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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	Fri	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Ruby Bay Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	6	5	4	1	5	2	3	8	1	2	4	3	4	9	4	3	2	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.7 NNW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	6.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	16	14	15	13	14	9	7	10	15	15	15	15	14	-	10	12	11	9
Energy(?)	1366	4576	4447	3118	79	2331	319	718	374	154	302	846	885	1220	14700	7627	1216	0	197	197	3561	1162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:29PM 1.93	10:58AM 1.94		1:42AM 1.84			2:21AM 1.85	10:50AM 3.08		10:57PM 2.74		3:45PM 2.36	3:35AM 1.85	5:58AM 1.43		1:30AM 2.01			2:10AM 2.01	12:42PM 2.90	5:29PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 0.31	5:00PM 0.37	7:27PM 0.26	8:19AM 0.84	5:38PM 0.31	8:05PM 0.25	4:42AM 0.88	5:34PM 0.44		8:44AM 0.29		9:19PM 0.27	12:14PM 0.26		7:21PM 0.26	6:55AM 0.42	7:00PM 0.35	8:02PM 0.30	6:35AM 0.35		12:05AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	22	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	1	-	-	2	17	3	4	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	8	20	11	9	10	13	14	16	10	10	17	12	10	15	19	6	13	12	11
Low °C	10	10	13	5	17	10	7	9	12	12	16	9	9	12	11	9	11	17	5	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	7	20	9	9	7	11	12	15	6	9	16	9	8	14	19	2	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 SW	0.4 SE	2.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	-	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	-	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	9	14	15	13	14	8	-	15	15	15	-	15	14	-	7	12	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	7	18	7	16	10	8	5	-	10	-	7	10	7	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.6 W	1.6 N	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NE	1.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.7 NNW	1.6 SW	-	0.9 WNW	6.0 WSW	-	0.7 ENE	1.9 N	1.5 SW	1.6 NW	4.0 W	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	5	6	-	3	-	6	5	8	9	7	10	-	4	15	-	3	7	5	6	11	6

	Fri	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	1	1	9	7	5	5	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	17	16	16	15	15	12	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	6
Energy(?)	4736	4284	1613	4484	2083	1572	5284	3170	5342	4009	1284	2746	1853	83	64	8776	6276	3045	3035	2438	229	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:29PM 1.93				10:54AM 1.90	1:23PM 1.86				1:25AM 2.09							10:56PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					7:34AM 0.84								7:45AM 0.23			5:38PM 0.31				4:21AM 0.31	8:40AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	14	-	-	1	-	22	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	8	6	8	16	16	10	10	8	8	7	13	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	8	9	8	9	8	11	10	12	6	2	5	16	15	8	10	8	4	7	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	17	16	16	15	15	12	15	15	16	16	15	8	15	14	14	14	13	14	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	15	10	10	8	8	6	16	4	8	9	9	-	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	-	1.6 NE	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.2 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.6 W	4.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	-	1.3 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	4	4	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	4	-	3	14	-	-	3	-	6	6

	Friday 17				Saturday 18
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	1	1	9	7	5	5	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	10	10	16	15	12	15	15	15	16
Energy(?)	4994	4864	1041	3338	1384	1053	3199	1727	3823	2696	3161	1888	4489	83	78	1681	7048	3991	9860	2403	1182	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																10:54AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)									3:57AM 0.56				7:03AM 0.23		9:39AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	9	12	11	12	10	13	17	15	11	13	12	11	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	12	12	11	10	7	9	9	9	8	10	17	14	9	11	10	8	14	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 S	1.8 SW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	6	8	16	10	12	15	15	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	1.8 NW	0.1 N	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	19	8	19	7	7	7	10	10	-	15	15	-	18	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 N	0.6 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	1.5 NNE	-	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NNE	0.3 NW	0.8 WSW	-	-	3.0 W	-	1.6 SW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	6	-	4	-	5	-	4	7	7	8	2	7	-	-	15	-	8	10

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