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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	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 W	1.4 S	1.0 W	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 S	1.2 WSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	12	12	14	11	12	16	10	12	9	13	13	16	14	13	14	13	6	11	11
Energy(?)	1181	6389	3980	1400	1233	1554	661	762	1619	886	610	300	247	1100	4161	1322	993	1321	617	343	514	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 3.21		3:51AM 2.35		3:06PM 1.95			3:46PM 1.94		6:51AM 1.54		2:01AM 2.05	7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		7:28PM 1.66	6:26AM 1.58		9:39PM 1.57	10:06AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37PM 0.00	9:18PM 0.51	9:32AM 0.10		11:50PM 0.39	9:32AM 0.17		9:54PM 0.18		1:09PM 0.55	7:56PM 0.21		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	1:32AM 0.37	12:39PM 0.42	3:28PM 0.60		4:08AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	25	7	1	13	-
High °C	12	13	9	15	15	10	20	18	16	17	22	14	11	13	11	11	14	14	11	17	11	13
Low °C	9	12	6	12	12	10	15	16	14	14	22	13	10	12	9	10	14	14	11	16	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	15	14	8	20	18	16	17	22	13	9	11	9	10	14	13	9	17	10	13
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:02
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 W	1.4 S	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	14	14	12	12	14	11	12	16	10	12	9	13	8	16	14	13	14	13	10	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	2.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	10	11	16	15	12	13	10	4	10	6	11	10	9	-	7	5	13	5	13	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	0.7 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	4	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	7

	Tuesday 31					Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Fri
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1011	846	1008	7221	4897	3483	3511	3282	3061	1247	1233	3040	1800	1321	1103	1057	1168	1025	1156	1056	1084	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:12PM 2.18				2:48AM 1.96									5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)					8:31PM 0.12	10:55PM 0.34			8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39				11:07AM 0.21				12:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	11	12	9	10	7	6	9	15	15	17	10	10	10	10	14	18	21	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	9	10	7	10	4	3	7	15	14	17	8	8	9	9	14	18	21	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	9	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	-	14	11	10	10	10	15	12	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	-	2.0 S	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Tuesday 31																Wednesday 01
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	15	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1033	1322	1181	5526	8628	944	8121	14596	13610	4157	5080	1735	5236	4652	4205	3753	4027	2478	1325	2936	1904	1844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								2:24PM 1.94		4:44PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:01AM 0.64									6:05PM 0.14				10:55PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	5	6	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	8	6	10	9	9
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	10	10	10	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	15	14	14	7	14	14	14	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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