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			Saturday 21
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	9	5	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	15	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	12	9	10	12	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	15
Energy(?)	6208	9593	3795	8512	6344	2110	3009	1189	998	825	294	1233	1129	828	483	702	334	1178	1548	1541	1152	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.62		1:16PM 1.56	1:41AM 1.69		1:39PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.85		3:36PM 1.75		11:47AM 2.05		3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98		4:02AM 1.99		12:44AM 3.04	12:36PM 3.34	2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 0.43		7:17PM 0.34	7:30AM 0.38		7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28		9:53PM 0.23	5:40AM 0.33	5:59PM 0.24	9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14		10:05PM 0.07	10:11AM 0.11	6:35PM -0.09		6:28AM -0.04		8:46PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	15	16	13	15	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	11	19	12	11	13	12	10
Low °C	13	13	14	14	15	16	11	12	17	13	15	15	12	10	13	10	16	11	7	10	12	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	12	13	15	11	15	18	16	15	15	14	14	12	10	19	10	9	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	20	15	15	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	12	9	10	12	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.3 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	12	-	-	-	9	18	13	12	8	9	8	8	7	-	11	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	6	-	-	14	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	5	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	16	15	16	13	13
Energy(?)	1805	2046	1224	1715	9593	10823	12074	11380	3613	3285	5640	4388	6344	5649	3896	3441	3118	1341	1163	1249	1189	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:01AM 1.62				1:01PM 1.64								1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)									8:21PM 0.36			4:23AM 0.56	7:30AM 0.38				7:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	13	15	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	12	15	14	12	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	16	15	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.3 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	15	15	14	15	12	12	11	16	16
Energy(?)	524	1746	636	749	5603	6208	6552	6817	1760	1759	3488	3605	8873	9593	9593	2166	10326	1851	1851	1576	15055	15299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:46AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:50PM 0.78		4:48PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	15	13	16	16	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	11	10	11	11	11	14	11	14	14	18	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.3 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	20	20	20	9	13	13	19	19	9	15	15	14	15	12	12	19	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	15	15	12	9	9	9	9	19	19	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	3	3	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	17	17

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