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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	7	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.0 N	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	12	11	7	6	11	7	11	9	11
Energy(?)	1327	1727	1046	1577	562	2413	428	289	66	981	1447	1288	205	274	705	206	367	1883	150	1112	539	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81		2:24AM 1.90		1:09PM 2.63	1:29AM 2.53	5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69	3:55PM 1.76		4:31AM 1.73	4:42PM 1.71	7:59PM 2.09	8:32AM 2.12		8:55PM 2.10	9:24AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44	6:47PM 0.43	8:12PM 0.37	7:09AM 1.07		7:23PM 0.49	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48			1:15AM 0.49	10:39AM 0.65		2:24AM 1.00		3:02PM 0.49	3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	-
High °C	11	14	15	15	16	11	15	13	10	10	12	9	19	17	11	15	19	15	24	21	15	19
Low °C	10	13	13	13	15	8	14	11	8	9	11	7	16	17	11	14	16	14	21	19	5	19
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	14	15	9	14	12	7	8	10	7	19	16	8	14	18	14	24	21	14	18
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.0 N	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	1.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	-	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	12	11	7	12	11	7	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.6 NNW	-	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	10	18	7	10	-	13	9	9	14	9	9	9	5	12	12	9	-	6	11	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	-	2.1 NE	2.5 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	12	-	4	13	13	5	-	12	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	6	11	-	11	6	4

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1327	1334	1430	1451	1336	3044	1075	1296	1332	1771	1498	1392	1365	2413	1669	2054	3188	2860	3217	2611	2535	1707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:07PM 1.73								4:47PM 1.70								5:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 0.41							6:24AM 0.43		10:42AM 0.44							8:31AM 0.52	11:42AM 1.07				12:00AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	11	14	8	12	13	15	15	15	14	10	8	10	9	13	15	14	11	10	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	10	14	6	11	13	15	14	14	13	9	6	8	7	12	14	12	11	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	-	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	13	9	13	12	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Friday 21																Saturday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	10
Energy(?)	1327	1327	1327	1317	1408	531	821	1067	1067	1446	1436	1451	1508	618	1722	4389	4309	967	958	263	586	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					11:57AM 2.68					4:07PM 1.73												4:50AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	17	12	17	16	16	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	17	11	17	15	16	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	7	9	9	10	9	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	18	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	15	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-

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