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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	2.1 NNW	1.1 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 NNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	9	10	11	8	9	8	10	10	13	14
Energy(?)	553	2469	428	387	556	393	1692	785	271	353	245	626	710	329	296	122	679	660	870	1436	1210	3096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 1.78	2:33PM 1.88		5:54AM 1.74	3:13PM 1.82		6:56AM 2.17		7:08PM 2.10	7:44AM 1.57		8:03PM 1.45	8:10AM 1.67		9:48PM 1.52	9:03AM 1.64		7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:44AM 1.00		1:06PM 1.07	1:31AM 1.01		2:14PM 0.51	2:26AM 0.45		2:41PM 0.53			3:31PM 0.49	2:12AM 0.52		2:43PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	16	13	10	9	9	8	19	14	17	17	16	19	24	26	19	15	15	13	13	12
Low °C	15	8	14	12	8	9	9	6	16	13	15	16	16	13	23	25	15	15	15	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	9	15	12	7	7	6	7	19	13	17	16	15	19	24	26	19	14	15	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NNW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	9	10	8	8	9	8	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	13	9	9	9	9	9	-	12	12	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	9	8	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 SW	0.7 S	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	-	1.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NNW	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	7	5	-	-	5	6	-	8	-	-	3	4	9	-	-	-	-	10

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1013	1496	1282	2469	1554	1562	3071	2685	515	543	2545	1895	1480	1469	1020	1553	502	1304	1281	1243	1093	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:12AM 1.78				5:42PM 2.19				6:15AM 1.65				6:10PM 1.61				5:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)							8:31AM 0.52	11:42AM 1.07				11:59PM 0.43				12:14PM 0.52	1:34PM 0.48			10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	10	9	9	10	12	16	14	11	10	9	8	7	9	12	10	11	7	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	13	9	7	7	8	11	15	12	8	8	7	6	5	6	10	9	10	7	8	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	10	9	13	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.7 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	5	12	12	3	7	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22										Sunday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1139	1828	1828	488	1496	1496	537	391	376	375	369	219	214	208	296	1498	70	1562	1649	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:21PM 0.99										9:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	16	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	11	10	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	11	7	10	8	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	10	10	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	16	16	-	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	12	12	12

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