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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	Mon		Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	8	9	7	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.8 WSW	3.5 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	20	10	12	11	10	11	11	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	4677	1582	1179	614	2185	1181	2336	978	993	535	843	800	260	530	642	3063	13667	7731	8083	4173	2523	2668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 2.06		3:44PM 1.89		5:16AM 1.88	3:54PM 2.30		6:04AM 1.82	4:53PM 1.96	2:39AM 2.14			8:08PM 1.47	8:57AM 1.41		7:59PM 1.75	9:51AM 1.53		10:17PM 1.39	10:40AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:53PM 0.03	9:35AM 0.11		9:53PM 0.03	11:32AM 0.17		12:29AM 0.13	12:15PM 0.20		8:32PM 0.09	8:48AM 0.17	2:02PM 0.16	2:25AM 0.17		1:50PM 0.29	2:16AM 0.35		4:05PM 0.53		4:35AM 0.22	4:36PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	8	9	14	12	13	16	12	18	16	17	15	17	17	14	14	12	15	15	12	15	16
Low °C	11	6	9	12	12	11	15	10	15	15	16	15	16	16	14	14	9	11	14	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	6	8	13	9	12	15	12	18	15	17	14	17	16	12	12	9	15	15	10	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	15	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	15	9	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.5 E	0.3 N	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	12	11	11	20	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	12	14	9	9	-	9	11	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSE	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	3	10	-	10	-	5	5	-	3	-	2	6	-	16	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whareama Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	20	18	18	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	585	2687	1616	1463	1215	1007	1093	1664	849	1413	1210	1211	1928	1508	3319	1278	1146	1330	1170	1207	1132	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					3:25AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91								6:05AM 1.61				6:53PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:08PM 0.03				9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01					11:31AM 0.14					1:16AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	10	9	7	6	6	9	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	8	8	6	4	4	7	11	8	9	9	10	9	9	12	12	12	14	12	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	18	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	20	10	10	9	11	11	10	9	10	10	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	-	1.9 S	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	10	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02										Tuesday 03
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whareama Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	12	10	12	12	9	9	10	10	12
Energy(?)	676	2839	4677	4677	2216	1870	1985	2742	2299	2146	546	490	1363	2716	2855	2380	2340	3009	3009	3318	3318	3541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:46AM 2.16				4:29AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	8	7	7	9	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	9	9	8	9	8	8	6	7	7	4	4	6	5	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.1 NE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	1.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	24	24	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	2	2	8	12	10	12	12	9	9	10	10	12

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