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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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	8	4	4	5	0	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	18	17	16	16	8	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	7	8	8	12	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	208	189	1176	1819	2469	5850	1119	4668	1352	237	1704	2574	185	1347	286	345	464	2712	1775	1236	271	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 1.65	1:24AM 1.57		1:22PM 1.58	2:04AM 1.62	10:15AM 1.90		11:37PM 1.86	11:48AM 1.88		12:13AM 1.87		3:08PM 1.72				12:44AM 1.96	12:25PM 3.18	4:50PM 2.21	7:12PM 1.42	12:20PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)				6:48AM 0.45		7:37PM 0.36	4:03AM 0.66	5:26PM 0.46		5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		8:57AM 0.43		9:49PM 0.98	9:39AM 0.42	5:58PM 1.12		6:20AM 1.11		1:13AM 0.62	6:09AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	8	5	11	-	-	-	-	9	10	1	3	-	1	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	20	14	12	13	10	11	11	14	13	16	17	14	8	11	17	13	13	9	10	11	15	21
Low °C	19	12	9	12	10	9	10	14	11	16	16	9	8	9	11	12	13	8	10	11	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	13	11	12	7	9	7	12	12	16	17	12	5	8	15	13	11	6	7	9	14	21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.7 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	1.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	10	17	16	16	8	8	13	12	12	10	12	9	7	14	9	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.2 N	1.6 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	12	18	8	8	12	10	12	8	10	10	9	7	6	13	10	8	12	8	8	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.6 WNW	-	0.6 W	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 S	2.1 SW	0.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	6	-	4	-	-	8	14	-	-	12	13	4	12	6	8	8	12	11	10	4	4

	Monday 15							Tuesday 16								Wednesday 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	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	8	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	5	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	7	7	7	11	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	8	14
Energy(?)	623	292	264	522	737	817	2980	1176	3718	6134	7401	1214	2469	2200	860	1938	5095	6622	3663	899	1118	1554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				12:20PM 1.65			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76				10:21AM 1.76	1:06PM 1.66						9:50AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 0.56					6:55PM 0.36				4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07		3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	4	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	20	20	13	12	10	9	9	12	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	13	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	20	20	11	12	8	7	7	11	10	7	8	8	5	8	7	13	12	10	16
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	2.5 WNW	1.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	8	14	7	8	7	11	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	2.4 N	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	8	9	13	13	13	10	18	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.0 NNW	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	3	5	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	8

	Monday 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	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	8	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	5	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.7 NW	2.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	7	14	7	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	8	8	11	9	8	6	7
Energy(?)	746	1112	183	605	208	199	108	269	269	269	1355	64	485	426	195	359	974	3445	1596	180	223	466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:40AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	1	1	1	-	3	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	16	19	16	19	18	15	19	19	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	17	12	17	12	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	15	19	18	13	18	19	11	12	10	12	10	10	11	16	11	15	11	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	13	8	7	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	4	13	7	7	7	8	13	11	13	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	2.1 NNE	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	8	14	10	10	14	13	4	4	4	4	-	13	13	13	13	19	9	-	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	2.3 NE	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	2.0 N	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	2.0 W	0.4 WSW	1.9 NE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	-	3.0 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.7 NW	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	3	8	-	7	7	-	6	-	4	4	13	3	7	4	4	4	8	-	9	4	6	7

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