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

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	6	5	3	3	5	9	5	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	9	12	12	16	16	16	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	12	11	12	15	14	13
Energy(?)	2739	2029	356	331	671	814	5637	785	470	604	9329	2200	4412	3110	1105	1435	338	479	707	968	1646	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:46PM 1.79	11:49AM 1.78		8:32PM 2.85		1:06PM 1.76	1:20AM 1.94		1:39PM 1.91		4:13AM 1.64	4:44PM 1.53				12:58AM 2.12		3:46PM 1.94		4:06AM 1.90	4:26PM 1.91	12:40AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)		6:18AM 0.20	6:38PM 0.12	2:47AM 1.10	6:54AM 0.23			7:27AM 0.21		9:58PM 0.30	10:24AM 0.38		10:40PM 0.14	7:24AM 0.18	6:49PM 0.12		9:14AM 0.19		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	1	1	18	3	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	17	14	15	15	14	16	11	11	14	12	15	18	13	20	19	20	16	19	14
Low °C	16	14	19	16	12	15	11	13	14	9	11	12	11	10	17	13	15	18	17	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	17	13	15	15	13	15	8	8	13	11	14	18	12	20	19	20	15	19	13
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	12	12	16	16	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	12	11	12	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	9	6	8	11	16	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	14	14	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 S	4.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	4	6	3	-	-	-	4	3	6	13	-	-	5	-	4	-	3	5	5	5	5

	Fri	Saturday 28								Sunday 29								Monday 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 NW	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	10
Energy(?)	3190	4284	3573	1293	1437	1060	1342	1133	1073	531	511	600	516	1198	1095	2023	4397	5637	5978	6113	4983	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:21PM 1.83				12:11PM 1.71					2:25AM 1.72			11:23AM 2.10					1:20AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)								6:05PM 0.22					8:38AM 0.13			4:39PM 0.28					7:27AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	5	6	6	2	-	2
Temp. °C	17	15	15	17	14	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	18	13	15	15	15	15	12	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	16	13	16	15	14	13	16	16	16	18	12	15	15	14	15	10	9	8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 NW	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	9	18	17	8	8	8	8	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-

	Friday 27				Saturday 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	4.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	116	5566	12077	1994	2960	2739	3192	2990	2793	541	122	122	583	802	691	702	1104	1537	1571	1424	1342	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:47PM 1.79										9:15AM 1.86		11:35AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)													7:43AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	18	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	12	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	17	13	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	17	17	17	18	10	12	12	13	15	15	15	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	0.5 WSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	-	14	14	13	13	13	14	10	10	6	13	-	-	13	13	13	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 ENE	-	5.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	11	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	-

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