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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NNE	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	8	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	9	10
Energy(?)	816	237	2012	578	3771	1820	631	275	459	140	467	5784	5836	1985	2128	866	1456	1084	1308	2449	274	1428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- on	glass	on	off	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.87	1:42AM 1.97		2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46	4:46AM 1.82	5:42PM 1.46	12:58AM 2.17		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19	4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51	2:27AM 2.17		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15		3:27PM 2.17	9:06PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:56PM 0.64	11:08AM 0.30			7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	10:58AM 0.65		8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		3:16AM 0.34	10:01AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	15	18	12	16	18	15	19	17	17	17	24	14	14	17	12	18	17	15	19	20	14	15
Low °C	12	18	8	12	16	11	17	16	14	15	23	13	12	16	11	15	17	12	16	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	10	16	18	14	19	17	16	16	24	11	12	17	11	18	16	15	19	20	14	15
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	9:24	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.2 N	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	6	9	13	14	-	14	11	11	12	9	10	12	11	12	11	-	11	12	13	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 WNW	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	12	-	10	11	9	10	12	-	10	10	11	-	-	20	16	13	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	12	11	6	-	3	4	8	11	12	-	-	-	11	-	5	-	-	-

	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	11
Energy(?)	2301	1842	1098	1228	1226	1491	1086	1001	2190	1932	3184	3397	3597	4179	3457	2263	1574	1220	1027	954	597	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.86				1:41PM 2.33							11:29AM 2.07	2:39PM 2.40			12:09AM 2.10				12:27PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)			7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37								6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	16	16	15	16	15	8	8	14	18	18	17	14	12	12	11	15	13	20	18
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	15	16	14	16	15	6	6	14	18	18	16	13	11	11	10	14	12	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	10	8	13	13	9	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	11	4	4	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	12	12	6	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11
Energy(?)	1651	2418	27	2295	3550	803	169	145	409	409	2171	2134	480	1252	448	494	1593	1718	1718	1718	1086	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.86									10:30AM 1.96			1:41PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)																4:53PM 0.24					9:32PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	10	9	9	15	17	12	14	15	16	15	15	17	17	13	13	13	13	16	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	7	7	14	17	12	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	10	10	10	10	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.4 E	2.2 SW	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	10	10	11	7	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.2 S	0.6 S	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	-	6	4	-	-	11	11	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	4	11

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