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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	5	9	11	12	13	13	12	14	11	12
Energy(?)	302	131	1056	1447	309	2005	569	686	2708	1027	274	622	57	2219	2778	6108	2359	1872	1241	1278	1204	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 1.78		1:16AM 2.35	9:53AM 1.88	1:41PM 2.33	2:03AM 1.95		2:08PM 1.96	3:54AM 1.95		2:59PM 2.02		5:44AM 1.79	1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		1:56PM 2.26		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48	3:07AM 2.11	7:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.22				7:38PM 0.11	8:15AM 0.18		9:41PM 0.11	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	12:10PM 0.32		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		8:57PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	14	16	17	12	16	14	14	13	17	16	17	13	14	16	17	12	20	24	15	21
Low °C	14	14	10	13	16	8	12	13	10	12	16	15	15	13	12	13	16	12	18	23	12	18
Chill °C (?)	19	15	12	15	16	10	16	13	12	12	17	16	17	10	12	15	17	10	20	24	15	21
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	12	9	13	12	11	11	11	12	4	10	10	11	13	13	12	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.1 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	7	13	-	12	11	11	-	-	11	7	5	16	-	12	-	-	16	11	21	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	0.9 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	10	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	5	9	11	12	-	3	3	6	-	-

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	856	765	310	813	755	2187	2465	4246	1062	1323	1161	1415	1025	2005	1911	2255	2983	3052	2623	4597	3429	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.78					1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)									8:23AM 0.25				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	16	15	13	11	10	9	12	16	17	15	16	9	8	8	14	16	18	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	15	15	11	9	8	7	11	15	16	15	15	8	6	6	14	16	18	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	15	12	12	11	12	11	13	8	13	9	9	9	14	13	13	13	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	16	16	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	-	12	12	12	11	-	-	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	-

	Thursday 29																Friday 30
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	16	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	8	7	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	764	768	302	455	286	364	255	1696	259	1666	2083	435	27	1226	2662	2691	2770	2295	2372	2385	2127	3075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:29PM 1.69										10:10PM 1.91			1:16AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)												6:58PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	16	15	16	14	16	14	16	16	15	18	13	12	11	10	11	11	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	16	13	15	12	14	12	14	14	13	18	11	10	9	8	8	9	8	6	8
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	14	12	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	11	16	11	5	5	11	11	11	10	15	10	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	5	12	12	11	5	11	11	8	6	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12

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