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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	Mon		Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	4	8	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	13	12	11	13	13	13	12	16	9	9	9	13	12	12	19	19	16	16	14	13	16	17
Energy	2739	852	437	3749	7590	8355	2034	5343	905	828	1015	1713	919	1411	2288	1189	1706	893	913	787	1331	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:45PM 1.55			10:55PM 1.73	11:17AM 1.76		11:43PM 1.81		2:17PM 1.48	2:41AM 1.50			10:48PM 2.17			11:36PM 2.24	10:09AM 3.26	12:08PM 2.32	12:25AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	5:47PM 0.67		6:23AM 0.32	4:57PM 0.31		5:08AM 0.33	5:45PM 0.23		6:09AM 0.21		8:28PM 0.16	6:41AM 0.14	4:41PM 0.16		7:30AM 0.07	4:00PM 0.03		3:59AM 0.03		6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04	5:38PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	12	11	10	11	13	9	10	12	10	8	9	8	8	12	9	12	10	9	8	11
Low °C	10	9	9	10	9	10	12	9	9	10	9	7	9	6	6	12	9	10	10	7	7	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	8	7	8	11	6	8	10	9	6	9	6	8	11	8	12	10	8	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	1.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	22	13	12	16	9	15	9	13	12	12	13	19	16	16	14	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	2.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 WSW	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	26	11	19	17	10	14	9	14	10	24	21	19	13	-	-	22	18	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	6	5	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	17	17	16	16	16	15
Energy	3235	5445	3503	1446	1886	1037	7446	1022	1071	6425	1431	7545	7085	8062	8355	7010	8963	9176	8357	6293	5619	4477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:20AM 1.53				12:34PM 1.54			11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76				11:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 0.38	6:05PM 0.27								6:42PM 0.26			5:08AM 0.33				5:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	8	10	7	6	11	14	14	11	12	9	8	10	10	11	11	12	11	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	8	5	4	9	13	14	11	12	6	5	7	7	8	8	10	8	7	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	17	12	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	23	21	19	19	18	11	17	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SW	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	4.0 SSW	0.6 WNW	-	3.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	3	4	14	5	-	14	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	17	16	16	16	15

	Monday 11											Tuesday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	6	5	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	3504	1933	5110	2558	3718	2718	1132	2584	877	1725	1253	1297	1538	5505	5854	6316	6537	2288	4060	2553	2792	2792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						5:57PM 0.47											4:23AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	7	5	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.7 W	0.7 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.9 W	4.0 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	4	4	13	13	13	13	4	13	4	4	4

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