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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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Pukerua Bay Wellington	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	7	6	5	6	5	5	4	2	6	2	2	3	2	2	7	9	9	5	2	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 NE	2.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	1.6 NNE	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	5.0 SW	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	1.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	14	15	13	8	9	16	16	15	15	15	6	8	9	13
Energy(?)	9687	6070	5055	4607	4812	6196	2784	331	3005	411	626	149	505	307	773	11539	19159	21692	129	1167	2644	8991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 1.79	12:38PM 1.85		9:44PM 1.84	10:58AM 1.94	1:23PM 1.86	11:13PM 1.98	11:36AM 1.98		11:51PM 2.02	10:50AM 3.08	2:40PM 1.84	11:40PM 1.97		3:16PM 1.82	3:35AM 1.85			12:46AM 1.97		1:48PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 0.25	6:26PM 0.35	3:57AM 0.56	4:45AM 0.31			5:26AM 0.27	5:44PM 0.31		4:42AM 0.88			9:18AM 0.25		9:19PM 0.27	9:41AM 0.30	6:39PM 0.41		6:55AM 0.42		10:36PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	34	1	-	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	-	1	-	2
High °C	9	15	15	12	13	13	9	11	13	8	10	16	13	16	15	13	13	14	17	18	15	9
Low °C	7	11	14	11	9	12	5	10	12	7	10	15	11	13	15	12	11	12	15	16	13	7
Chill °C (?)	7	13	13	9	11	12	9	9	11	6	8	14	12	15	14	11	12	14	16	18	13	6
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 NE	2.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	1.6 NNE	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	-	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.2 N	-	-	3.5 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	14	15	13	8	9	16	16	-	16	15	13	-	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	2.5 NW	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	7	10	-	16	8	6	6	11	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	2.1 WNW	-	0.7 NW	1.3 N	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	5.0 SW	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	1.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NW	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	3	9	-	4	5	4	3	4	15	15	15	6	8	9	13

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	8761	9415	8363	9075	6070	4361	5055	5361	4671	4029	1742	4602	5722	1330	4604	3581	3169	4220	3587	3092	1997	1430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 1.79				12:38PM 1.85				10:29PM 1.93					1:23PM 1.86			10:28PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)								4:21PM 0.45			3:22AM 1.04						7:27PM 0.26			4:39AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	9	7	11	18	15	14	14	14	9	11	13	9	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	4	8	18	13	12	13	12	7	8	13	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	3.0 NW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	9	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.3 ENE	3.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	-	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	18	-	18	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	19	7	15	7	7	8	7	10	10	10	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.4 SW	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16				Friday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	5	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	9963	15233	12906	9215	14291	9415	9128	8619	8130	7624	3546	6268	8406	1380	5027	4778	4493	6112	5717	5440	5055	3649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:10AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)									3:56AM 0.37			6:17AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	10	14	16	17	11	11	11	15	19
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	8	5	6	9	13	16	16	9	8	8	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	18	14	18	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	18	9	-	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	5	9	9	-	-	-	4	-	4

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