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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	5	5	5	5	1	4	5	4	3	3	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SE	1.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 E	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 W	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	16	16	16	14	12	10	12	12	14	14	7	9	12	13	11	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1955	767	1426	1991	1163	534	582	964	307	1338	4058	3843	3863	68	763	4118	1308	1132	954	386	178	1141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 1.84		4:10AM 1.83	4:45PM 1.71		4:48AM 1.84	3:17PM 2.28		5:42AM 2.42	3:57PM 2.27	3:18AM 2.13	5:36AM 2.17	4:40PM 2.24		6:22AM 2.11	2:20PM 3.09	3:13AM 2.73	10:50AM 1.47			11:10AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		10:16PM 0.70	10:20AM 0.22		10:34PM 0.12	10:59AM 0.20		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		9:09PM 0.09	11:48AM 0.25		12:14AM 0.24	12:37PM 0.30		9:04PM 0.23	4:42AM 0.11	4:29PM 0.14	11:31PM 0.43	5:02AM 0.15	5:23PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	2	1	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	18	2	-
High °C	14	12	15	15	13	16	16	16	22	12	11	15	13	15	13	13	14	17	18	15	15	14
Low °C	13	11	12	14	12	15	13	15	20	12	9	11	12	11	13	12	10	15	17	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	10	15	14	12	16	14	16	22	9	8	15	12	15	10	11	14	17	18	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 W	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	16	16	16	14	12	10	13	-	14	14	5	14	13	13	11	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.5 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.0 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	11	8	9	9	9	18	7	10	-	-	-	9	7	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.3 WNW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	2.2 W
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	12	12	-	-	-	9	12	-	-	-	2	-	11

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	10	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	10	12	15	12	12
Energy(?)	1157	1451	1807	1151	1647	1187	3198	1432	1214	2228	1134	1163	1095	735	601	549	294	720	674	1072	621	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:09AM 1.83							3:06AM 2.25	4:15AM 2.22		12:24PM 3.25			7:14PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17			8:31AM 0.26	10:33AM 0.74			7:54PM 0.08	10:01PM 0.13									1:26AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	14	16	16	22	19	11	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	10	10	13	10	10	12	15	14	14	13	11	14	12	14	16	16	22	19	9	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	8	11	10	10	10	17	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	8	16	15	10	12	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.8 E	1.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 WNW	1.1 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 ESE	0.5 NE	-	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	8	21	20	19	8	8	16	10	9	9	6	8	15	6	6	12	5	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	-	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	2.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 17										Wednesday 18
	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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.8 E	2.1 E	2.4 SE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	20	20	11	19	19	11	11	11	11	18	11	8
Energy(?)	1188	1351	2354	1972	2253	2423	1138	1440	1427	1095	685	1755	767	1697	1817	335	260	326	407	1526	344	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)															3:38AM 2.20			6:49AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	15	15	15	16	13	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	9	11	11	15	15	15	16	12	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 E	2.4 SE	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.0 WSW	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SE	1.4 E	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 S	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	8	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	8	11	9	9	11	11	8	8	18	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.8 E	1.9 SSE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	11	8	12	8	8	21	11	11	20	20	11	11	11	10	15	21	8	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	-	2.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 ESE	-	-	2.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	8	8	11	-	-	10	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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