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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	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	6	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 NNW	0.7 NE	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNE	1.2 NE	1.6 W	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	6	11	8	8	11	7	9	10	10	12	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	290	241	1174	966	1721	1189	322	315	131	626	704	482	275	625	712	331	899	292	4249	5807	1617	2276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:58PM 2.15		5:54AM 1.74	6:30PM 1.51	9:17PM 1.44	6:56AM 2.17		7:16PM 1.47	7:45AM 1.57		7:41PM 1.54	9:58AM 1.57		8:31PM 1.54	7:32AM 1.84		7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87		12:49AM 1.52	10:52AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		3:14AM 0.59		1:25PM 0.51	1:36AM 0.46		2:13PM 0.40	2:05AM 0.49		3:50PM 0.40	2:57AM 0.46		1:46PM 0.68	2:12AM 0.52		4:21PM 0.42		4:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	13	11	10	9	8	19	14	13	20	20	16	23	17	20	26	18	10	15	15	13	13
Low °C	14	12	8	10	9	7	17	14	12	17	19	14	23	17	19	24	16	7	13	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	8	8	6	7	19	13	12	20	20	16	23	16	20	26	18	8	14	14	12	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.4 WNW	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.6 W	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	12	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	14	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	7	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 23							Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.8 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1554	1007	1636	2123	2517	44	2626	1619	1524	1524	1005	1658	775	749	1281	1189	1093	1005	1005	774	237	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)										6:15AM 1.65								5:04AM 1.92				6:54PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27AM 0.48				12:00AM 0.43				12:14PM 0.52	1:35PM 0.39			10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	13	13	13	17	10	8	7	7	10	12	10	10	7	8	7	7	10	13	19	14
Chill °C (?)	7	6	11	11	13	17	8	6	5	5	8	10	8	8	6	8	6	5	8	12	19	12
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	13	-	13	9	12	4	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	13	9	15	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	0.7 NW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	12	5	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Sunday 23
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.8 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	3.0 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1443	1084	1554	1475	265	32	460	206	206	245	87	2123	453	517	2528	7	7	7	7	2418	73	2189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)					5:31AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)											12:00PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	12	11	12	14	15	11	13	12	12	13	10	10	10	9	10	14	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	12	10	12	14	15	10	11	10	11	10	6	6	6	5	7	14	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.2 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	3	12

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