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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	Sun	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 NE	2.4 NNW	1.8 NE	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	6	11	9	10	10	12	8	8	9	9	12	13	11	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	2078	918	1721	785	894	355	261	983	1093	574	378	717	494	493	560	1826	3502	976	1149	770	1101	1543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:15AM 1.65	6:31PM 1.51		6:38AM 1.69	2:04PM 2.70	8:40PM 1.44	9:07AM 1.55			6:40AM 1.83	6:53PM 1.80		9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	12:08PM 1.76		1:04AM 1.28	12:58PM 1.80		11:48PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 1.00	12:37PM 0.49		12:47AM 0.45			2:30AM 0.39		1:51PM 0.55	12:20AM 0.58	12:50PM 0.71		12:06AM 0.53		3:31PM 0.49	3:50AM 0.40	5:54AM 0.36	6:30PM 0.23		6:45AM 0.32	5:28PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	22	1
High °C	9	10	10	9	14	22	13	19	23	18	24	17	19	18	17	13	16	17	16	15	16	11
Low °C	7	10	10	6	12	22	12	17	19	12	23	16	16	16	16	10	14	16	15	13	16	10
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	8	13	22	12	19	23	18	24	16	18	18	17	11	16	17	16	14	15	9
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.8 NE	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	12	10	8	10	8	9	9	12	13	11	13	14	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 NE	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NNW	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	-	12	13	10	11	12	13	9	14	13	-	-	9	8	6	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	10	-	3	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12

	Sun	Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	7	8	9	8
Energy(?)	2468	1645	1494	1449	1685	573	775	749	1281	1265	1093	1005	582	760	693	693	1233	755	595	1133	1044	886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:15AM 1.65								5:04AM 1.92				6:54PM 1.57	9:26PM 1.59				7:45AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		12:00AM 0.43					1:35PM 0.39			10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63		1:02PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	7	10	16	10	10	8	8	7	8	11	14	15	14	15	18	13	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	8	6	5	5	8	16	9	9	8	8	6	6	10	13	14	12	15	18	12	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	12	12	12	10	11	13	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	8	7	7	8	9	8

	Sunday 23				Monday 24
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	9	12	12
Energy(?)	831	356	356	468	2078	532	1139	1043	1978	2416	2416	2289	1402	1774	1685	1658	53	115	184	124	396	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:20AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)					11:40PM 0.45		1:05AM 0.37													2:45PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	8	12	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	15	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	5	10	7	6	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	14	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	5	9	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	9	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	14	14	13	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.4 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	-	7	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	9	-	-

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