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

	Fri		Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	2	7	5	5	9	4	6	7	4	8	9	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 NE	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	2.5 W	4.0 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	13	9	9	10	14	9	14	13	12	13	11	12	14	13	13	12	16	14	11	17	14	14
Energy	1040	1575	820	620	2885	632	4375	8533	2020	6307	875	977	8915	7224	11691	5108	6330	3036	1332	4353	1515	2345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:18AM 1.96		11:06PM 1.33	4:57AM 1.65		9:36PM 1.54	11:07AM 1.55		10:48PM 1.57	11:53AM 1.62		11:34PM 1.63	11:54AM 1.61	1:32PM 1.54	1:58AM 1.60		2:54PM 1.37	8:42PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 0.76		2:16PM 0.54		11:22AM 0.62	4:58PM 0.46		4:58AM 0.42	5:10PM 0.39		5:42AM 0.36	5:17PM 0.30		5:42AM 0.28		7:33PM 0.46	8:07AM 0.46		2:50AM 0.33	6:56AM 0.13	4:35PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	13	12	12	15	14	7	12	12	9	14	11	10	12	14	10	10	12	10	11	11
Low °C	12	16	13	12	9	13	13	6	8	10	9	9	11	9	10	12	9	9	11	7	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	16	11	11	10	15	12	3	11	10	7	14	8	7	10	12	7	8	10	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	2.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	10	9	11	13	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	12	16	14	9	17	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	18	-	13	5	-	13	-	-	-	14	11	11	26	22	19	18	10	10	17	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	3.0 NE	0.4 SW	-	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	-	-	5.0 SSW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	2	-	14	9	14	13	3	13	-	-	14	-	13	12	-	-	11	-	-	-

	Friday 08			Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	6	4	7	4	5	5	4	5	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 NE	2.5 N	2.1 NE	0.9 SSW	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 SSW	1.3 NE	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	13	16	17	8	10	9	15	10	10	13	9	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	711	1198	1060	1836	1392	2442	818	525	620	586	1485	480	5112	1179	6808	1321	3111	3240	1898	3266	9044	6120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.67				3:51AM 1.68						9:59PM 1.63				11:12AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										3:39PM 0.47				3:33AM 0.48				5:16PM 0.49		11:18PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	11	11	17	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	10	9	11	15	14	13	14	11	5	7
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	9	16	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	8	7	10	15	14	13	12	9	1	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 ENE	2.5 N	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	17	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	17	10	9	14	15	13	15	5	6	13	8	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	-	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NE	2.0 W	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	17	3	8	9	2	7	-	-	13	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	3	10	13	13

	Friday 08											Saturday 09
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	6	4	7	4	5	5	4	5	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 NE	0.7 WSW	3.5 NE	0.7 SSW	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	1.3 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	13	11	16	13	7	11	9	13	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	8	16	16	15
Energy	671	1151	427	1113	265	156	2317	209	3079	2566	330	1575	572	820	316	37	69	68	430	6102	412	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:55PM 1.52		9:12PM 1.64											8:15AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					4:10PM 0.31										2:43AM 0.50		4:41AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	19	15	16	12	16	17	13	16	13	13	12	16	15	15	15	14	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	19	12	14	12	14	16	13	14	12	11	10	14	12	12	14	12	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.5 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	13	14	11	13	8	13	13	9	13	9	10	10	13	9	9	8	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	16	13	18	10	8	-	13	-	-	13	-	13	13	17	10	13	13	14	17	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NE	-	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	-	3.0 NE	-	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 NW	2.5 W	0.7 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	7	8	9	-	10	10	-	9	-	17	13	6	7	7	4	16	4	7

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