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

	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Whareama Wairarapa	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	7	5	5	8	9	8	5	5	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 NE	0.4 SSE	6.0 WSW	4.5 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s)	14	9	13	13	8	11	10	10	10	12	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	18	11	16
Energy	528	1701	695	924	83	1574	749	722	526	538	84	12634	6277	1294	3653	1222	8204	5530	3565	4461	2649	4396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70			4:01AM 1.63	4:42PM 1.58		5:55AM 1.64		6:39PM 1.66	9:37AM 1.56		10:48PM 1.57	11:09AM 1.52		12:59AM 1.43	6:42AM 2.15		12:00AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62	1:03PM 0.63	9:48PM 0.71	10:26AM 0.70		10:52PM 0.71		12:22PM 0.61	12:52AM 0.70	3:38AM 0.50	1:20PM 0.54		5:01AM 0.36	1:30PM 0.51	6:42PM 0.26		5:46PM 0.23		8:41AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	13	13	17	11	14	12	17	16	7	9	10	9	11	10	9	9	11	11	10
Low °C	12	15	11	12	13	14	9	14	12	13	14	5	7	9	7	10	10	7	7	11	7	8
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	12	11	16	8	12	10	17	14	3	5	7	7	9	10	6	6	8	8	9
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:38	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	0.1 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	14	9	13	13	8	11	10	9	10	12	14	-	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	19	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.0 SW	0.6 W	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	14	4	9	13	18	16	10	9	11	9	-	-	12	11	13	12	13	20	-	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	2.1 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	6.0 WSW	4.5 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	4.0 S	-	1.2 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	8	-	11	7	3	4	4	3	14	13	-	12	-	13	-	5	18	11	-

	Thursday 07							Friday 08								Saturday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.0 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.5 W	1.6 ENE	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	13	13	9	10	10	9	11	8	10	13
Energy	779	692	699	617	606	1572	1413	1229	1014	893	791	981	996	1113	1523	1137	6888	509	2791	754	722	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		3:13AM 1.77								4:02AM 1.70				4:43PM 1.67	8:24PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61		8:54PM 0.67					10:26AM 0.62	1:25PM 0.55					4:20AM 0.33	8:37AM 0.77		2:35PM 0.49	5:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	16	15	14	14	13	11	12	14	13	12	13	12	13	15	15	11	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	12	16	15	14	13	12	10	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.0 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	1.6 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	13	13	9	10	11	9	11	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.6 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	-	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	9	8	6	-	6	14	14	14	14	19	-	18	18	17	13	13	16	14	-	16	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	2.5 ENE	-	3.5 W	0.8 NW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	9	-	10	4	11	8	3	3

	Thursday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 N	3.5 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 N	1.1 NE	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	5	5	9	7	15	14	7	7
Energy	804	793	779	690	656	1709	1709	2116	2116	616	626	617	671	620	75	75	1661	146	33	168	197	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:13AM 1.77																7:05PM 1.55		9:46PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)									8:29AM 0.64	9:35AM 0.57			12:32PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	19	19	15	18	18	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	15	19	19	15	18	17	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	3.0 N	1.1 NE	0.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.0 SW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	6	6	-	-	12	11	11	14	14	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 N	3.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.9 NNE	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	2	2	-	6	-	5	5	-	7	4	2	2	7

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