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

	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Long Point Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	9	7	5	5	4	8	8	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	12	12	15	14	16	10	12	12	11	20	20	12	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	13
Energy	980	1168	409	3586	16138	1538	1842	268	1551	661	1103	1470	559	1461	8048	5318	4339	1399	1834	7633	3419	6581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:30PM 1.81	7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		12:11AM 1.78		12:34PM 1.75	12:32AM 1.92		1:02PM 1.86	1:22AM 1.85		4:07PM 1.32	10:06PM 3.15	4:35AM 1.54	5:01PM 1.59	10:09PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.39	1:40AM 0.52		2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45		5:36PM 0.22		6:02AM 0.24		6:56PM 0.17	6:45AM 0.23		7:06PM 0.23	7:25AM 0.24			10:46AM 0.59			6:09AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	14	11	13	15	18	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	10	11	14	13	15	13	16
Low °C	13	16	14	13	11	13	13	16	13	13	14	11	14	10	9	8	10	14	8	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	12	8	13	15	18	13	13	12	12	14	8	8	8	9	14	13	15	12	16
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 W	0.5 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	8	10	12	11	15	14	16	10	9	12	21	10	11	17	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.2 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	9	13	-	-	-	13	12	8	15	20	20	11	-	-	-	12	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.4 W	0.5 W	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	0.6 NNW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	3	12	15	-	-	-	12	-	11	-	-	12	15	-	-	-	-	15	4	13

	Saturday 25					Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	15	14	14	14	13	16	14	13	12	13	12
Energy	3288	1150	1168	1344	3556	3618	4188	3998	4997	7703	4187	7373	5046	4163	3128	3171	3015	1075	1026	1137	1016	1551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:15AM 2.21				7:30PM 1.81					10:35AM 1.79				11:06PM 1.86					1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	9:24PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52	4:22AM 0.29				5:14PM 0.14				5:15AM 0.26	7:30AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	19	16	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	15	13	10	10	10	11	10	11	8	10	11	11	12	14	15	13	11	11	12
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	-	2.0 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	9	10	10	11	11	11	-	13	-	16	15	14	14	14	13	16	14	13	12	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	14	14	13	14	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Saturday 25																	Sunday 26
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	14	12	11	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	3091	980	980	1071	1103	1150	1173	2431	671	2426	288	8	2277	2342	2264	2590	875	429	520	643	546	5097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			12:16AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)										3:48PM 0.25	4:04PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	13	13	15	16	17	18	17	20	17	20	20	18	18	16	16	12	10	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	14	15	17	18	16	20	16	20	20	17	17	14	14	11	9	9	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	9	9	15	14	15	11	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 E	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	-	-	8	7	12	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	3	12	3	-	12	12	12	12	4	-	4	4	-	12

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