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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	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	9	9	5	9	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	15	17	16	15	16	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	722	5986	9533	5387	2964	13021	2110	3063	1230	998	400	320	1402	586	856	386	777	418	1278	1752	1346	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 1.62			1:41AM 1.69		1:39PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.85		2:18PM 1.82				12:10AM 2.04		3:37PM 1.98		4:17AM 1.87	4:21PM 2.02	12:44AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04AM 0.43	3:03PM 0.76	7:17PM 0.34	7:45AM 0.35		7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28		9:53PM 0.23	9:23AM 0.74	5:59PM 0.24		6:56AM 0.15		9:49PM 0.06	10:27AM 0.12			6:52AM -0.03	6:50PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	13	15	13	15	16	14	15	18	16	18	13	17	14	13	12	13	14	12	15	15
Low °C	16	13	13	14	13	14	16	11	12	16	15	17	12	16	10	13	10	11	12	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	10	11	14	12	13	15	12	15	18	16	18	11	17	13	11	11	12	12	10	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.7 W	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	20	15	17	16	15	16	13	13	13	12	12	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	-	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	8	12	9	9	-	9	12	-	-	-	18	18	11	16	8	10	9	13	-	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	0.3 NE	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	13	-	-	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	12	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	11	10	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	15	16
Energy(?)	652	2103	2824	1021	1113	1652	9533	11086	12096	10846	3613	3773	5640	4388	10451	5649	4184	3917	3030	1341	1163	1249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					1:01AM 1.62				1:01PM 1.64								1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34PM 0.43									8:21PM 0.36			4:23AM 0.56					7:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	15	15	16	12	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	12	10	11	13	13	14	16	11	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 W	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	12	12	21	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	-	9	9	8	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	-	3	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14										Sunday 15
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	10	10	12	12	13	13	11	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	653	444	420	796	521	2103	3779	4258	5144	5252	3584	1633	3218	3208	12070	7690	8244	1652	8733	1276	1386	1268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				9:00AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	18	17	17	16	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	18	17	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	11	13	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.6 ENE	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	20	20	20	12	13	19	19	15	9	9	14	9	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 N	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	12	12	20	12	12	12	9	12	15	15	-	12	12	9	12	13	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.2 WNW	4.5 SW	-	-	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	8	4	10	12	12	13	13	11	3	12	12	13	14	14	2	14	-	-	10

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