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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	2.5 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Energy	8050	9006	6552	3027	1752	1405	1003	528	514	1042	1900	582	1253	1518	1118	1523	1233	1440	1093	729	307	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		4:13PM 1.46	12:42AM 2.04	10:36AM 3.13			11:38AM 2.04		11:28PM 3.15	5:54AM 1.79	5:34PM 1.78	6:12PM 1.87	5:52AM 1.61		12:41AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.36	6:40AM 0.38		9:00PM 0.32	7:20AM 0.39		6:32PM 0.46	4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46	10:22PM 0.41	5:28AM 0.49	5:04PM 0.47		11:59AM 0.68		12:32AM 0.43		12:02PM 0.39	6:36PM 1.09	8:31AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	17	-	8	20	48	-	-	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	9	10	10	11	16	12	13	15	17	15	16	15	18	15	13	12	12	10	10
Low °C	7	11	9	8	10	9	9	15	10	13	15	16	15	16	15	17	14	12	12	11	8	9
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	7	10	8	10	16	10	12	14	16	14	16	14	18	14	12	12	11	9	8
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	0.4 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	9	10	8	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.4 N	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	10	-	5	10	12	13	14	11	12	9	13	12	15	6	6	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	-	-	2.2 ENE	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	-	8	10	-	-	10	-	6	-	-	-	3

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	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	9	5	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12
Energy	8050	4511	9006	12970	7579	6552	5692	3629	3027	3210	1752	1559	1451	1405	1108	1180	1003	630	528	577	517	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64					4:13PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)					6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				9:00PM 0.32				7:20AM 0.39	9:14AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	16	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	5	11	8	8	9	8	8	7	6	10	10	9	8	6	6	8	9	8	16	15	10	9
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 NE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	5	6	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.6 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.3 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	6	6	6	3

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	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	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	5	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	13089	13343	8050	8162	8232	4511	4156	9556	9006	8885	14316	12970	12779	12175	7579	7103	6713	6552	6182	5771	5692	5356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:58AM 1.85															12:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52AM 0.28												6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	8	9	12	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	6	7	11	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	15	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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