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

	Sun	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	6	5	5	8	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.2 N
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy	1147	1127	1036	642	1380	3792	5277	4017	3084	7154	8500	8664	14235	6213	4338	1258	2141	1364	558	386	240	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		12:37AM 1.51	8:25AM 1.86		11:16PM 1.88	11:41AM 1.86	1:14PM 1.76	12:29AM 1.66	9:58AM 1.85		12:56AM 1.75		1:20PM 1.80			1:43PM 2.05		4:33AM 1.34	4:57PM 1.48	10:52PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25	6:23PM 0.16		5:09PM 0.31		6:02AM 0.20		6:12PM 0.31	3:46AM 0.41	4:07PM 0.44	6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		9:46PM 0.29	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	10:41AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
High °C	9	11	11	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	15	16	14
Low °C	8	10	10	12	8	7	7	7	10	7	7	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	13	6	6	5	7	12	5	8	8	9	8	8	11	9	12	7	15	16	12
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 NE	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.2 N
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	16	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	16	10	10	11	11	12	-	-	15	11	11	10	13	11	10	5	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	15	15	14	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-

	Sun	Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 S	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1179	1147	1016	1269	1127	1081	1036	3463	4088	642	1940	1282	1380	1169	3792	5323	5802	5277	5280	5393	4017	3399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 1.77				11:32AM 1.78							8:25AM 1.86					11:16PM 1.88				11:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				5:09AM 0.30				4:18PM 0.28								5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31	6:02AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	13	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	5	7	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	13	9	9	11	10	10	11	13	11	7	6	8	6	4	3	4	4	1	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 S	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	16	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24					Monday 25
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.7 S	2.1 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Energy	1058	1019	1179	1163	1163	1147	1099	1077	1016	1002	1421	1269	1249	1249	1127	1109	1092	1081	1066	1424	1036	1348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:02PM 1.77												11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)												5:09AM 0.30								1:46PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.7 S	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4

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