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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	2.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	20	11	12	10	16	14	13	12	15	11	14	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	61	673	1606	811	4410	1957	464	624	1284	1248	1180	758	586	919	871	861	1337	2148	4180	5219	2907	5758
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 3.15		2:55AM 2.42	4:15AM 2.11	5:25PM 1.41		12:14PM 2.11		1:26AM 2.19		1:39PM 2.25	2:03AM 2.18		4:53PM 1.96		5:33AM 1.80		7:14PM 1.73	7:38AM 1.68		3:51AM 1.97	6:39AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 0.37	8:40PM 0.64	10:31AM 0.15		10:49PM 0.08	6:05AM 0.28		7:15PM 0.01	10:01AM 0.12		7:54PM 0.02	8:11AM 0.12		11:22PM 0.15	11:45AM 0.21	1:54PM 0.18	1:18AM 0.28		1:38PM 0.31	9:46PM 0.33	12:54PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
High °C	21	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	12	15	15	14	18	22	18	23	23	20	19	22	16	11
Low °C	17	11	8	9	10	7	8	13	11	13	14	13	14	20	14	17	23	14	16	16	15	11
Chill °C (?)	21	8	7	11	8	7	14	14	10	15	14	13	18	22	18	23	23	20	19	22	16	10
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	2.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	-	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	16	8	9	12	10	14	14	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	-	1.6 W	-	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	11	22	20	8	10	10	9	14	13	10	15	-	11	-	9	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	1.7 SSW	0.2 S	-	3.0 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	11	14	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01							Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	13	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	20	20
Energy(?)	260	1079	941	673	141	1051	2088	1491	1256	3357	1088	683	648	2534	1597	1469	3238	1007	1179	1020	522	1386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18						4:28AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	3:59AM 0.93	4:34AM 0.48	8:18AM 0.78												9:08PM 0.03					10:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	11	13	22	8	13	10	9	8	9	11	12	10	9	7	9	5	8	9	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	12	22	7	11	8	8	5	9	11	11	8	8	6	6	3	8	7	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	8	5	10	12	10	11	-	12	10	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	12	11	12	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 01
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	10	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	6	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	325	557	589	200	70	211	1079	673	2798	2306	1301	606	606	2868	1164	1507	256	2272	4269	4619	1646	5042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:26AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	10	12	11	8	9	9	9	8	6	8	9	8	5	6	6	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.2 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	10	13	11	11	11	14	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	8	4	6	4	16	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	12	12	14	12	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	2.0 WSW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	3	4	4	-	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	6	13	13	13	-	13

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