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

	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	9	5	9	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	2.3 WNW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	10	9	12	12	11	11	13	12	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	9846	3455	2964	6196	2084	3465	1250	352	343	64	1263	643	869	509	621	1512	1240	1518	1902	1265	721	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:16PM 1.56	1:26AM 1.77		1:39PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.85		3:36PM 1.75	11:34PM 1.95	11:07AM 3.14		3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98		12:22PM 3.12		12:19AM 3.26		2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.37	7:30AM 0.38		7:44PM 0.26	9:36AM 0.30			5:00AM 0.37	6:40PM 0.09	9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14		12:23AM 0.43	6:12AM 0.01	6:35PM -0.09		8:21AM 0.05		8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	15	16	13	16	17	15	22	17	10	14	13	12	11	13	10	15	13	17	19
Low °C	13	15	13	14	16	11	12	16	15	22	16	8	10	13	11	11	12	9	12	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	14	15	11	16	17	14	22	16	9	13	11	11	10	12	7	15	12	17	19
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	2.3 WNW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	10	9	8	12	11	11	13	12	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	-	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 S	1.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	12	-	-	12	18	5	13	12	10	-	10	7	-	10	11	16	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15							Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1224	1652	9846	11086	12368	11663	3613	3285	5640	3142	9850	5203	3740	3414	1034	1341	1163	1249	1250	1100	999	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 1.62				1:01PM 1.64								1:39PM 1.73			10:11PM 2.55				11:50AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)							8:21PM 0.36								9:34PM 0.47							6:08PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	12	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	14	13	12	14	14	15	12	11	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	-	9	9	8	7	12	12	12	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Sunday 15
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	11	15	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1032	1147	7261	7690	8382	8873	2276	2505	3655	1639	18828	11086	11513	11946	650	1919	1970	2027	10108	18446	13044	12570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 1.62								9:46AM 1.69				1:01PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)						6:49AM 0.48		8:05AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	16	14	14	15	15	17	16	16	17	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	15	12	12	13	13	17	14	14	16	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	2.3 WSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	14	14	11	17	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	18	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 N	1.0 W	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	13	-	9	9	9	11	19	18	19	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	14	14	14	14	-	-	13	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16

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