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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	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	1	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	19	8	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	13	10	13	11	11	7	12	6	5	9	10
Energy(?)	799	378	408	729	821	93	2298	920	997	222	311	1354	262	558	846	679	218	57	123	24	577	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 1.74		1:34PM 1.64	11:46PM 1.85	12:12PM 1.78	2:29PM 1.64	2:53AM 1.81		3:12PM 1.51	11:18PM 2.05	11:34AM 2.11		12:14AM 2.15		2:59PM 2.02			4:04PM 1.93		4:17AM 2.13	4:35PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 0.33			6:02AM 0.34		8:38PM 0.31	9:07AM 0.13			5:28AM 0.37	5:56PM 0.11		8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	9:57AM 0.09		10:16PM -0.02	10:28AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	20	18	18	18	16	12	13	15	11	12	15	15	19	17	13	21	18	21	20	19	16
Low °C	8	17	17	15	14	15	10	12	15	8	12	15	13	17	15	12	17	15	20	20	19	14
Chill °C (?)	10	20	18	18	18	15	9	12	14	9	12	13	15	19	16	13	21	18	21	20	19	14
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	12	12	10	12	13	9	9	13	10	13	11	11	8	12	6	5	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	13	10	9	18	16	10	10	10	13	12	11	11	14	10	-	-	10	7	11	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 W	2.1 W	0.8 W	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.3 NW	0.9 N	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	8	5	5	12	-	11	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	7	-	3	7	9	6

	Tue	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	13	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	576	500	515	593	512	255	277	216	244	729	767	984	1335	774	1357	596	1475	1425	1955	1745	1480	1965
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:04AM 1.74				1:34PM 1.64						9:27AM 1.89	12:12PM 1.78					1:07AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				4:58AM 0.38					7:29PM 0.12		3:20AM 0.54					6:58PM 0.85					7:03AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	9	14	20	21	22	20	16	15	15	18	14	14	15	14	11	10	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	8	14	20	21	22	20	16	15	14	18	12	12	13	13	9	8	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.1 SE	1.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	12	8	8	11	12	11	15	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	13	13	14	11	11	5	18	11	11	-	16	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.2 NNE	2.1 W	-	-	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	8	-	-	10	5	11	12	11	11	12	-	-	11

	Tuesday 27				Wednesday 28
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	13	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	13	13	8
Energy(?)	655	655	713	890	870	500	595	469	411	382	351	301	301	546	512	290	270	246	217	368	341	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:35PM 1.77			1:04AM 1.74										11:24AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	10	9	12	12	14	14	10	10	10	11	13	14	14	17	17	16	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	10	9	12	12	14	14	8	9	10	11	13	14	14	17	17	16	17	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	13	11	10	11	11	6	10	10	10	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

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