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

	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	6	5	7	9	7	5	5	4	8	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 S
Period(s)	9	9	12	16	10	10	15	9	10	9	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13
Energy	1625	1214	791	428	1800	539	498	494	227	2025	4546	4040	6768	6051	4921	6512	4462	4652	1907	1336	4650	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 1.63	3:02AM 1.69	3:40PM 1.62		3:26AM 2.64	4:07PM 2.57		5:55AM 1.64		6:39PM 1.66	8:17AM 2.06		6:49PM 1.63	11:53AM 1.62		10:49PM 1.74	11:35AM 1.66		11:59PM 1.72		1:30PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09AM 0.59	9:23AM 0.68		10:54PM 0.76	9:51AM 1.25		10:52PM 0.71		12:22PM 0.61	12:52AM 0.70		4:11PM 0.38	1:00AM 0.61	5:42AM 0.36	5:58PM 0.33		5:25AM 0.30	6:00PM 0.25		6:10AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	20	16	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	14	17	12	13	12	16	12	7	9	10	11	9	11	11	12	14	12	8	11
Low °C	15	16	12	12	16	11	13	11	14	11	6	6	8	7	9	11	11	12	13	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	14	15	9	11	11	16	9	3	7	9	8	6	10	9	10	14	10	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	5:38	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.1 N	0.6 ENE	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	2.3 S	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	9	9	12	11	13	10	8	9	13	11	12	14	13	13	11	14	13	20	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 S	1.1 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	-	13	-	16	10	9	10	-	-	11	11	12	-	11	23	12	10	17	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 E	3.0 NE	1.3 SSW	0.9 W	0.5 N	0.8 NW	3.5 W	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	10	6	4	3	4	9	14	-	-	13	14	-	13	13	-	4	15	6

	Thursday 07			Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	3	3	4	3	4	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 N	2.3 N	1.5 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.5 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	12	11	17	16	16	11	15	10	10	15	9	13	14	14	14
Energy	579	634	1391	1229	831	768	648	1030	1079	1417	1826	1106	1551	8007	1154	727	931	1592	845	2247	7937	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)										4:43PM 1.67				4:01AM 1.63		9:34AM 1.49			8:16PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			8:54PM 0.67				8:48AM 1.23	9:23AM 0.68					2:22AM 0.54				2:30PM 0.36					4:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	3	7	-	-	4	5	5	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	13	16	16	16	14	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	12	16	16	16	14	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	11	12	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 N	2.3 N	1.5 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	3.0 N	2.5 NE	2.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	8	11	17	17	16	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	14	14	5	14	14	12	16	17	16	4	17	8	13	13	15	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 W	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	4	15	-	4	8	9	12	4	14	-

	Thursday 07											Friday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	3	3	4	3	4	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.2 SW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	2.2 N	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NE
Period(s)	14	14	9	9	14	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	8	8	8	9	8	13	13	8
Energy	539	714	1625	1621	548	1736	1650	1472	558	270	330	323	180	1134	381	381	225	254	217	156	108	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 1.69																	7:24AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)										10:00PM 0.72		11:20PM 0.88			2:44AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	2	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	15	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	17	17	13	11	13	11	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	15	13	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	13	16	16	13	10	13	10	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 N	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	14	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	7	9	14	14	8	9	8	9	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	-	-	1.0 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 W	0.5 S	1.0 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	6	14	14	11	-	-	14	11	10	18	4	14	14	-	-	14	14	14	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-	-	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	9	9	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8

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