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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	Sun		Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	6	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 S	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	12	17	14	6	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	13	9	11	14	13	16	16	12
Energy(?)	953	5575	226	703	4538	345	6588	4069	912	1360	1340	1347	780	1170	977	712	761	352	986	5413	5622	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 2.17		1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96		2:24PM 1.94	10:57PM 3.15	4:50AM 1.94	3:21PM 1.84	3:43AM 1.83	5:59AM 1.57	6:28PM 1.55	12:08AM 3.21	12:58PM 2.02	5:24PM 2.13		5:02AM 1.72	5:06PM 1.86		5:24AM 1.77	5:48PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	4:39PM 0.28		7:27AM 0.21		7:47PM 0.13	8:11AM 0.17			11:07AM 0.19		9:29PM 0.13	12:16PM 0.51			6:51AM 0.30		1:10AM 0.20	11:11AM 0.27		11:17PM 0.34	11:34AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	19	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	17	18	12	10	11	10	16	17	11	18	23	15	22	19	16	10	11	11	14	16
Low °C	15	10	16	15	10	10	11	6	10	16	10	14	21	12	20	19	10	10	11	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	14	16	18	9	7	8	8	16	17	10	18	23	15	22	19	15	9	10	9	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	16	12	11	9	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	13	9	11	14	9	16	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.3 NE	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	19	17	12	7	10	11	10	14	11	10	15	15	5	11	15	10	5	7	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	-	2

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	0.7 SE	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	10	18	10	11	16	16	9	14	8	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1033	1874	4189	5575	6139	5944	4642	1048	730	1245	4175	668	597	1380	4685	1382	4216	5822	4894	4069	3558	3873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:20AM 1.94				3:38PM 1.89												2:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 0.21					7:27AM 0.21				8:02PM 0.12			4:26AM 0.80					8:31PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	5	10	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	12	12	10	12	17	14	12	11	15	15	12	11	10	10	11	10	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	10	10	8	10	17	14	10	9	15	15	11	9	9	8	9	8	5	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.3 SSE	3.5 S	1.9 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	17	16	16	16	16	10	11	15	11	16	16	14	8	14	14	11	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 NW	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	18	18	8	8	8	12	12	16	17	11	15	11	10	9	11	10	10	14	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	-	0.7 SE	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	-	18	10	11	-	-	9	14	8	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29										Monday 30
	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 NW	2.0 SW	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	17	12	12	11	16	12	11	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	856	830	953	1015	1654	1812	1793	680	355	485	771	595	598	1266	3182	259	305	1010	5483	5061	4642	4433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						6:58PM 0.17													7:27AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	17	20	14	14	17	17	15	16	14	19	11	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	16	20	14	14	16	16	15	16	13	19	9	8	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	7	17	12	12	11	11	12	11	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	2.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	19	8	9	9	7	7	7	12	7	12	8	13	13	12	16	17	5	7	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 NNE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	4	5	5	5	6

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