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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	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Crossroads Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.5 W	2.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	8	16	12	10	8	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	6	7	7	9	12	12	15	13
Energy(?)	378	207	767	411	131	37	329	160	875	560	824	2543	1159	844	379	331	115	344	2810	4734	5609	3087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:46PM 1.85		2:29PM 1.64	2:48AM 1.66			11:18PM 2.05	11:34AM 2.11		2:41AM 2.11	11:46AM 2.09	3:31PM 2.46	3:45AM 2.04		4:04PM 1.93		4:20AM 2.06	4:35PM 2.04		5:34AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 0.30		8:19AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.09	9:07AM 0.13	4:53PM 0.24		5:28AM 0.37	5:51PM 0.12	8:18PM 0.05	5:36AM 0.37		9:25PM -0.01	9:57AM 0.09		10:00PM -0.02	11:11AM 0.07		12:15AM 0.04	11:43AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	16	16	15	14	13	18	11	17	13	14	17	17	19	21	25	11	17	16	12	19
Low °C	17	18	14	16	15	11	13	17	9	12	13	11	15	16	15	20	24	11	14	15	11	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	16	14	12	12	18	10	17	12	13	16	16	18	21	25	8	16	14	11	19
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	1.6 S	0.3 NE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	5	8	12	12	10	8	6	10	13	13	11	12	12	10	7	7	9	12	9	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	10	13	12	16	11	7	12	11	12	11	11	14	11	9	12	9	9	-	9	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	2.4 W	0.3 N	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	0.9 ENE	2.0 NE	-	1.7 NNE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	-	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	8	3	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	6	-	7	9	12	12	-	4

	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	13	11
Energy(?)	515	593	512	255	277	240	237	767	789	1001	2138	774	541	559	1382	1844	1972	1875	1098	1329	748	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 1.74				1:34PM 1.64						9:22AM 1.86	12:12PM 1.78					1:07AM 1.86				2:29PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		4:58AM 0.38					7:29PM 0.12		3:20AM 0.54				3:02PM 0.57	6:58PM 0.85					7:42AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	13	20	21	22	20	16	15	15	19	14	15	15	13	11	10	12	12	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	9	13	20	21	22	20	16	14	14	19	12	15	14	11	9	8	10	11	15	13	15
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.5 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	11	11	5	12	11	11	12	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	1.1 NNE	2.4 W	-	-	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	0.1 NE	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	8	-	-	10	5	-	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	5	11

	Wednesday 28
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	20	13	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	12	8	18
Energy(?)	595	731	724	424	441	348	343	110	369	408	143	414	422	232	227	227	185	288	182	292	183	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 1.74							8:09AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)							7:09AM 0.17						1:45PM 0.62				5:41PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	8	12	11	14	15	14	14	15	17	16	17	15	14	14	14	17	14	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	7	7	12	10	14	14	14	14	15	17	16	17	14	14	14	13	17	13	17	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	13	13	11	10	10	10	6	10	10	6	13	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	4	3	5	3

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