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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	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.1 E	1.4 SW	2.3 NNW	1.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	6	12	11	9	8	12	9	9	10	10	12	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	290	241	2078	918	1721	1189	322	318	3	851	821	392	581	550	516	177	2007	2094	1140	4986	3550	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 1.66		8:43AM 1.55	6:23PM 2.14		6:59AM 1.61	6:54PM 1.57		7:24AM 1.65		9:31PM 1.45	5:28AM 1.72	6:53PM 1.80		7:32AM 1.84		9:25PM 1.58	12:29PM 1.56		12:29AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27AM 0.48		11:59PM 0.43			12:47AM 0.45		1:02PM 0.54	1:15AM 0.49		3:02PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.39	11:37AM 0.68		1:14AM 0.57		1:46PM 0.68	3:50AM 0.40	6:07AM 0.43	6:30PM 0.23		6:45AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	18
High °C	15	13	9	10	10	8	19	22	13	19	17	21	23	22	20	16	15	13	16	16	13	14
Low °C	14	12	6	10	10	7	17	21	12	15	16	20	22	22	18	13	14	9	14	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	6	8	8	7	19	22	12	19	16	21	23	22	20	15	13	12	16	16	12	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	-	2.5 W	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	12	8	8	12	9	10	-	12	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	6	15	14	12	10	9	7	-	-	10	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 NNW	-	1.3 NE	1.7 NE	1.0 NNW	0.3 W	3.0 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	9	-	7	9	5	3	10	-	4	-	-	5

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8
Energy(?)	1745	2212	2399	46	2626	1687	1533	1887	1658	1576	775	749	851	1189	1093	1005	1005	832	237	1008	932	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								5:54AM 1.74								5:04AM 1.92					9:24PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:27AM 0.48				12:00AM 0.43				12:14PM 0.52	1:35PM 0.39		9:38PM 0.47	10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	17	10	8	6	6	10	12	10	10	8	8	7	8	11	13	20	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	17	8	6	4	3	8	10	8	8	6	7	5	6	9	12	20	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	12	4	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	15	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	5	12	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	7	7	8

	Sunday 23																Monday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1538	1649	290	44	490	245	244	2369	2528	2493	1966	2088	1999	2949	2949	2805	2805	2078	122	64	44	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:42AM 1.07										10:00PM 0.47					2:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	12	13	14	17	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	17	14	14	13	12	10	9	9	8	7	5	6	6	6	5	14	11	12	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	5	13	13	13	9	9	9	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	9	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	15	15	15	9	9	-	15	15	15	15	9	5	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	2	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	3	3

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