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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	6	4	3	9	5	5	3	5	5	3	4	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	11	9	11	6	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	11	12
Energy(?)	2206	3190	1559	344	902	6648	4474	1324	1403	3020	360	3208	117	1419	1295	561	666	473	269	345	1412	1508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.69	8:20PM 1.47	8:39AM 1.55		2:28AM 1.82	9:35AM 1.38		2:29AM 2.63	9:59AM 1.32		3:59AM 1.65	8:19AM 1.51	5:07PM 1.62		8:53AM 1.57		9:21PM 1.51	9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	12:14PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			2:28AM 0.67		2:36PM 0.30	8:16PM 0.53		3:37PM 0.27	8:14PM 0.78		1:56PM 0.57	9:41PM 0.65			11:33PM 0.66		3:23PM 0.61	3:51AM 0.39		2:38PM 0.83		5:34AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	-	8	3	3	2	6	6	4	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	16	11	11	15	9	7	8	10	8	8	6	9	6	9	9	14	16	12	17	16	11	14
Low °C	14	10	10	12	8	6	5	9	5	8	5	4	5	8	7	11	15	11	15	15	10	13
Chill °C (?)	15	8	10	13	6	3	4	10	4	7	4	6	2	5	6	12	15	10	17	16	9	13
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	0.3 NE	1.4 N	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NNW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	12	9	10	13	12	11	6	10	8	10	9	10	9	10	10	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	-	0.4 E	0.4 NE	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	10	10	9	12	-	9	6	10	-	-	-	8	16	-	10	8	8	8	5	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	1.5 NW	-	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 W	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	14	13	-	5	-	9	11	6	9	9	4	-	-	5	4	-	-

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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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	9	9	9	5	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.5 WNW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	14	10	14	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11
Energy(?)	2206	4117	2576	2442	1144	5119	1271	1018	1067	557	722	2298	1106	10218	8914	11619	4474	1355	3426	1242	1973	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 1.54				7:51PM 1.34										3:21AM 1.83	6:18AM 1.69				4:56PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64				2:42AM 0.26		7:21AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	14	12	16	13	14	10	10	11	12	16	15	9	7	6	5	6	5	8	11	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	14	10	16	12	14	8	7	9	11	15	14	7	4	3	2	3	1	6	8	4	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 ESE	2.0 SSW	0.3 ESE	2.0 W	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	14	11	14	12	11	11	8	12	13	14	14	14	10	13	10	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NW	0.8 NE	2.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	9	9	5	6	9	4	6	10	5	6	8	7	-	-	9	9	7	7	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	3.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.5 SW	-	0.7 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	0.3 WSW	-	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	6	10	4	6	-	5	12	-	4	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	-	6

	Friday 24																Saturday 25
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	9	9	9	5	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1476	6300	2206	2402	1147	3819	1431	2999	2573	2907	1054	2738	814	534	554	2008	2372	355	2462	1982	2664	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 1.54										5:28PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)								2:05PM 0.24						8:31PM 0.36			11:18PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	7	14	15	15	10	19	15	13	14	13	11	11	8	8	8	7	10	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	2	14	14	14	9	18	14	11	13	13	8	11	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	5
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.3 NE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	9	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.9 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	1.8 NW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	-	10	9	9	11	9	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	10	-	11	20	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	5.0 SW	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	2.1 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	9	-	10	-	2	2	6	11	-	11	11	11	-

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