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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	5	6	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 NE
Period(s)	11	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	8	10	11	9	10	11
Energy	1202	4024	5521	3732	3048	6968	10338	8780	10277	8699	3114	1369	1052	1003	676	550	400	1376	2200	1036	3420	5485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 1.76	11:41AM 1.86		9:34PM 1.85		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:36PM 1.71	2:56AM 1.64		12:31PM 2.06	2:16AM 1.74			10:52PM 3.16	11:13AM 3.13	3:45PM 2.30		4:15AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.31		6:02AM 0.20			6:16AM 0.32		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		9:00PM 0.32	7:20AM 0.39		8:05PM 0.40	6:50AM 0.37	4:47PM 1.06		5:03AM 1.04		10:16PM 0.41	10:23AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	6	7	10	6	10	11	10	10	12	9	7	10	7	10	16	15	14	14	15	14
Low °C	8	7	4	7	10	5	9	11	10	9	10	7	6	9	6	8	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	7	4	6	9	3	7	8	8	8	11	8	7	10	5	8	16	15	13	13	15	14
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	8	10	11	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	10	10	11	12	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	-	9	9	8	12	12	12	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	14	14	12	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	9	10	11

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	1202	1169	4024	5159	5453	5521	5249	5019	3732	3348	3048	1916	7831	6968	8940	11208	10338	9620	8780	7676	11334	10277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:25AM 1.86					11:28PM 1.76				11:41AM 1.86				9:34PM 1.85					12:38PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31	6:02AM 0.20				6:12PM 0.31				6:16AM 0.32				6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	7	6	5	4	4	7	7	10	14	8	6	6	9	9	10	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	5	4	2	1	0	6	6	9	14	5	3	3	7	6	7	8	9	8	8
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	-	-	11	-	-	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	13	14	14	-	-	-	-	15	14

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1181	1208	1202	1239	1224	1169	1169	4043	4024	4205	4702	5159	5159	5356	5453	5444	5521	5521	5521	5521	5249	5175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 1.86															11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)												5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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