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

	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	6	5	4	3	6	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.3 W	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	17	8	7	14	14	12	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	14	13	13	15
Energy(?)	671	1125	5571	1567	713	1570	614	15366	4661	1378	1426	1488	1347	1044	821	930	957	1981	598	1490	3087	1468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:56PM 1.97	11:06AM 2.00	1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96	11:10AM 2.01	2:24PM 1.94	2:48AM 1.96		3:03PM 1.91	3:42AM 1.83		6:28PM 1.55		12:18PM 3.08			7:23AM 1.39			5:24AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 0.23		4:57AM 0.37		7:47PM 0.13	5:01AM 0.40		8:31PM 0.12	9:08AM 0.15		9:28PM 0.13	9:50AM 0.17		12:44AM 0.44	6:11AM 0.31		11:34PM 0.65		1:29PM 0.22	11:17PM 0.34	11:34AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	13	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	1	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	14	18	12	10	11	10	14	17	10	17	16	14	21	20	15	11	12	12	15
Low °C	14	16	10	12	15	10	10	10	7	12	16	9	14	16	13	19	17	10	10	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	17	19	15	13	18	9	6	8	8	13	17	8	17	16	13	21	20	14	11	9	10	14
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 NW	0.7 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.3 W	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	11	9	10	14	14	12	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	14	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 N	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 WSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	17	8	-	10	10	16	14	11	10	15	15	10	10	-	10	-	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 NW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	1.8 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	4	6	5	8	7	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	11	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29					Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wed
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	4	9	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	11	16	16	9	14	8	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	600	1294	1033	1048	4272	5571	3182	5307	4689	1166	1342	1288	2720	662	597	1371	5058	1436	10441	3148	5192	4661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 2.10									1:32PM 1.90									4:28PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	8:40AM 0.27			4:34PM 0.28					7:27AM 0.21				8:02PM 0.12			4:21AM 0.47					8:31PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	4	3	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	17	16	15	12	16	10	12	17	13	13	11	16	15	13	11	10	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	18	14	17	16	15	10	16	8	10	16	12	11	9	16	15	11	10	9	7	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	17	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	15	11	16	16	15	8	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	2.0 SW	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	9	18	12	8	8	16	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	7	7	10	11	-	-	9	14	8	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 29																Monday 30
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	4	9	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	9	17	12	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	599	276	671	153	781	771	672	952	1125	258	536	282	392	638	661	685	1940	201	382	376	6587	6040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:13AM 1.92		12:50PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)													7:13PM 0.15		9:02PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	14	15	14	15	16	18	19	18	14	16	16	18	18	16	16	17	19	20	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	10	14	15	13	15	15	18	19	18	12	16	16	17	17	16	15	16	19	20	9	9
Sunrise	7:30	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.8 NW	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	1.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	14	13	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	19	5	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.1 E	-	0.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NE	0.2 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	9	-	3	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	9	6	6	5	5	5	5

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