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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	5	3	4	6	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	6	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	2.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NNE	0.4 E	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	19	8	16	12	12	13	12	10	14	13	11	13	11	11	6	7	10	13	13	15	13
Energy(?)	378	380	837	455	131	2336	374	448	1886	693	3438	2778	543	846	183	229	35	2049	12143	2583	7318	3458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:05AM 1.72	1:34PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.78		2:15PM 1.49	10:15PM 1.95	10:34AM 1.99		11:14PM 2.01			11:23PM 2.00		3:14PM 1.91	12:58AM 2.17		3:48PM 2.05		5:39AM 2.08	5:05PM 2.51	7:17PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.33	8:19AM 0.31			4:28AM 0.47	4:59PM 0.24		7:59AM 0.20	5:09PM 0.36		9:25AM 0.72			9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	11:57AM 0.10		1:24AM 0.26	8:32AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	16	16	12	14	16	11	17	18	14	20	18	14	22	12	14	14	16	12	20
Low °C	17	17	14	16	15	10	13	16	9	12	16	10	17	18	13	21	9	9	13	15	10	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	16	16	15	10	13	15	10	17	17	12	20	18	14	22	8	12	12	15	11	20
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	1.1 S	-	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.6 N	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	9	13	8	12	12	10	8	-	10	14	11	11	13	11	11	9	7	7	13	13	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	10	9	12	16	11	10	13	-	13	11	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	16	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 W	2.5 W	-	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	3.5 SW	1.9 W	0.4 NW	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.6 SSE	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	4	12	-	12	10	-	13	12	3	-	-	6	4	10	13	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28					Thursday 29								Friday 30								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	13	11
Energy(?)	512	255	277	216	260	821	789	1001	2174	765	599	755	1865	1895	2076	1715	3373	1771	718	1081	638	1791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:34PM 1.64						9:22AM 1.86	12:12PM 1.78									2:29PM 1.85			11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)					7:29PM 0.12		3:20AM 0.54				3:02PM 0.57						7:03AM 0.28				9:32PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	20	21	21	20	16	15	15	19	14	15	15	13	11	8	10	13	16	14	15	16	9
Chill °C (?)	14	20	21	21	20	16	14	14	19	12	15	15	11	9	6	8	12	15	13	15	15	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	12	8	8	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	11	11	5	18	11	11	12	16	16	16	14	10	13	10	13	13	11	13	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	2.2 W	-	-	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 NNE	1.9 SW	1.1 E	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	6	8	-	-	10	5	-	-	11	12	11	-	11	11	5	10	4	11

	Wednesday 28																Thursday 29
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.6 E	1.5 NW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	19	19	12	13	13	11	8	7	12	9	11	8	11	5	8
Energy(?)	549	351	378	373	290	432	385	414	111	338	428	428	229	177	427	273	238	169	155	166	186	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)																	11:46PM 1.85	12:12AM 2.30	1:09AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)								2:42PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	17	19	20	17	16	16	18	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	10	14	17	19	20	17	16	16	18	16	18	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	15	16	14
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	7	9	7	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	11	10	10	11	20	20	9	19	12	20	20	11	11	12	12	7	11	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.9 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	1.5 NW	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	-	4	4	2	2	7	3	3	-	5	-	5	8

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