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 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	9	3	3	7	5	4	5	1	1	2	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NE	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.5 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.7 S	2.5 WNW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	12	12	13	12	13	13	10	7	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	9	8	8	12
Energy(?)	1165	78	265	4716	2643	851	230	329	393	2075	454	791	455	771	7965	3380	2556	560	185	92	821	3152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:28AM 1.85		8:31PM 1.57	9:03AM 1.60		8:01PM 1.42	8:19AM 2.10	5:19PM 1.58		6:04AM 1.55	5:37PM 1.51		11:36AM 1.54		6:49PM 1.57	11:29AM 1.58		11:47PM 1.51		12:34PM 1.64	9:39PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20PM 0.46	9:41AM 0.54	2:24PM 0.46	2:45AM 0.46		3:16PM 0.51	2:21AM 0.56			11:46PM 0.75			12:01AM 0.82	4:57AM 0.44	12:02PM 1.42	1:11AM 0.75	5:01AM 0.48	5:35PM 0.49		6:07AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	5	3	2	5	2	3	7	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	4	1
High °C	12	10	7	8	11	12	6	7	9	8	13	8	11	15	10	11	10	12	12	15	11	10
Low °C	10	8	6	7	10	4	4	7	9	6	11	7	9	13	9	10	6	6	12	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	7	3	5	9	12	2	5	6	5	12	3	8	14	7	8	8	11	11	14	7	7
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	0.9 SW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	10	6	11	11	13	20	13	16	16	9	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	-	-	-	11	10	10	9	-	10	13	14	6	-	20	9	8	6	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W
Period (s)	4	3	8	-	-	-	5	5	6	10	7	3	-	-	13	-	3	4	2	3	8	12

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 NE	2.2 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.7 NW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1075	1029	1030	1964	688	617	636	978	5772	3065	3415	3569	3108	1684	2053	1087	1138	2795	2128	1124	1389	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)					8:09AM 1.63							3:09AM 1.69		9:04AM 1.48	2:53PM 2.67	3:18PM 1.70	8:01PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		9:20PM 0.46	1:57AM 0.40				1:03PM 0.49			9:56PM 0.56									2:22AM 0.56			11:19AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	6	6	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	12	10	11	13	12	6	6	5	5	7	8	10	9	9	4	3	3	4	5	7
Chill °C (?)	7	5	10	7	9	12	10	2	3	2	2	6	6	7	7	9	0	-1	-1	2	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	8	14	11	13	12	12	13	12	10	11	12	11	6	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NE	-	1.4 W	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	12	12	8	11	12	12	-	12	12	11	-	11	6	10	10	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	1.1 NW	2.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	5	11	4	3	8	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	10

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	0.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.6 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	12	7	11	11	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1126	1107	850	921	1083	1165	23	206	59	59	137	3616	3616	145	2767	3741	192	284	254	166	166	2880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										3:22AM 1.82												3:46PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)							12:35AM 0.44								8:06AM 0.99					1:32PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	10	12	12	11	11	8	7	9	9	8	10	10	9	10	10	8	10	11	13	14	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	9	9	6	5	7	7	5	8	8	6	8	7	5	8	9	11	12	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.6 NE	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	12	7	8	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	12	-	-	7	5	5	4	-	11

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