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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	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	6	8	10	8	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	39	1564	314	2142	569	833	1862	616	888	197	180	1251	1048	1473	4620	1536	959	1357	1143	1026	257	933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:06AM 1.86		1:29PM 1.77	1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11	4:46AM 1.82	5:24PM 1.60	12:58AM 2.17		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19	4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51			6:54PM 1.79	3:13AM 2.15		3:27PM 2.17	3:52AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20AM 0.24		7:23PM 0.13	8:39AM 0.12		8:18PM 0.05	11:08AM 0.30			7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	10:58AM 0.65		11:22PM 0.55	8:32AM 0.14		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		9:43PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	45	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
High °C	15	16	16	12	16	14	15	19	17	19	22	15	18	15	14	13	19	17	14	20	20	16
Low °C	10	12	16	8	12	13	11	17	14	17	20	15	13	11	14	10	15	16	12	15	18	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	10	16	13	14	19	17	19	22	13	17	13	12	12	19	17	14	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 ENE	1.6 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 S	2.2 S	0.1 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	9	13	12	-	14	11	10	8	10	16	9	9	11	10	22	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	13	-	12	11	14	-	10	-	12	8	7	-	-	-	9	9	-	20	18	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	3.0 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.5 SE	1.8 NE	-	2.1 NE	3.0 NW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	-	10	12	-	4	11	5	3	6	-	7	8	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	6	-

	Thu	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	656	1633	2386	1842	1197	1228	1090	1172	1012	2142	2039	2559	3136	3130	3949	4593	3571	1005	1500	1220	1121	954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:07AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01					2:39PM 2.40							12:27PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)					7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37								6:21AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	10	8	12	16	17	19	16	9	8	8	14	16	18	17	14	13	11	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	6	11	15	16	19	15	8	6	6	14	16	18	16	13	12	10	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	-	-	-	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	12	10	12	12	7	7	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	221	296	293	2576	52	2653	2531	134	134	2194	2244	495	527	804	816	816	403	787	1220	1348	1348	1485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:50AM 1.94		2:53AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										4:22AM 0.47												4:59PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	12	13	11	11	15	15	8	8	7	9	10	12	13	15	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	10	11	8	8	14	14	6	6	5	8	8	11	12	14	11	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	11	11	-	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	8	8	12	11	12	12	7	7	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11

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