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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	Wed		Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNW	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.5 W	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	12	8	12	12	10	18	16	16	16	15	13	8	12	12	8	12	8	11
Energy(?)	1077	933	808	690	169	41	682	464	307	805	806	988	506	235	392	77	414	341	399	596	208	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 1.85			9:38PM 2.96		3:36PM 1.82	2:50AM 2.05		3:12PM 2.04			4:20PM 1.93	1:17AM 2.13	12:40PM 3.29	5:27PM 2.50	7:08PM 2.03	7:39AM 2.18	2:24PM 2.16	2:52AM 2.05	6:18AM 2.03	3:56PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 0.15	7:27AM 0.20	3:22PM 0.34	3:51AM 0.26	9:35AM 0.15		9:11PM 0.08	9:04AM 0.12		10:02PM 0.60	9:58AM 0.10		7:01PM 0.23	6:27AM 0.05		1:25AM -0.02			8:39PM 0.28	12:35PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	16	15	15	15	16	11	18	11	11	15	18	16	16	19	13	18	18	17	18	20
Low °C	18	12	14	14	15	15	16	11	17	11	9	13	17	13	14	19	11	16	17	14	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	12	16	14	15	14	15	9	18	9	9	14	18	16	15	19	13	18	18	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 W	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.1 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	6	8	12	12	10	7	16	16	11	10	13	8	12	12	8	8	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	6	7	8	6	12	12	11	11	16	15	7	9	-	9	-	12	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	8	13	14	6	6	6	12	9	12	12
Energy(?)	1225	1124	1101	1189	1111	632	554	523	690	693	596	613	223	518	232	222	96	95	554	521	536	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)									1:21PM 1.90				2:12AM 1.98					4:21PM 1.98		11:29PM 2.07	2:52AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)					2:52AM 0.37		8:35AM 0.18				8:09PM 0.76			4:46AM 0.40								6:30AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	12	16	16	12	14	13	15	14	12	12	12	14	17	13	14	13	15	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	16	16	12	14	12	14	13	10	10	11	14	17	11	14	13	15	14	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 SSE	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	7	8	8	8	12	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	0.8 SE	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 NNE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	8	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	14	8	7	6	7	12	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	-	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 31										Thursday 01
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 NNE	2.5 NNW	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 E	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	15
Energy(?)	1519	1069	996	1037	1022	1102	1126	1412	1155	1158	883	1101	838	1055	1111	778	155	202	974	944	808	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:57AM 1.97	1:15AM 1.88									10:43AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)							7:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	20	19	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	11	14	14	16	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	20	19	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	16	16	11	14	14	16	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 NNE	2.5 NNW	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 E	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.0 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	1.2 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	13	13	8	8	8	12	12	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

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