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

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	9	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 S	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	16	18	16	13
Energy	3153	1504	7214	3064	3350	1147	1127	1252	564	1145	3740	3467	1941	1429	1121	1963	1084	6617	10566	9581	6223	3020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		12:37AM 1.51	8:25AM 1.86		12:42AM 1.72		1:57PM 1.44	1:28AM 1.69		2:44PM 1.44	12:56AM 1.75		1:36PM 1.71	1:36AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94	3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	4:18PM 0.28	6:23PM 0.16		5:09PM 0.31	6:35PM 0.32	7:42AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.32	6:33AM 0.29		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:58PM 0.28	7:38AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	8	8	10	9	10	13	14	8	8	10	14	15	10	14	17	9	9	10	9	9
Low °C	11	11	7	7	8	9	10	12	11	8	8	8	11	14	8	10	15	7	6	9	8	6
Chill °C (?)	9	11	6	8	10	8	10	12	14	6	8	8	14	15	9	12	17	6	6	8	7	7
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 S	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	0.2 ENE	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	14	16	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	11	16	18	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	13	11	10	11	11	10	16	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	5	5	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy	3124	6102	3153	4256	1504	5879	6847	7214	6444	5534	3064	4390	3350	1101	1179	1147	1016	1084	1127	1086	1252	2166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78		5:34PM 2.85		11:02PM 1.77		5:18AM 2.65		11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	12	10	8	8	8	7	7	9	10	14	9	9	12	11	10	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	11	8	6	7	7	5	6	9	10	14	8	8	12	10	10	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	22	6	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12

	Saturday 23
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Brighton Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	7	5	5	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy	3916	3916	3124	3051	4019	6102	6132	2562	3153	3153	7409	4256	6047	6508	1504	5565	5886	5879	6131	6665	6847	7012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									8:04AM 1.82												8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)															2:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	-	-	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	6	-	-	22	22	-	22	6	22	22	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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