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

	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.6 W	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	18	17	18	14	16	13	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	11	10	17	9	11	11
Energy	1012	1405	1181	1617	2614	1225	1114	871	640	839	972	644	1022	901	893	917	1443	545	430	877	554	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:25AM 2.16	12:57PM 2.00	10:48PM 2.17	11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03			12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26	2:11AM 2.22		2:53PM 2.17		3:03AM 2.11	5:16PM 2.38	6:34PM 2.00	4:10AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 0.08	5:30PM 0.12		7:20AM 0.26	4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04			7:38AM -0.02		8:06PM 0.23	8:34AM 0.04		10:34PM 0.46	9:28AM 0.13		12:58AM 0.24	10:36AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
High °C	8	9	7	8	9	11	8	12	8	7	12	10	12	14	12	11	13	10	16	16	15	11
Low °C	7	7	6	6	8	10	8	10	6	6	10	8	11	13	9	9	12	9	13	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	4	7	9	11	7	12	8	6	10	8	11	14	12	10	13	8	15	15	14	11
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	17	18	14	16	13	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	19	10	17	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	21	18	12	12	-	-	19	17	7	-	21	21	20	21	-	18	11	11	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.4 W	-	0.4 N	-	0.8 NW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	3	-	4	7

	Friday 15							Saturday 16								Sunday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	19	18	18	17	16	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16
Energy	1031	1084	1012	1211	1405	1240	1022	1181	1418	1538	1617	2460	2614	2136	1039	1225	1230	1148	1114	1004	871	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 1.79				12:57PM 2.00			10:48PM 2.17				11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)										5:04AM 0.08				5:30PM 0.12				3:59AM 0.03	7:20AM 0.26			4:23PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	9	8	11	11	11	9	8	9	12	10
Chill °C (?)	7	6	7	6	8	7	4	5	4	4	4	7	9	8	11	10	10	9	7	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	18	17	16	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	10	24	22	21	20	19	18	-	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1063	1048	1031	1031	1016	1084	1067	1031	1012	1049	1250	1211	1082	1047	1405	1298	1340	1240	1012	1228	1022	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 1.79												12:54PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)										9:08AM 0.12										7:10PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	10	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	4	6	6	6	8	7	8	7	6	7	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	24	24	23	23	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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