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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	Sun	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	9	4	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	2	5	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	10	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	12	11	8	9
Energy(?)	180	247	238	2432	1782	3483	5082	2568	3083	2254	2946	322	1952	258	1374	1684	442	3334	4116	2181	455	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 1.76		1:06PM 1.66	1:49AM 1.64	12:31PM 2.20		11:37PM 1.86	11:48AM 1.88		11:26PM 1.90	11:35AM 2.02	3:08PM 1.72	3:33AM 1.83	4:01AM 2.27		12:09AM 3.14	1:00PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 0.56	7:25AM 0.41	3:57PM 0.54		7:24AM 0.41		7:22PM 0.37	6:29AM 0.82	5:26PM 0.46		5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		5:29AM 0.60		9:10PM 0.36	10:10AM 1.04	5:58PM 1.12		6:55AM 0.61	6:35PM 1.09	10:50PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	8	1	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	3	-
High °C	18	20	13	13	13	13	11	13	15	14	17	16	11	9	9	8	12	10	9	9	10	11
Low °C	15	19	13	12	12	12	10	12	14	12	17	15	8	9	8	6	11	10	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	20	11	13	13	11	9	11	14	12	16	16	9	7	6	5	11	7	6	6	7	9
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 N	1.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	14	7	10	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	10	12	10	14	8	9	12	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.1 N	1.1 NW	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	13	10	8	8	8	8	12	11	10	10	9	5	9	9	10	-	12	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 W	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	5	12	6	-	13	12	11	8	9

	Sun	Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	7	9	6	4	4	3	6	5	7	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	13	13	8	7	7	13	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1006	1149	623	326	295	612	872	295	314	1194	3718	6134	8046	5616	2307	2356	857	5137	5077	6943	3911	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65				10:07PM 1.76			9:39AM 1.77		1:06PM 1.66						9:50AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)			3:30AM 0.56					5:18PM 0.78				4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07		3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	17	17	18	20	13	12	10	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	16	16	17	20	12	11	8	7	7	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	7	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	13	13	14	7	8	7	7	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	-	10	9	13	13	13	12	18	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	3	4	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14				Monday 15
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	7	9	6	4	4	3	6	5	7	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.1 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 NE	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 NNE	2.3 N	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	4.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	14	14	7	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	13	13	7	6	7	11	7	13
Energy(?)	658	441	1006	969	180	768	384	380	623	461	390	326	848	629	525	525	307	334	442	5035	676	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 1.74											8:39AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)									3:30AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1
High °C	16	14	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	16	17	17	15	15	19	20	21	18	19	16	19	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	16	15	16	16	18	15	15	15	16	16	13	13	18	20	21	17	18	14	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	4.5 NNW	0.5 W	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	14	14	7	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	11	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.4 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	8	14	14	7	6	14	14	-	-	10	10	14	10	9	9	12	-	19	19	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.3 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.4 NNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	-	-	7	3	3	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	13	7	13

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