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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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	9	11	9	9	13	13	14	16
Energy(?)	2965	1786	1036	569	762	436	758	1403	980	953	1343	979	1622	753	181	216	333	392	438	563	165	1609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 1.64	9:15PM 1.48	4:05AM 1.21	5:55PM 2.16	11:49PM 1.51	6:38AM 2.14	6:45PM 2.48	11:02PM 1.61	11:33AM 1.73		1:24AM 1.69	12:38PM 1.74		12:59AM 1.75		3:25PM 1.40	10:20PM 2.02		3:54PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 0.54	9:53AM 0.65			12:46PM 0.80			5:19AM 0.35	1:40PM 0.67	7:04PM 0.28	6:22AM 0.22	6:49PM 0.21		7:10AM 0.12			10:07AM 0.08		10:07PM 0.07	9:42AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	16	15	13	10	13	10	15	15	11	17	17	12	19	18	16	13	11	13	22
Low °C	10	11	9	13	13	10	9	11	8	13	14	9	14	16	9	15	18	12	12	11	11	20
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	15	13	11	8	11	10	15	15	10	16	16	11	19	18	15	12	10	12	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 S
Period (s)	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	20	12	12	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	0.7 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	-	0.2 N	-	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	16	-	8	8	5	8	5	-	9	-	9	8	9	18	11	11	11	10	7	7	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.4 NW	0.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	1.7 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	3	3	6	3	12	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	9	9	-	-	4	3	6

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 31
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	727	1766	1224	684	2163	1627	1538	1067	1845	1911	620	936	762	1036	1198	1344	672	2192	1110	1285	1248	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:50AM 1.63	8:53AM 1.57									11:26AM 1.57				10:30PM 1.44				12:38PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	2:44AM 0.58					4:23PM 0.44		10:50PM 0.92	3:38AM 0.54					4:33PM 0.49								6:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	4	7	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	15	15	13	11	8	10	10	15	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	3	1	3	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	8	15	13	11	8	5	8	8	14	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	2.5 W	0.5 NE	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.3 N	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	10	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	13	5	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	0.4 S	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	8	-	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	-	-	8	21	9	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	2.5 SW	0.2 S	-	2.5 SW	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	10	7	-	10	-	-	6	6	-	4	3	4	4	4	5	12	4	13	-	-

	Wednesday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.9 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	7	11	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	699	953	727	553	2449	447	2793	2324	1224	1224	2313	486	267	359	354	354	547	1535	246	255	234	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)																						10:32PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)															3:44PM 0.55		5:47PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	7	11	9	6	9	9	7	7	12	11	13	14	14	13	12	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	2	3	3	8	5	1	5	5	3	3	9	8	11	13	13	11	12	8	10	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.2 W	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NE	0.7 NNW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NE	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	9	8	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	11	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 NW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	12	-	17	7	-	-	8	8	-	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.9 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	1.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	4	8	8	8	7	-	-	4	4	3

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