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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	0	4	5	5	6	4	1	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 WNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	5.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	12	15	15	15	15	14	15	8	10	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	8	11	8
Energy(?)	59	293	217	4618	2833	3876	3208	12868	2834	227	42	593	252	1282	490	1446	6762	518	467	846	1871	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00AM 2.05	3:13PM 1.69				12:56AM 2.02		4:19PM 2.36		12:26PM 3.15		7:04PM 1.36	5:11AM 1.69	5:29PM 1.58		5:54AM 1.65			6:29AM 1.59	6:36PM 1.56		4:10AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			11:04PM 0.23	9:39AM 0.88	6:48PM 0.25		9:41AM 0.30		10:36PM 0.28	6:20AM 0.84	6:35PM 0.85	1:14AM 0.28	11:25AM 0.41		1:00AM 0.41	12:12PM 0.48	1:18PM 0.37	12:37AM 0.33			9:56PM 0.55	10:19AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	8	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	11	-
High °C	19	12	11	14	9	10	15	12	11	25	22	11	14	14	9	13	14	13	17	13	12	18
Low °C	16	11	10	14	8	8	12	12	9	22	17	8	13	13	7	11	12	10	13	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	10	10	12	5	6	14	9	9	25	22	8	14	13	7	11	12	11	16	12	10	18
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.5 SSW	-	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	13	14	12	7	8	15	-	14	15	8	10	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 N	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	5	-	8	-	13	11	7	-	10	9	4	-	8	9	4	11	9	13	4	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.1 NE	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	5.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.5 NNE	0.6 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	4.0 SW	1.7 NW	0.3 NW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	8	6	-	15	15	-	15	5	6	4	7	6	-	-	3	13	6	2	8	11	2

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	2	1	2	6	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.6 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	4.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	9	14	13	16	16	16	16	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1319	229	57	213	5919	1333	3809	1284	1014	3735	6653	72	1560	1873	1245	1078	3199	3748	4124	10091	7125	5063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:22AM 2.01	2:58AM 1.86			11:23AM 3.14		5:34PM 1.39							4:00PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)									9:43AM 0.26				9:36PM 0.26					10:23AM 0.27			7:27PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	16	20	10	9	8	9	10	11	14	11	18	7	5	9	9	12	15	15	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	16	20	8	7	5	6	7	10	12	8	18	3	0	9	6	11	14	14	11	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 NNW	-	0.5 NNE	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	6	7	14	14	16	16	16	16	9	-	6	15	15	15	11	15	16	16	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 N	1.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	14	9	7	8	-	7	8	6	15	-	11	10	11	7	15	7	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	4.0 W	-	1.1 NW	1.8 W	0.4 NW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 NW	0.6 W	-	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	13	-	6	8	3	12	15	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	15	-	-

	Monday 20																Tuesday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	2	1	2	6	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.1 NE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 W	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SW	4.5 W	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	5	9	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	9	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1662	127	59	226	5586	5324	644	172	223	1622	1768	43	46	102	482	50	158	217	217	2816	9337	9988
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:06PM 1.98														2:58AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		8:59AM 0.23								4:59PM 0.86				8:59PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	16	13	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	19	9	10	14	9	11	11	11	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	16	10	7	7	7	7	9	10	9	19	9	9	13	8	9	9	9	5	6	5
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NW	2.3 W	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	9	6	13	13	14	7	6	9	12	7	6	6	10	14	14	14	14	16	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	5	14	8	8	7	14	14	15	15	9	14	14	8	9	8	8	8	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NE	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.4 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 WSW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 N	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NW	4.5 W	4.5 W
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	13	13	6	3	3	13	6	7	-	-	9	6	6	6	6	6	15	15

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