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

	Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	5	3	5	5	1	8	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	10	11	12	11	9	12	13	19	16	11	16	15	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2041	3737	1372	3747	2558	1938	512	560	427	1004	6131	423	879	561	228	10807	7163	4800	1898	1018	1915	1241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 1.71		6:32AM 2.29		7:23PM 2.22	7:53AM 2.34		12:12AM 2.12	12:33PM 2.10	2:27PM 1.91	1:51AM 1.82		1:32PM 1.90	2:40AM 1.84		2:49PM 2.43	2:44AM 1.96	11:07AM 2.89			5:55AM 1.42	6:28PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 0.71	12:58PM 0.63		1:31AM 0.72		2:14PM 0.56		6:19AM 0.34		7:30PM 0.13	8:02AM 0.10		8:21PM 0.12	8:26AM 0.16		9:10PM 0.08	4:56AM 0.23	5:19PM 0.13	11:50PM 0.39	12:12PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	15	16	14	21	18	14	18	16	20	17	13	17	11	12	12	14	14	19	23
Low °C	15	16	16	15	15	14	20	16	13	17	11	17	12	11	16	10	11	10	13	12	15	22
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	13	16	12	21	18	13	18	16	20	16	12	17	8	11	10	13	14	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.3 E	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	3.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 WNW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	13	10	14	12	11	9	12	5	13	16	11	16	6	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	12	15	-	14	13	13	13	9	8	12	5	12	15	16	10	9	10	15	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	-	0.6 SW	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 E	1.2 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	3	-	10	11	-	3	6	5	5	9	-	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.3 E	2.1 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5088	6269	3477	3737	3454	3753	4218	1381	1178	3653	3201	3957	3058	1121	1304	1021	1042	534	500	560	585	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 1.71				6:32AM 2.29		10:28AM 1.97				11:21PM 1.83				12:19PM 2.25			8:24PM 2.39		2:27AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				12:10AM 0.73						6:54PM 0.43				6:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	16	16	17	17	16	18	18	19	16	15	15	16	14	13	13	18	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	15	16	16	15	18	18	19	16	14	14	16	13	12	11	18	18	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	7	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	15	14	16	14	14	13	14	13	16	13	13	13	13	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	5	4	4

	Thursday 26										Friday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	3.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.2 SSW	3.5 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	16	9	9	12	12	10	9	10
Energy(?)	3874	4425	2041	2216	2561	2775	3002	1205	1241	1874	1594	2087	2328	1394	87	1576	2826	3481	3399	17	1805	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:58PM 2.24				10:00PM 2.03		11:01PM 1.73							6:21AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)																4:55AM 0.99	5:17AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	18	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	17	16	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	3.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	18	18	11	9	18	17	18	16	16	16	12	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	18	18	18	18	10	-	10	12	12	12	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	9	9	9

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