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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	2	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.0 NNW	0.9 NE	3.0 WSW	0.5 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	12	9	12	14	14	15	8	10	11	10	9	7	9	10	11	10	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	2366	1650	1559	213	7949	7562	4312	285	1347	1630	668	1653	118	1092	81	731	2458	1000	786	525	1011	639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 1.93	8:20PM 1.47	5:34AM 1.75		9:06PM 1.47	8:59AM 1.44		9:58PM 1.28	9:59AM 1.32	2:45PM 2.61	9:16PM 1.40	9:43AM 1.49	3:43PM 2.21	8:42PM 1.39	5:53AM 1.60	6:09PM 1.58		9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	11:48AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 0.64		2:28AM 0.67	11:49AM 0.50	3:10PM 0.62	3:10AM 0.65		3:51PM 0.27				2:59AM 0.43			3:04AM 0.54	12:05PM 0.79		12:38AM 0.66		4:14PM 0.55		5:29AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	-	1	-	15	9	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	16	11	13	8	7	9	16	11	10	6	10	13	10	7	13	12	10	14	16	11	16
Low °C	15	13	10	10	7	6	7	15	9	9	5	8	12	10	5	10	12	9	12	14	8	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	10	13	4	3	6	16	8	9	3	6	11	6	5	11	9	8	12	15	8	16
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 E	3.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	2.5 W	0.3 NE	2.0 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 NNW	0.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	12	9	13	11	14	15	-	10	6	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	1.4 NW	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.9 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 NE	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	9	10	6	12	9	10	10	-	-	-	11	9	17	11	10	11	-	10	12	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 N	3.0 W	-	1.7 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	2.5 SW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	12	14	6	4	8	-	11	8	5	7	5	4	11	8	-	-	3	4

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	9	9	9	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1250	5315	2366	4117	2796	2650	1315	1452	1303	1018	1119	694	1949	1124	1090	10900	9382	8154	4312	3958	3151	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:56AM 1.54				7:51PM 1.34										3:21AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64				2:42AM 0.26		7:21AM 0.65		1:18PM 0.37							12:39PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	15	12	16	13	14	10	9	11	12	12	13	11	6	6	6	5	7	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	7	5	15	10	16	12	14	8	7	9	11	10	13	9	3	3	3	2	3	6	10	11
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	2.3 NW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 ESE	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	13	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	10	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	1.0 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	-	6	9	9	5	6	-	4	5	10	9	8	9	7	-	-	-	10	7	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.7 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	-	-	2.4 SW	-	0.8 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 SW	0.9 NW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	-	-	-	4	6	3	3	6	-	-	12	-	4	13	13	13	6	13	5	12

	Friday 24
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	9	9	9	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	5.0 W	1.0 SW	5.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	9	12	15	15	13	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	163	7987	251	7091	1476	1476	933	1040	623	2723	3242	2400	960	3031	1102	615	665	554	6302	2181	1905	896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:52AM 1.80			7:27AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)												12:38PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	2	1	-
High °C	9	8	14	6	13	12	13	13	15	14	13	12	14	12	15	8	8	8	9	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	5	12	1	12	12	12	10	13	14	11	10	14	10	14	5	5	5	6	4	4	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	2.4 NW	1.0 SW	0.5 NE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	9	10	15	15	13	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	-	11	-	8	8	5	10	10	6	11	-	-	11	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	5.0 W	2.1 NW	5.0 SW	2.1 NW	-	0.8 SW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	4.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	12	7	12	7	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	12	6	6	-

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