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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	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 E	1.7 W	0.9 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	12	11	11	10	8	7	10	10	9	11	18	14	14	13	12	11	9	11	11
Energy(?)	1454	1293	1196	1989	1988	775	315	372	273	1018	1026	412	749	1069	1923	1973	1232	1136	1262	1199	1941	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 1.63	9:25AM 1.50		9:54PM 1.62	8:41AM 1.46		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	7:41AM 1.61					8:31PM 1.70					2:54PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:18AM 0.52	2:22PM 0.56			2:59PM 0.59		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53			3:27PM 0.71			2:19PM 0.54	2:42AM 0.52						8:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	1	7	2	15	9	2	11	4	-	-
High °C	16	18	14	12	12	15	15	17	18	15	17	17	15	15	15	14	12	13	11	14	16	8
Low °C	13	15	13	10	11	14	13	13	15	13	15	17	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	13	15	7
Chill °C (?)	16	18	13	9	12	15	14	17	17	14	17	17	15	14	14	13	12	12	9	12	15	6
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 E	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	0.4 NW	2.2 W	0.4 NW	3.0 W	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	11	11	10	8	13	10	10	9	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	1.2 W	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	13	15	-	16	13	5	12	9	12	12	14	14	6	-	14	13	20	13	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	1.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.8 SE	-	1.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	12	-	-	5	-	7	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	9	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	11	10	11	13	15	14	11	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1375	1333	1093	1040	1293	1234	1196	1091	1030	1218	2178	1936	1206	1336	1449	1239	558	551	519	727	253	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 1.63			7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55							5:23PM 1.51						11:45AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 0.58	3:18AM 0.52			2:02PM 0.61											10:42PM 0.99		5:40AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	13	17	15	18	14	13	12	12	9	10	9	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	13	17	14	18	13	11	10	10	7	8	7	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	11	13	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	6	13	13	10	15	14	13	14	13	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	0.4 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	4	5	-	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	10

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	13	13	10	14	14	8	8	15	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1531	1390	926	1324	1353	1454	1454	1819	1744	1739	287	553	564	1412	856	856	278	272	458	336	535	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 1.63							4:21AM 1.62	5:52AM 1.96		7:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								1:43AM 0.64								9:49AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	19	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	14	16	16	14	12	12	12	14	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	19	22	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	13	13	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	5	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	15	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.7 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

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