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

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			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	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	6	6	4	3	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 S	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	16	16	18	7	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	16
Energy(?)	2927	4242	2531	2097	298	528	618	518	5386	1898	660	517	1179	7828	5176	2021	1456	1737	1501	597	972	1581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:30PM 1.86	12:11PM 1.71		12:18AM 1.88	12:43PM 1.85		1:35AM 1.86		1:32PM 1.90	3:19AM 1.85		4:44PM 1.53		5:07AM 1.60	5:37PM 1.53		5:55AM 1.42	2:18PM 2.27	1:32AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	12:58PM 0.63	2:30PM 0.45		6:00AM 0.29	6:37PM 0.17		7:13AM 0.14	3:17PM 0.93	7:13PM 0.15	7:42AM 0.19		9:13PM 0.20	9:40AM 0.21		10:55PM 0.34	11:20AM 0.45		11:44PM 0.16	12:12PM 0.17		7:26PM 0.15	9:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	2	10	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	14	21	17	22	17	15	14	19	17	13	11	10	14	16	12	20	20	19	20
Low °C	15	15	15	14	19	16	19	16	12	13	18	15	12	10	8	13	15	11	15	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	17	13	21	17	22	17	15	12	18	16	12	8	7	14	16	12	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 W	1.8 S	0.3 ESE	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	15	14	12	11	10	12	12	12	16	16	11	10	13	10	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	8	8	7	6	12	11	18	16	10	-	10	9	16	11	10	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	1.2 ENE	-	1.2 SW	1.4 NW	1.7 W	0.2 ENE	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	11	-	4	6	5	-	6	-	5	5	7	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

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	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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 NW	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	11	11	11	12	12	9	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	17
Energy(?)	3196	755	2751	2559	3495	3945	3398	1293	1400	1192	1083	626	540	528	518	527	528	539	530	5385	3643	5556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						11:21PM 1.83				12:10PM 1.71					2:25AM 1.72				2:55PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				5:22PM 0.24									7:18PM 0.26				8:40AM 0.27			5:34PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	8	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	1
Temp. °C	16	14	17	17	16	15	15	17	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	17	19	22	22	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	16	16	14	14	16	13	12	12	13	12	17	16	17	19	22	22	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 NW	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	11	11	12	12	9	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 E	0.1 SE	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	10	-	14	14	14	13	14	13	5	13	5	4	8	13	14	14	7	7	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	5	4	4	4	-	7	-	-	-

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	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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.4 WSW	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	12	15	10	15	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	9	9	11	13	12
Energy(?)	3030	689	2927	76	2919	3769	4000	2950	2571	118	4226	2559	2649	24	23	22	21	950	858	886	665	1402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:29AM 1.63														1:31AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)											5:38PM 0.16	6:11PM 0.29									3:06AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	15	17	15	14	15	18	20	19	15	16	16	18	18	18	18	19	18	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	16	13	11	13	17	20	19	13	15	15	18	18	18	18	19	18	11	12	13
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.4 WSW	2.1 E
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	15	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	9	9	3	3	3

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