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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	Thu		Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	6	11	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	102	39	1564	314	2005	569	686	2825	425	868	274	156	80	16	2295	2229	1976	2669	1885	1283	2296	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 1.84		1:29PM 1.77	2:04AM 1.95		2:09PM 1.89	2:41AM 2.11		5:24PM 1.60			1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		5:05PM 2.51			2:39PM 2.22		4:32AM 2.47	3:27PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37AM 0.57	7:19AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.11	7:59AM 0.20		8:18PM 0.05	8:51AM 0.14		11:29PM 0.26	7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		11:22PM 0.55	8:32AM 0.14		1:01AM 0.16	10:47AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	16	17	12	15	14	14	18	18	16	26	21	17	16	15	14	18	18	14	21	22
Low °C	15	10	12	16	8	12	13	11	17	14	15	21	14	10	15	15	12	16	18	13	18	21
Chill °C (?)	15	12	15	16	10	15	13	12	18	18	16	26	21	15	16	15	12	18	17	14	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 NW	3.0 W	-	1.1 SW	-	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	10	11	12	9	13	12	11	14	11	9	11	5	8	7	12	-	12	-	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	13	-	12	11	11	-	10	-	12	4	9	9	-	8	-	-	-	6	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	2.2 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	1.9 W	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	1.8 NE	0.7 ENE	-	1.8 SW	3.5 S	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	11	-	10	12	-	4	12	6	3	6	4	-	6	10	-	11	11	11	-	-	4

	Thursday 29			Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	504	813	722	1633	2177	4464	1197	1299	1161	1172	1139	2005	2051	2421	2866	2867	4080	3718	3313	1005	1500	1324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40				1:28AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 0.57						7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37				5:51PM 0.12				6:21AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	11	10	8	12	16	17	19	16	9	8	8	14	15	18	16	14	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	11	9	8	6	11	15	16	19	15	8	6	6	14	15	18	15	13	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	11	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NE	-	-
Period (s)	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	12	11	-	-	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	-

	Thursday 29										Friday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	453	504	131	87	95	2133	54	2380	2558	91	90	2961	2961	2961	2213	3632	3595	495	527	1144	1786	1806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:34AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							7:01PM 0.20													8:23AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	17	15	15	13	12	16	16	9	9	8	8	10	9	7	9	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	16	17	13	13	10	9	16	16	7	7	6	6	8	7	5	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	7	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	13	13	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	11	6	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	11	11

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