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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	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Makara Wellington	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	4	5	5	4	2	2	7	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	3.5 SW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	16	16	16	7	12	11	9	12	14	15	15	6	13	13	12	13	12	9	14	11
Energy(?)	767	1442	1991	1416	409	733	609	729	1528	4277	3770	2424	218	266	4224	1425	1581	1387	444	684	267	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:31AM 1.79	4:22PM 1.77			5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	2:53PM 2.20		4:22AM 2.22	3:35PM 2.16		5:24AM 2.39	2:48PM 2.86	10:03PM 1.40	10:14AM 1.48	4:17PM 1.92	10:43PM 1.54	11:10AM 1.47		11:41PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16PM 0.70	10:42AM 0.23		10:34PM 0.12	9:07AM 0.21		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		11:26PM 0.17	10:27AM 0.23		12:35AM 0.22	11:49AM 0.43			4:05AM 0.15			5:02AM 0.15	5:23PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	12	-	-
High °C	12	15	15	13	15	16	19	19	16	12	15	17	13	18	14	14	16	17	15	14	17	12
Low °C	11	13	14	12	15	14	18	16	15	10	11	12	10	17	13	11	11	17	14	13	15	9
Chill °C (?)	10	14	14	12	15	15	19	19	14	9	14	16	11	18	12	13	16	17	14	14	16	10
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 W	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	16	16	16	15	12	11	14	-	14	15	6	8	9	13	12	13	12	9	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.4 S	0.8 ESE	0.3 N	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	9	8	5	10	6	11	10	-	-	10	15	15	9	9	-	9	7	11	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	1.2 N	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	0.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.9 NW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	9	12	-	4	4	6	13	-	-	-	3	4	6	11

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.6 E	1.3 E	2.2 W	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	6	15	12	12	9	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2126	1151	1314	1187	3198	1403	1196	1089	1134	1173	1152	567	662	271	1019	843	527	1129	610	533	441	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:09AM 1.83				4:38PM 2.38			3:06AM 2.25						7:14PM 1.42				7:40AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		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	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	16	17	19	19	13	18	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	9	13	10	10	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	15	17	19	19	12	18	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 N	1.6 E	1.3 E	2.2 W	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	17	9	9	9	16	16	15	14	14	8	9	12	12	9	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 E	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.5 W	0.9 SE	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	21	20	19	8	8	16	16	9	8	9	6	7	15	15	16	6	16	14	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.9 NW	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	7	-	-	6	4	-	-

	Tuesday 17				Wednesday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.3 SE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	19	19	11	18	18	18	11	8	8	18	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1429	1604	1494	1494	767	1381	1461	1307	912	1825	742	982	1763	736	299	352	326	971	291	284	280	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																		12:53PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53PM 0.15											8:54AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	19	19	17	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	9	12	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	19	19	17	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 E	1.0 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 E	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	11	8	8	10	11	9	18	18	10	18	11	8	8	18	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.1 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.5 E	1.6 SE	1.0 SW	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	11	22	8	8	11	11	11	8	19	10	9	11	8	10	20	10	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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