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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	2	4	5	7	9	4	6	4	4	9	9	5	9	8	6	9	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NE	0.9 SSW	1.7 NE	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	2.5 W	4.0 SW	1.2 SSE	1.9 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	9	16	10	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	14	15	15	14	13	12	12
Energy	1620	557	616	3644	279	8066	8270	1871	5890	447	1016	8914	9688	3448	2183	4896	7039	5052	9275	5887	1891	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:02AM 2.03	4:42PM 1.58		10:21AM 1.50		10:50PM 1.63			11:29PM 1.68	11:06AM 1.51		11:34PM 1.63		1:37PM 1.32	1:58AM 1.60	8:43AM 2.02		12:48AM 1.79		12:57PM 2.00	10:43PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 0.88			10:52PM 0.71	4:15AM 0.46	3:22PM 0.45		6:19AM 0.29	5:10PM 0.39		4:58AM 0.36	5:17PM 0.30		7:19AM 0.45		7:33PM 0.46		3:08PM 0.30	6:34PM 0.16	6:41AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	13	13	15	13	8	12	12	10	13	11	9	11	13	10	9	12	10	11	12	8
Low °C	16	10	12	10	13	11	7	9	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	9	8	10	9	10	10	6
Chill °C (?)	14	10	12	13	15	10	5	11	10	9	13	8	6	9	11	6	6	10	8	10	11	6
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 S	1.3 NE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 S	0.3 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.2 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	14	13	8	13	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	18	10	15	9	14	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	16	5	10	15	12	-	11	14	11	11	26	22	20	10	14	10	-	10	10	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	1.4 SW	-	2.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	5.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	-	14	4	14	13	-	12	-	-	14	12	-	12	14	-	15	14	13	12	9

	Fri	Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	6	8	3	3	4	3	2	2	8	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	9	7	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.5 NNE	3.0 WSW	2.0 NE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	16	17	11	16	9	15	9	13	10	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1061	1010	5065	7180	683	525	1571	512	455	478	7802	1039	2736	1076	3240	2561	3021	6187	8286	6194	11896	6259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:01AM 1.63						9:59PM 1.63				11:12AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)								5:00PM 0.31				3:33AM 0.48				5:16PM 0.49		11:58PM 0.68		3:38AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	7	11	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	15	12	12	11	10	12	16	16	13	10	9	6	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	11	10	11	13	13	11	11	9	8	10	16	16	13	8	7	2	5	5	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.0 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	0.2 N	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	11	11	9	10	9	9	10	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	9	16	15	13	15	9	13	7	8	10	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	3.5 SSW	0.5 N	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	17	3	-	16	3	7	9	3	-	3	14	3	14	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	13	13

	Friday 08					Saturday 09
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	6	8	3	3	4	3	2	2	8	4	4	4	5	4	5	7	9	7	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	3.5 NE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	13	17	10	10	9	13	13	8	9	8	16	10	10	13	13	13	10	9	15	9	10	14
Energy	661	545	4998	5535	2102	245	492	502	1028	873	182	474	386	36	94	64	3235	3904	525	3644	4243	2247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:39PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)				9:48PM 0.71						3:30AM 0.49							10:16AM 0.65				2:16PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	14	17	12	12	17	16	16	12	12	13	15	16	15	13	12	14	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	11	16	10	9	17	14	14	10	10	13	12	14	12	11	9	12	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.1 ENE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	8	13	13	10	10	10	13	9	9	11	11	10	15	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	-	13	18	14	17	17	16	5	5	11	13	13	15	-	15	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	3.5 NE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	17	-	10	10	9	4	13	-	9	8	5	5	5	7	7	8	10	9	7	9	10	14

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