10	10	16	4	10	21	5	10	7	6	15	16	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	10	-	5	-	13	15	8	-	-

	Monday 30					Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	God Squad Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	9	8	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	16	10	17	10	12	12	16	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	11	14
Energy(?)	4689	1048	882	1245	1725	1316	604	1221	9215	7249	9386	5180	3485	3029	3406	3005	3866	1144	1089	3261	1083	1219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:48PM 1.33								2:49PM 2.43				2:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	7:27AM 0.21				8:02PM 0.12			4:25AM 0.33	8:26AM 0.16					10:55PM 0.34			8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	19	13	11	12	15	13	9	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	15	15	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	17	19	11	8	10	15	12	6	8	8	9	9	10	6	5	7	15	15	16	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	16	10	17	15	11	12	16	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	16	11	11	7	11	10	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	-	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	10	12	12	-	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	13	-	-

	Monday 30																Tuesday 31
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	God Squad Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	9	8	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 NW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	11	16	16	12	11	10	16	15	15	14	16	16	13	13	13	15	15	14	16	15
Energy(?)	5483	1068	434	1415	1378	431	486	1076	1071	8216	3011	8422	405	802	9367	10836	12561	369	373	4082	296	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						4:13AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	7:27AM 0.21		9:42AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	18	13	15	13	19	18	14	13	13	12	15	14	11	11	10	14	14	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	16	18	11	14	13	19	18	12	10	10	9	15	14	7	7	6	14	14	7	15	15
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.1 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 NW	1.3 SSW	0.8 E	2.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	10	11	16	16	12	11	10	16	12	15	12	16	16	11	11	11	15	15	-	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	11	16	19	16	11	12	11	7	11	11	-	-	-	4	5	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 SW	-	1.1 NW	-	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 SW	4.5 SW	-	0.5 W	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	-	5	-	8	15	8	14	-	3	13	13	13	-	-	14	-	-

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