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

	Thu	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 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	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	0.1 E	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	1.8 S	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	15	8	9	9	13	15	16	15	14	12	10	11	13	16	14	9	13	7	14
Energy	442	273	2756	4681	1143	1191	4	5851	15928	1302	1809	947	2103	1529	1832	2403	631	1407	2181	16724	434	4040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 1.62	8:25AM 1.77	5:31PM 1.75		6:46AM 1.86		7:30PM 1.81	11:00AM 2.26		8:32PM 1.84	11:45AM 1.73		9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97		10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00	1:37PM 1.86	2:26AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07PM 1.23		1:08PM 0.39	1:40AM 0.52	4:44AM 0.94	2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45	5:30AM 0.23	3:09PM 0.32		3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.32	4:37PM 0.28		4:56AM 0.27		8:20PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	14	17	18	20	16	13	14	16	15	13	14	15	13	16	16	12	12	13	10
Low °C	9	11	14	11	13	16	17	15	13	13	13	14	11	11	14	10	13	14	9	10	12	9
Chill °C (?)	9	12	13	13	16	18	20	15	11	14	16	14	11	13	13	10	15	15	9	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	4.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 W	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	15	8	10	11	13	15	16	15	14	9	10	15	13	8	14	17	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	1.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 N	-	0.1 NE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	8	14	14	9	-	6	14	-	-	12	23	-	20	16	8	16	-	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	-	0.8 NW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	1.8 S	-
Period (s)	6	-	12	15	8	9	-	13	15	-	-	-	12	10	11	5	-	5	9	13	7	-

	Thu	Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	9	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	16	15	15	14	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	14
Energy	529	540	523	213	1578	2268	2756	3423	6897	4681	1160	4643	1143	1339	1191	1755	3294	3389	3893	5045	1217	9003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:11AM 2.92					6:19PM 1.81				6:41AM 1.83				7:30PM 1.81					11:00AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)						11:55AM 0.38		3:07PM 0.86							1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	9	10	8	11	13	14	14	14	12	11	11	13	17	18	16	15	13	14	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	7	9	6	9	12	13	12	13	11	9	9	12	16	18	16	14	12	13	12	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	16	15	15	14	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 SW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	6	15	21	13	13	18	-	8	9	8	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.4 NW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	13	12	12	13	16	15	-	14	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	3	14

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	8	14	14	15	14	14	14	6	6	6	10	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	647	593	606	244	531	212	209	437	162	167	202	250	250	401	273	323	2251	2268	2382	2616	623	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 1.89										5:25AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				9:52PM 1.17		11:16PM 0.54												11:55AM 0.38				3:07PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	15	14	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	10	11	12	-	14	14	10	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	2	7	7	7	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	2

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