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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Frentzes Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	16	15	16	13	13	12	14	12	14	14
Energy(?)	385	2262	758	73	773	8655	811	1272	2466	4281	2364	1200	1471	1421	882	888	1039	619	650	909	1319	2453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:47AM 2.30		12:20AM 2.38		2:24PM 2.38	2:55AM 2.42			11:56PM 2.01	12:14PM 2.11			6:46AM 1.51				2:18PM 2.22		5:33AM 1.80	1:28PM 3.22	3:15AM 2.06	8:13AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.34		7:46AM 0.21		8:40PM 0.64	9:06AM 0.70	6:28PM 0.06		6:05AM 0.28	6:26PM 0.23	11:40PM 0.10		6:54PM 0.11	12:36AM 0.12	8:11AM 0.12		12:01AM 0.63	11:45AM 0.21		9:09PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	22	11	9	11	13	11	14	14	11	19	19	15	17	22	17	22	22	19	22
Low °C	10	15	12	17	11	8	10	13	10	13	13	10	14	19	13	14	19	14	17	22	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	22	8	6	10	10	8	12	13	10	19	19	15	17	22	17	22	22	19	22
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	10	-	14	12	-	-	12	12	18	16	15	16	13	9	12	12	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 W	0.9 SSE	1.3 W	0.2 N	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	-	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	11	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	5	9	8	9	9	13	9	15	-	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	-	0.7 NNE	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	4	11	13	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 28							Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	8	10	13	13	14	12	10	12	12
Energy(?)	1384	1226	1207	1320	2015	2121	2132	2489	567	568	1311	731	142	607	1324	1535	1275	3546	2166	303	671	3175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:31PM 2.31			11:07PM 1.96								12:02AM 2.10				10:57AM 3.29		4:36PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.54					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48				4:49PM 0.28					8:50AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	15	17	16	13	12	12	12	14	13	23	15	8	9	9	8	8	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	14	16	16	12	10	12	11	13	12	23	14	6	7	8	5	5	15	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	13	8	7	13	13	14	12	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	-	1.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	12	11	11	16	5	10	10	14	11	-	14	12	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	-	2.2 S	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	7	6	12	12	2	-	10	-	-	14	-	-	-	12

	Saturday 28
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	6	13	4	12	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1556	1405	1384	1374	431	425	413	362	1395	1256	1256	91	86	360	31	2355	627	14	251	420	2430	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:49AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)							7:23AM 0.88									4:53PM 0.26			7:29PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	14	13	15	13	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	9	16	16	16	13	16	16	13	12	10	14	13	15	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.3 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	6	13	6	12	12	4	13	13	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	14	12	12	12	14	8	11	6	13	13	8	8	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	12	13	-	-	-	12	4

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