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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	6	7	12	11	15	15	14	12
Energy(?)	1658	1655	960	695	1045	464	764	683	365	419	187	324	466	161	116	86	51	2468	2259	1479	1875	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.20	10:47AM 1.56		9:37PM 1.56	9:37AM 1.71		10:16PM 1.73	11:08AM 1.50		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53		11:07PM 1.78	11:22AM 1.79	2:46PM 1.44	10:52PM 1.72		3:40PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 0.43	3:10AM 1.11	4:11AM 0.46	3:21PM 0.54	3:54AM 0.60		1:20PM 0.72		4:53AM 0.63	6:23PM 0.49		5:49AM 0.61	3:40PM 0.71		5:14AM 0.75			9:37AM 0.31		10:02PM 0.30	8:06AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	12	14	16	21	20	19	14	21	15	20	20	22	26	15	12	16	17	15	13
Low °C	12	14	9	11	14	15	19	15	16	13	20	14	18	19	20	23	14	10	14	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	10	13	15	21	20	19	13	21	15	20	20	22	26	14	9	16	16	13	12
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	13	12	12	11	13	13	11	7	11	11	11	12	11	6	7	12	16	15	15	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	11	10	9	-	8	10	5	12	9	4	8	-	7	10	9	18	-	9	13	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	2	11	8	8	-	-

	Sunday 08					Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	11	12	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1658	1845	611	763	1319	1385	1081	1080	1050	1519	777	1380	1375	818	1194	1082	687	503	668	509	516	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.22				8:36PM 1.62			5:59AM 1.73	8:37AM 1.78				9:37PM 1.56									10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 1.06				2:31AM 0.61							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76					6:44PM 0.30	7:01PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	15	14	12	11	9	9	9	11	15	12	13	11	11	11	10	19	16	21	21	18	14
Chill °C (?)	10	14	13	11	9	7	7	7	9	14	11	12	9	10	9	9	19	16	21	21	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	11	12	6	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	13	11	10	10	10	9	-	9	9	9	9	13	14	13	4	5	8	10	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	-	5	-	5	6	6	-

	Sunday 08																Monday 09
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	7	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	6	12	6	6	6	12
Energy(?)	652	316	1658	480	1782	1782	1151	2230	970	1604	775	1450	1427	1401	6	6	176	1908	156	124	117	1451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:28AM 1.56															11:30PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	12	14	14	14	12	14	15	12	14	14	12	12	12	13	11	14	14	16	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	13	13	12	10	12	14	11	13	13	9	9	9	12	9	13	13	16	6
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	-	10	10	6	12	6	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	13	14	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	10	10	10	-	14	14	9	-	9	9	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	-	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.5 W	-	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	13	7	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	12	-	3	-	-

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