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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue		Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	8	9	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	18	19	16	16	16	13	12	13	16	14	14
Energy	3749	7590	8063	4999	5067	1334	1115	1273	1782	863	1300	1617	912	1899	905	871	713	765	1008	2134	1748	1712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 1.73	11:17AM 1.76		11:43PM 1.81		12:23PM 1.78	10:01PM 2.06			10:48PM 2.17	11:16AM 2.26		11:36PM 2.24	10:09AM 3.26		12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27		1:55PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)	4:57PM 0.31		5:08AM 0.33	5:45PM 0.23		6:09AM 0.21			6:41AM 0.14	4:41PM 0.16		5:04AM 0.08	4:00PM 0.03		3:59AM 0.03	4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04		7:12PM 0.16	7:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	11	13	9	10	12	8	9	9	9	8	12	9	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	12
Low °C	10	10	10	12	8	8	10	8	8	9	7	6	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	8	9	12
Chill °C (?)	9	7	9	11	7	9	11	6	7	9	7	8	11	9	12	12	11	9	11	10	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	11	22	13	12	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	19	16	16	16	13	12	13	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 NE	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.0 W
Period (s)	26	11	19	17	10	10	10	14	10	24	21	18	13	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	9	14	13	14	14
Energy	1661	3532	3240	7725	7393	8484	8063	8722	8746	7432	6466	5458	6524	5876	3329	1136	1115	1192	1025	1050	1331	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:12PM 1.65				10:02AM 2.30				11:59PM 1.72					12:23PM 1.78				1:35AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						5:08AM 0.33				5:30PM 0.24									7:48PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	14	12	10	8	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	7	6	7	7	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	6	14	11	9	7	5	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	9	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	10	13	23	21	19	19	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	15	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	13	-	-	18	-	-	16	16	16	15	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12											Wednesday 13
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	12	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1004	1857	339	3749	3410	7358	7236	4403	7165	6945	8029	7725	7506	4432	7940	962	7277	5479	7488	2594	8046	7876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												11:12PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)					4:57PM 0.31														6:26AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	11	7	8	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	2.0 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 E	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	13	24	24	23	24	24	13	13	13	22	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	16	14	26	11	11	11	24	11	11	23	23	22	11	21	14	20	10	20	19	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.8 W	0.8 SSE	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	4	16	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	-	13	13

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