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	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	7	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.6 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	11	9	12	9	12	17	16	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	12	14
Energy(?)	2927	3912	2739	1801	363	551	273	900	5616	1918	433	2351	478	10369	5895	2737	1724	1204	1258	1196	1208	1858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 2.22	11:35AM 2.03		2:27AM 1.53			1:10AM 1.94		1:55PM 1.80	2:21AM 1.87		2:24PM 1.94	2:48AM 1.96	5:07AM 1.60	5:31PM 1.38		5:59AM 1.57	6:05PM 1.48	2:37AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	12:58PM 0.63		1:31AM 0.72	5:23AM 0.42	6:05PM 0.22	8:08PM 0.12	7:11AM 0.21		7:32PM 0.08	8:03AM 0.18		8:02PM 0.12	8:11AM 0.17		8:31PM 0.12	11:20AM 0.45		11:44PM 0.16	12:16PM 0.51		8:22PM 0.15	8:40AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	-	8	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	15	21	17	15	19	15	13	17	13	16	11	10	14	14	13	17	18	17	21
Low °C	15	15	15	13	19	16	13	17	13	13	15	10	14	11	8	13	13	12	14	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	13	17	14	21	17	15	19	15	10	16	13	16	8	7	13	13	12	17	18	17	21
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	15	14	12	11	9	12	12	12	17	16	12	13	6	10	14	13	13	11	13	13	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	18	8	11	16	11	15	-	10	9	16	14	10	9	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 E	-	-	1.1 SW	0.8 S	2.4 SSW	-	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	11	-	4	6	5	9	-	-	4	5	12	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5

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	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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17
Energy(?)	3593	3030	3027	1487	2509	1787	3683	4011	3164	1162	1412	1041	1326	1165	1050	551	586	582	527	526	1219	5840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 2.29		10:28AM 1.97				11:21PM 1.83				12:11PM 1.71					2:27AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)										6:20AM 0.25				6:05PM 0.22					8:40AM 0.27			5:34PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	16	16	17	17	20	16	15	15	16	15	14	16	14	12	17	16	16	19	21	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	17	16	20	15	14	14	16	14	14	16	14	12	17	16	16	19	21	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 E	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	14	17	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	-	-	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	7	7	14	15	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	5	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Friday 27
	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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	15	10	10	10	17	10	10	16	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3514	2622	2640	1899	3243	2005	2708	3245	3086	4877	2159	73	2720	2631	2509	29	1838	1787	25	1201	726	755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:08AM 1.65											10:01PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)				4:20AM 0.47		6:57AM 0.10													7:17PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	15	14	16	15	14	14	15	18	17	17	18	18	22	21	20	19	19	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	13	11	14	13	11	11	14	17	16	16	18	18	22	21	20	19	19	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	16	16	11	16	15	15	10	15	15	14	14	14	10	17	17	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	16	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	-	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.5 NW	1.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	6	-	-

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