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 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	8	4	8	9	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	12	11	13	13	13	12	16	14	14	13	8	12	13	18	19	16	16	14	13	13
Energy	3479	2739	852	454	3693	7590	5110	1997	5343	1499	1576	1324	602	876	1273	2777	1033	1882	893	767	599	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 1.25		12:42AM 1.33	10:45AM 1.55		12:57AM 1.58		1:32PM 1.54	12:18AM 1.68		2:12PM 1.72	2:54AM 1.42		1:13PM 1.89	1:21AM 1.96		1:49PM 2.10	2:12AM 2.01	4:24AM 2.07	3:11PM 2.58		3:21AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.53	6:29PM 0.29	4:39AM 0.38	4:58PM 0.31	6:32PM 0.66	7:19AM 0.45		6:02PM 0.23	8:15AM 0.17		8:41PM 0.16	8:53AM 0.11		7:10PM 0.11	7:30AM 0.07		8:03PM 0.09	10:37AM 0.37		9:15PM 0.09	9:34AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	13	12	10	12	13	9	9	9	9	11	9	8	7	12	7	12	9	8	8
Low °C	11	10	9	9	11	9	10	12	9	8	9	8	10	8	6	6	12	7	11	9	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	11	9	7	11	11	6	7	8	7	9	9	6	7	11	6	12	9	6	7
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	12	11	11	22	13	12	16	14	14	13	8	12	13	18	19	16	16	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	26	11	10	17	10	10	-	10	10	24	20	13	13	12	-	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11					Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thu
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	8	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	7	5	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	18	13	16	16	16
Energy	7232	4940	3235	5578	3450	1446	1886	1039	7442	1022	1124	4022	1431	7427	7940	8262	8355	6922	4946	11504	6731	5887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:21PM 1.22				12:20AM 1.53				12:34PM 1.54			11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76	1:17PM 1.87			11:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10PM 0.38									6:42PM 0.26			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	12	11	10	10	6	7	10	14	14	11	12	10	9	10	10	11	14	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	6	9	10	8	8	8	4	4	8	13	14	9	12	7	6	7	7	9	13	7	8	7
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	12	15	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	12	23	21	19	19	18	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.7 NW	4.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	-	12	12	-	-	4	14	5	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	16	16	16

	Monday 11																	Tuesday 12
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	8	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	7	5	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13
Energy	3466	5738	3479	2570	1989	3248	4696	3550	1290	3478	1125	3840	1534	1627	4123	4417	4561	4692	996	2709	1958	2049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:56AM 1.47		11:45AM 1.49											10:07PM 1.66		12:03AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	11	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	4	9	6	7	8	10	10	12	11	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	2.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	12	12	3	3	4	4

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