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			Saturday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 SW	2.2 NNW	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	11	9	10	11	8	9	11	10	12	13	16	14
Energy(?)	1362	44	241	1185	554	1721	1265	894	254	419	621	751	398	333	427	8	107	1474	823	537	2856	4216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:58PM 2.15		5:54AM 1.74	6:23PM 2.14	9:17PM 1.44	8:18AM 1.69		7:16PM 1.47	7:45AM 1.57		7:52PM 1.56		5:40PM 1.72	10:23PM 1.49	9:03AM 1.64		7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87		10:21PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55PM 0.41	8:31AM 0.52		10:22PM 0.68	12:14PM 0.52		3:14AM 0.59		1:06PM 1.07	1:36AM 0.46		2:14PM 0.51	2:33AM 0.36	9:27AM 0.73				1:46PM 0.68	2:12AM 0.52		2:43PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
High °C	11	17	13	11	10	10	9	14	21	16	19	16	19	23	16	19	25	14	11	12	14	11
Low °C	9	16	12	8	9	9	7	11	21	14	16	16	13	23	16	18	22	14	8	12	13	10
Chill °C (?)	9	17	12	8	8	7	8	13	21	16	19	15	19	23	16	18	25	12	9	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.2 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	5	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.6 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	-	0.1 S	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	13	9	14	-	9	9	9	-	-	12	7	10	11	7	-	8	-	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	0.6 N	2.5 W	0.9 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	9	3	10	5	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1365	2377	1067	1007	1745	2868	44	200	2610	1619	1524	1524	1020	573	500	749	1281	1265	1093	1005	1005	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:49AM 2.23									6:15AM 1.65			3:18PM 1.85					5:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)						11:42AM 1.07	2:40PM 0.62			12:00AM 0.43								10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	13	15	18	14	10	9	8	7	10	16	10	10	7	8	7	7	10	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	6	11	14	18	14	8	7	6	5	7	16	8	9	7	8	6	5	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 S	-	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	-	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 N	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	13	12	13	9	9	5	13	9	9	9	9	9	12	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 NW	3.0 SW	0.4 NW	-	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	5	12	4	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.7 NE	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	9	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	13	12	9	9	9	15	12
Energy(?)	1495	512	1809	1640	1364	369	60	168	367	208	208	206	88	688	3231	464	2212	12	12	12	7	2631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:32AM 1.69										3:49PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 0.37	9:42PM 0.67				1:50AM 0.67										11:27AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	8	8	8	11	16	12	12	14	10	10	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	8	9	10	12	9	9	7	7	7	11	16	10	12	12	6	6	6	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.7 NE	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	5	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	13	14	13	9	9	14	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	9	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12

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