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

	Thu		Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 W	2.2 N	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 N	1.6 N	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 N
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	7	10	10	12	10	9	10	9	10	13	12	11	12	13	8
Energy	9556	6552	3027	1725	1261	1291	516	206	1297	1793	442	1166	1487	1381	1070	587	2174	1975	1003	582	325	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		4:13PM 1.46	10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13		1:35AM 2.26	11:38AM 2.04		11:13PM 2.84	10:40AM 2.59		12:39AM 1.94		2:02PM 1.90	12:15AM 2.80		1:17PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 0.36	6:40AM 0.38		9:00PM 0.32	7:38AM 0.34			4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46	7:38PM 0.73	5:28AM 0.49	5:04PM 0.47		4:28AM 0.38	6:00PM 1.08	6:35PM 0.58	6:50AM 0.58		6:05PM 0.50	8:31AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	20	-	7	36	41	15	3	-	-	-	2	1	6
High °C	11	11	9	10	10	12	16	13	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	14	11	14
Low °C	11	9	8	10	9	9	15	12	14	14	13	15	16	15	16	15	11	10	11	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	10	8	11	16	12	13	15	15	14	16	15	16	16	11	12	12	13	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.4 ESE	2.2 N	0.7 WNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 N	1.6 N	1.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 N
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	7	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	12	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	0.7 NE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.6 N	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	11	11	10	9	5	12	12	13	14	11	12	9	8	8	18	12	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	-	-	12	-	9	-	-	-	13	12	11	-	3	-

	Thursday 28			Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	7	8	9
Energy	9556	8374	7579	6552	5692	3629	3027	3210	1725	1535	1428	1261	1108	1180	1291	530	516	567	678	206	355	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64					4:13PM 1.46		10:16PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				9:00PM 0.32				7:38AM 0.34	9:57AM 0.27			8:05PM 0.40			4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	16	15	9	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	8	7	6	9	10	8	8	7	6	9	9	15	16	15	7	11	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	9	5	5	6	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	5	6	6	5	-	-	2

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	4156	9556	9556	14977	14977	8374	8183	13021	7579	7103	6713	6552	6182	5692	5692	5356	3105	3629	3578	3234	3027	3661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)							6:40PM 0.36	7:13PM 1.01											6:40AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	7	6	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	-	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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