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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	Wed	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	3	6	7	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	16	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	11	13	11	6	7	7	7	12	13	16	14	14	15
Energy(?)	219	455	93	37	1447	494	1957	682	3429	2708	559	799	193	325	25	721	3870	3344	5394	4265	3687	2510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:27AM 1.89		11:32PM 2.36		1:13PM 1.87	10:25PM 1.92	10:54AM 1.99	2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.05		3:48PM 2.05		6:41AM 1.75	1:56PM 2.26	2:27AM 2.17		2:39PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	3:13AM 0.54		3:55PM 0.36		7:03AM 0.28			4:41AM 0.48		8:33PM 0.04	9:07AM 0.13		9:54PM 0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53			8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		12:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	16	14	16	17	12	17	17	15	20	18	17	25	21	11	16	18	14	20	21	16
Low °C	14	15	14	11	13	16	8	13	16	9	17	17	15	21	17	11	13	18	13	17	19	13
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	12	15	16	11	17	16	13	20	18	16	25	20	7	14	18	13	20	21	15
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	9	12	12	10	11	-	9	13	11	11	13	11	9	10	7	10	10	13	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	7	16	10	7	13	-	12	11	-	-	10	-	10	9	10	-	-	-	9	-	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	1.8 W	0.4 NW	-	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 W	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	-	12	12	-	13	12	3	-	6	7	4	7	12	-	9	9	4	4

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	11	12	12	16	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	555	901	813	1016	856	765	504	813	1387	1541	3032	1745	1045	2784	1161	1095	774	1957	2010	2680	3257	3784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:56PM 1.83					12:12PM 1.78					1:06AM 1.86				1:13PM 1.87			11:14PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			3:20AM 0.54	4:48AM 0.66			3:02PM 0.57						7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	17	13	15	15	14	11	10	9	12	16	16	16	16	9	8	8	14	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	16	11	15	15	13	9	8	7	11	15	15	15	16	8	6	6	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	8	8	12	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	9	13	9	9	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	18	11	11	16	16	12	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	10	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.3 W	-	-	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	5	5	-	-	11	11	12	-	-	11	11	10	4	12	11	12	12	12

	Wednesday 28				Thursday 29
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	7	7	8	12	12	18	18	11	11	12	11	7	12	12	12	6	12	12	15	15	12
Energy(?)	95	622	502	590	219	219	466	329	104	102	158	780	51	768	856	302	179	424	415	771	771	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 1.87	10:28PM 2.29	11:46PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								2:23AM 0.62				6:02AM 0.34									3:48PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	15	14	14	17	17	15	15	15	18	17	18	17	18	19	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	13	14	14	17	17	15	15	15	18	17	18	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	9	9	18	12	7	7	7	11	7	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	7	7	9	18	11	11	11	16	12	16	16	11	10	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 NW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	12	12	15	15	6

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