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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	Tue		Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Campbells Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	1	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	2.0 W	2.3 W	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	19	8	16	12	14	12	11	8	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	7	10
Energy(?)	742	799	378	389	599	424	131	121	1241	401	203	2174	599	1602	285	840	226	21	63	934	580	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:31PM 2.63	10:35PM 1.77		1:34PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.78	8:08AM 2.88		2:53AM 1.81		3:12PM 1.51	3:45AM 1.70	11:34AM 2.11		12:14AM 2.15	12:27PM 2.21	2:59PM 2.02	12:14AM 2.07	12:34PM 2.16	4:20PM 2.50		4:33AM 2.02	4:35PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			7:27AM 0.33		7:47PM 0.33		6:25PM 0.22	8:38PM 0.31	9:13AM 0.29		9:22PM 0.06	5:28AM 0.37	5:56PM 0.11		6:21AM 0.26			6:24AM 0.29		10:15PM -0.02	10:46AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
High °C	14	10	20	18	17	16	16	14	13	15	12	16	20	14	22	18	15	17	17	14	26	25
Low °C	14	8	17	18	15	16	15	11	12	15	9	13	19	9	19	15	13	17	16	14	24	20
Chill °C (?)	13	10	20	18	17	16	15	12	12	14	11	16	20	12	22	18	15	17	17	13	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	8	12	12	14	12	12	8	12	-	-	10	11	11	6	12	-	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	13	10	9	12	16	11	10	10	-	10	11	-	-	10	-	10	10	11	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	-	1.2 SSW	-	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 NE	0.4 SW	2.0 W	2.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	10	-	11	-	11	12	11	3	3	-	6	5	11	7	-

	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.8 W	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	10	10	9	11	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	12	11	14	10	12	12
Energy(?)	702	1090	576	500	515	275	512	255	277	240	224	599	730	992	1316	1282	541	691	501	1834	1533	5026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:04AM 1.74	6:52AM 2.82			1:34PM 1.64						9:27AM 1.89	12:12PM 1.78					1:07AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 0.35									7:29PM 0.12		3:20AM 0.54				3:02PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	13	12	12	14	14	20	21	21	20	16	15	15	17	14	16	15	13	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	12	12	14	14	20	21	21	20	16	15	14	16	12	16	15	11	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.8 W	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	-	0.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	-	16	12	11	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	16	14	11	11	10	14	13	14	11	11	5	12	11	11	-	11	16	16	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	10	12	-	-	8	10	12	12

	Tuesday 27										Wednesday 28
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	692	1354	742	741	811	365	1022	655	713	534	534	463	489	483	482	677	458	458	343	323	289	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:14PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)														2:05AM 0.55		4:58AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	14	14	18	12	13	13	14	14	10	10	9	9	8	15	15	9	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	13	13	18	11	12	12	14	14	8	8	7	7	6	14	14	8	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 W	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	16	14	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	13	6	6	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-

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