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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	Sun	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Herbertville Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 ENE	3.5 NE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NE	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	13	8	8	9	8	11	13	11	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1192	966	1813	785	894	543	379	860	3232	418	341	668	499	584	671	1616	3355	960	972	2213	1730	2109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:15AM 1.65	6:31PM 1.51		6:41AM 1.66	2:04PM 2.70	8:40PM 1.44	9:07AM 1.55			6:40AM 1.83	6:53PM 1.80		9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	12:11PM 1.43		1:04AM 1.28			11:48PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 1.00	12:37PM 0.49		12:47AM 0.45			2:30AM 0.39		1:51PM 0.55	12:20AM 0.58	12:50PM 0.71		12:06AM 0.53		3:31PM 0.49	3:50AM 0.40	5:55AM 0.27	4:01PM 0.50		7:13AM 0.23	5:39PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	21	1
High °C	11	10	10	9	14	14	12	19	21	22	24	17	19	18	17	13	16	17	14	15	18	11
Low °C	8	10	10	6	12	14	12	17	21	20	23	16	16	16	16	10	14	16	11	14	17	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	13	13	10	19	21	22	24	16	18	18	17	11	16	17	14	14	18	10
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	3.0 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.8 NE	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	8	11	13	11	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	1.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	2.0 N	1.5 NNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	9	9	-	9	9	12	13	13	14	12	13	9	12	9	-	-	9	8	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 NE	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	4	7	9	9	3	3	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Sun	Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 NE	1.3 SSW	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 SSW	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	7	12	8
Energy(?)	2551	1645	1549	1469	1019	573	775	749	1281	1265	1168	1074	627	760	693	680	531	553	674	552	541	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:15AM 1.65								5:04AM 1.92				6:54PM 1.57	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		12:00AM 0.43					1:35PM 0.39			10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63		1:02PM 0.54			12:53AM 0.56		4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	7	7	10	16	10	10	8	8	7	8	11	14	15	14	19	13	13	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	8	6	5	5	8	16	9	9	8	8	6	6	10	13	14	12	19	12	12	13	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	7	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	12	12	10	6	11	11	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	-	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	-	7	7	7	8

	Sunday 23				Monday 24
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	831	356	356	468	1337	532	1139	1043	1978	5759	5759	2289	1402	1774	1774	1658	115	1120	176	176	677	666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:20AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)							1:05AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	15	14	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	8	10	7	6	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	9	14	13	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	9	11	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	14	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	5	9	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	12	7	12	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	4	-	-

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