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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 NW	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	0.8 SW	3.5 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	7	7	10	11	8	8	10	10	11	14
Energy(?)	1927	553	1362	290	241	2113	933	1447	1265	276	156	419	539	816	566	367	248	465	836	158	3141	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38PM 3.13	2:00PM 1.95	12:51AM 2.60		5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	3:13PM 1.82			6:54PM 1.57	7:08PM 2.10	7:44AM 1.57		7:59PM 2.09	8:33AM 1.56		8:53PM 1.45	9:03AM 1.64	6:38PM 1.73	11:14PM 1.56	11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				7:19AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48	9:53AM 0.62	1:02PM 0.54	1:31AM 1.01		2:14PM 0.51	2:24AM 1.00		3:03PM 0.48	3:16AM 0.42				5:00AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	16	10	14	13	9	10	12	8	19	19	16	22	23	17	24	18	21	22	13	11	12
Low °C	13	15	9	14	12	7	10	11	7	16	19	14	20	22	13	21	17	17	20	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	9	14	12	6	8	10	6	19	19	16	22	23	17	24	18	21	22	10	9	11
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	-	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW	2.0 NE	0.8 SW	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	7	7	10	7	8	9	10	10	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	-	11	11	10	11	10	15	8	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	-	-	1.3 N	2.0 NE	-	0.5 WNW	3.5 W	-
Period (s)	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	7	7	-	-	7	8	-	3	11	-

	Saturday 22							Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1095	3620	1332	557	1857	1496	1365	2426	1554	2802	1636	2868	387	1825	2548	1714	1573	1752	1774	545	775	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:48PM 2.09		4:47PM 1.70								5:48PM 1.55				6:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)												11:42AM 1.07				12:00AM 0.43					1:35PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	8	15	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	13	15	13	12	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	6	15	14	14	13	9	7	7	8	11	14	12	12	8	7	6	6	8	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	-	6	7	16	10	9	13	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	14	-	-	13	-	12	5	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1038	2383	1227	818	1331	1125	1400	520	1927	513	1902	589	321	268	580	263	255	249	1495	1151	393	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:06PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	13	13	8	9	10	11	13	13	15	13	14	15	13	14	13	12	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	6	13	12	6	7	8	11	12	13	14	12	13	14	12	13	12	11	12	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	-	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	10	10	10	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	-	5	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	-	13	4	4

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