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			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.5 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 S	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	6	11	16	12	10	11	10	9	13	11	12	13	11	12	10	12	10	12	12	13	15	12
Energy(?)	188	188	455	100	37	1562	596	220	551	3560	1963	487	885	583	109	67	4535	4736	1427	4868	2881	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:58AM 1.78			10:15PM 1.95	10:34AM 1.99	1:41PM 2.33	1:48AM 2.04	10:54AM 1.99	2:39PM 2.40	2:56AM 2.01		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.14		4:20PM 2.50		6:41AM 1.75		7:07PM 1.39		5:21PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.33	8:33AM 0.14	3:48PM 0.36		4:28AM 0.47		7:23PM 0.13	4:41AM 0.48		8:32PM 0.04	9:08AM 0.13		9:10PM -0.01	10:22AM 0.06		10:00PM -0.02		1:10PM 0.34	1:19AM 0.03	10:04AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	16	14	16	18	12	17	20	14	21	18	14	23	26	15	14	16	11	18	19
Low °C	17	15	16	14	11	13	17	8	12	19	9	17	18	14	20	21	12	12	14	10	14	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	12	15	17	11	17	20	12	21	18	14	23	26	13	14	15	10	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:29	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.5 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 NE	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	6	7	12	12	10	11	10	9	13	10	-	13	11	12	9	12	8	8	9	13	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.3 NE	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	11	16	10	7	13	13	12	11	13	-	10	-	6	10	9	-	15	11	9	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.5 NW	-	1.4 NE	1.5 NNE	0.5 NW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 S	-	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	11	12	3	-	6	5	3	10	12	12	-	-	4

	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	11	12	12	16	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	277	216	222	793	813	1016	302	765	530	736	1940	1594	5020	1841	1017	1950	1232	1085	738	1036	1124	3576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:34PM 1.64							12:12PM 1.78									1:13PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 0.11		3:20AM 0.54				3:02PM 0.57	6:58PM 0.85					7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	15	15	14	19	13	15	16	13	11	10	10	12	16	16	19	15	14	10	9
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	15	14	13	19	11	15	15	11	9	8	8	11	15	15	19	14	13	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	8	15	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	16	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	2.4 W	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	8	-	-	-	5	-	12	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	10	4	4	-	12

	Wednesday 28										Thursday 29
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 SW	0.6 S	2.0 NW	0.6 S	3.0 W	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	6	6	7	11	12	18	18	11	11	9	12	11	11	11	8	6	8	10	12
Energy(?)	283	283	367	189	369	433	229	272	407	255	129	133	239	298	108	151	722	82	317	76	1601	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:34PM 1.64											12:04AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:19AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	18	16	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	14	15	16	16	18	17	18	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	14	15	16	16	18	15	17	18	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 SW	1.3 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	6	7	8	7	9	7	7	7	9	9	7	7	11	8	8	8	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	12	18	11	11	11	7	12	11	11	16	10	10	10	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 W	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	3	3	11	6	-	-	3	3	4	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	7	10	4

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