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

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whareama Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	1	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 SW	2.5 W	1.7 W	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 E	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	6	12	12	12	12	11	10	6	7	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	598	560	1883	3345	2394	2930	1306	4186	2858	156	1949	853	111	725	429	197	46	553	1195	931	1551	2199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 1.55		4:07AM 1.84		7:36PM 2.18	7:36AM 1.71	5:03PM 1.83		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84		6:39AM 1.82		7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84		9:37PM 2.28	11:21AM 1.76		8:23PM 1.87	8:07AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.44		1:12AM 0.88	10:13AM 0.50	1:14PM 0.44	2:00AM 0.89			11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42	12:53PM 0.51		1:24AM 0.44		1:56PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61	5:13AM 0.32	5:38PM 0.27	2:41AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	8	-	1	1	2	5	8	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	7	5	-	2	4	1
High °C	17	14	10	14	15	12	13	15	12	15	14	14	15	18	16	23	15	17	21	20	17	17
Low °C	14	14	8	12	14	9	12	14	10	14	14	12	13	18	14	20	14	17	20	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	12	7	13	14	10	13	14	12	15	12	13	13	18	16	23	14	16	21	20	16	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	1.7 W	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	19	9	16	15	15	15	15	14	6	12	12	12	12	7	7	6	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	9	17	-	-	-	5	12	12	14	13	8	16	6	11	10	8	7	-	-	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 S	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	9	9

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	19	10	18	18	16	9	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	712	222	560	2240	3283	1050	1988	1776	3345	2811	2394	2329	2488	2930	3428	3335	2981	4448	1025	896	4239	3232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								4:07AM 1.84				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49PM 0.41								10:19AM 0.50				10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	6	1	2
Temp. °C	13	18	14	13	12	11	9	9	12	14	15	14	12	10	10	9	11	12	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	18	12	12	11	10	7	7	10	13	14	14	10	8	8	7	9	10	11	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	6	9	19	10	10	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	9	5	9	18	18	10	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	2.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	8	10	10	5	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	14	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 24																Thursday 25
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	20	20	20	20	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	17	17	17	17	16	9	10
Energy(?)	569	124	598	195	1083	302	682	587	2798	2701	2538	2410	2410	3432	2042	1994	2020	1883	2170	2006	3480	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:40PM 1.92												3:22AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)						12:47PM 0.95									10:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	13	14	13	15	16	15	11	12	13	14	13	13	10	9	9	8	9	10	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	11	13	15	13	9	9	11	12	11	12	9	7	6	5	6	10	7	11	13
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	6	9	10	20	9	20	11	19	19	18	18	18	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 NNE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	6	20	9	6	9	19	-	-	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	9	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	2.3 WSW	0.7 SW	2.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	7	11	3	6	6	6	2	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-

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