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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	2	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 S	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	12	13	8	9	11	13	15	14	15	14	11	12	11	12	12	9	10	13
Energy	587	556	191	259	515	1273	1363	1400	1620	2419	5255	754	1106	1837	5075	5010	545	1319	1086	119	3029	3208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 1.41		10:10PM 1.70	11:10AM 1.46		9:06PM 1.86			6:40PM 1.74	11:00AM 2.26		8:32PM 1.84			9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		12:41AM 1.86			10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.05		5:05AM 0.05	2:46PM 0.25		6:02AM 0.08	3:48PM 0.25	12:54AM 0.67	4:44AM 0.94	2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45	6:35AM 0.29	3:09PM 0.32		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29	6:23PM 0.22	8:15AM 0.25	4:37PM 0.28		4:56AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	10	11	11	14	15	14	17	18	15	17	16	13	17	15	10	13	17	11	13	17	15	13
Low °C	7	10	8	13	14	13	13	15	13	14	15	12	14	13	9	9	14	11	11	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	14	14	13	17	18	14	16	15	12	17	15	7	12	17	9	13	17	13	13
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	0.1 N	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	15	6	7	12	13	9	10	11	13	15	14	15	13	12	11	11	12	12	6	17	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 S	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	10	14	10	13	16	14	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	22	20	9	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.3 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	-	2	-	8	9	11	4	-	-	3	14	11	12	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 23							Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 S	1.5 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period(s)	9	10	8	9	15	14	9	14	14	7	9	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	9	9	9
Energy	2416	1280	742	760	556	598	529	542	589	526	638	2190	604	6841	7048	4838	5183	3478	1049	1569	1400	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:13AM 1.49											6:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 0.02			1:40PM 0.24							11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56	3:24AM 0.32			1:08PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	10	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	12	13	14	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	7	8	9	10	9	8	10	6	9	9	11	14	15	13	13	12	11	11	14	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	15	14	9	14	14	7	13	11	12	16	16	15	14	9	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.3 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	10	11	10	13	13	9	-	-	9	8	-	9	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.1 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	-	7	9	12	-	16	16	15	14	14	-	9	9	9

	Thursday 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	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 S	2.0 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	11	10	8	10	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	15	10	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14
Energy	1980	1798	1129	1637	658	631	1280	630	757	378	174	170	358	159	140	140	145	598	362	193	192	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:15AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)											10:42AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	6	6	10	6	10	8	9	10	9	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	7	4	4	8	4	10	7	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	16	8	16	15	8	15	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.2 NNE	0.7 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	14	10	16	16	10	16	11	10	7	7	10	6	6	6	6	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	5	5	5

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