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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	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	4	8	5	5	3	9	8	8	6	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.0 NE	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.7 W	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	9	9	18	18	17	15	21	16	13	14	14	11	19	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	14
Energy	975	221	1231	7963	3664	6297	711	13966	7563	7926	5187	1229	1271	5198	3750	1056	1324	1542	4904	1048	5392	3660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:30PM 1.66		4:02PM 1.69		3:46AM 2.34		9:31PM 1.99	5:21AM 1.72		11:49PM 1.33	5:47AM 2.84	12:06PM 1.37	9:55PM 1.95	9:29AM 2.30	12:17PM 1.76	7:09PM 2.56	11:40AM 1.90		8:06PM 2.70		12:37PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:52AM 0.44	9:16AM 1.12		9:36PM 1.16	10:07AM 0.61	4:22PM 0.43		11:43AM 0.56	3:14PM 0.40					3:25AM 0.65		1:19AM 0.46	5:23AM 0.24	2:35PM 0.40	2:17AM 0.31	6:17AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	5	-	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	11	10	11	10	12	13	15	9	11	11	10	10	15	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	9
Low °C	10	9	10	9	11	13	10	9	8	10	9	9	13	10	10	11	10	10	12	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	11	12	14	8	11	8	9	9	15	12	10	11	10	8	11	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSE	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.7 W	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	18	18	17	15	21	16	13	14	14	11	19	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	1.0 SSE	-	3.0 SW	-	-	1.2 S	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	6	10	10	9	9	8	22	-	15	-	-	12	9	-	11	-	13	15	10	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	8	9	4	5	3	3	5	3	3	2	4	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 S
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	18	16	18	17	15	15	15	18	21	13	15
Energy	975	519	260	221	1501	1093	1231	797	7963	9178	1441	3664	741	848	6297	683	711	311	2060	13966	14609	8282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.66							4:02PM 1.69	7:59PM 1.55					9:37AM 1.53				9:31PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 0.47				1:19AM 0.52							9:36PM 1.16		3:35AM 0.42				4:42PM 0.29				3:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	11	9	10	14	11	10	11	13	15	15	13	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	4	6	8	9	9	10	12	11	9	10	12	15	14	12	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	18	16	18	17	15	15	15	13	21	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.6 NE	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 NW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 SSE	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	15	7	6	6	23	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	4	4	9	8	8	9	-	22	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 N	0.3 W	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	3	-	-	2	-	4	3	-	3	4	4	18	21	13	15

	Saturday 06											Sunday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	8	9	4	5	3	3	5	3	3	2	4	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 S	1.6 S	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	7	9	7	6	9	9	10	9	9
Energy	1507	1379	975	972	637	519	266	223	260	259	230	221	92	284	1501	292	281	1093	1099	2818	1231	1231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:30PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)								7:28PM 0.66														9:16AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	7	8	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	8	4	7	5	6	6	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	7	6	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	17	15	15	15	14	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	10	9	23	10	9	10	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	7	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	7	6	9	9	10	-	-

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