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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	1.5 N	1.7 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 W
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	10	10	11
Energy	8050	9217	6268	3027	1752	1261	1217	524	518	794	1317	515	1518	1736	1081	547	537	1553	664	504	592	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64			12:42AM 2.04	10:36AM 3.13			10:53AM 2.78		11:13PM 2.84	11:50AM 3.10	4:38PM 1.68	12:39AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.36	6:40AM 0.38		9:00PM 0.32	7:38AM 0.34	5:33PM 0.46	6:32PM 0.46	4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46	10:22PM 0.41	4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		5:38AM 1.05		6:35PM 0.58	9:11AM 0.66	12:02PM 0.39	11:00PM 0.49	6:30AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	21	55	5	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	11	11	11	9	10	10	11	12	12	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	13	13	11	10	9	13
Low °C	6	11	10	9	10	9	9	11	10	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	10	8	13
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	7	10	8	11	11	10	14	16	15	16	15	16	15	13	12	10	8	8	12
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	1.5 N	1.7 ENE	1.1 NNE	0.2 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.8 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	10	-	9	10	12	13	9	12	12	9	8	10	11	12	6	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	4

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	9819	12843	8050	10038	9217	12779	7103	6268	5431	3105	3027	3259	1752	1559	1428	1261	1108	1180	1217	1045	524	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64					4:13PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				9:00PM 0.32				7:38AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	8	6	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	2	6	4	6	8	8	9	8	8	10	7	10	10	9	8	6	6	9	9	11	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	4	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 28
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	8943	9439	9819	10033	10107	12843	13089	13343	8050	8092	8092	10038	9686	9556	9217	9006	14316	12779	12597	12175	7103	7103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										9:58AM 1.85			12:38PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				3:46AM 0.41			6:52AM 0.28												6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	5	6	5	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	3	2	2	3	2	6	6	5	4	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	-	-	15	13	13	13	-	-

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