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 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Magnets Nelson - Tasman Bay	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	9	5	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.3 NNW	2.5 N	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 W
Period(s)	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	7	9	10	8	9	10	10	10	11	12
Energy	3783	3048	10759	3134	9554	10409	3980	1759	1220	1216	580	589	250	1057	1397	556	1204	1122	1325	1073	1521	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77	12:29AM 1.66	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64			12:42AM 2.04	10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	4:24AM 1.65	3:59PM 1.68	11:28PM 3.15	10:43AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			6:12PM 0.31	3:46AM 0.41		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		9:00PM 0.32	6:11AM 0.37	5:33PM 0.46	6:32PM 0.46	4:28AM 1.04	4:47PM 1.06		10:32AM 0.36			4:37AM 0.42	12:10PM 0.29	11:53PM 0.43	6:15AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	11	4	3	4
High °C	7	12	8	11	12	11	11	12	10	11	11	10	14	15	15	16	16	14	15	13	11	14
Low °C	7	10	7	6	11	9	8	11	9	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	15	13	15	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	5	12	4	10	10	9	9	12	10	9	10	8	13	14	15	15	15	13	14	13	10	13
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NNW	-	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	7	9	10	12	9	10	-	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.5 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 N
Period (s)	11	12	12	-	15	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	12	12	12	14	13	12	-	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	-	2.5 N	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	10	-	4	-

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	9	6	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12
Energy	5355	3118	3783	3399	3048	9158	5103	10759	9576	12560	3134	4465	9554	13251	11334	10409	5551	3073	3980	3502	1759	1510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77								12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			6:02AM 0.20												6:40PM 0.36				6:57AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	6	7	7	12	9	6	7	5	8	6	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	8	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	0	3	5	5	12	6	3	4	2	6	4	12	10	8	9	9	8	11	6	9	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	12	12	-	12	-	11	-	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	14	14	-	-	-	15	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	9	6	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	5521	5628	5355	5280	5019	3118	3077	3077	3783	3724	3673	3399	5035	3177	3048	3523	6278	9158	9594	6211	5103	5340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:41AM 1.86		1:14PM 1.76								9:34PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)							6:04AM 0.97												6:12PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	11	12	9	9	9	8	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	6	11	12	7	7	6	5	4	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	13	13

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