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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	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	6	6	5	5	8	9	8	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s)	12	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	18
Energy	1754	3210	3153	1523	7214	3064	3350	1147	1249	1070	4142	2101	5901	5132	3275	4492	7321	11371	7434	6319	3784	3196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		10:37PM 1.78	11:28AM 2.28		11:28PM 1.76		12:17PM 2.30	1:28AM 1.69		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		3:42PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.44		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94	3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25		5:13AM 0.97	5:35PM 0.27		7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32	6:47AM 0.21		6:40PM 0.36	8:32AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-
High °C	10	11	10	11	10	8	10	9	10	12	12	9	9	6	8	8	10	12	12	11	10	13
Low °C	9	9	10	11	7	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	9	4	6	8	8	11	11	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	10	8	6	10	8	9	12	10	7	6	4	8	8	9	11	10	9	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	-	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	13	-	6	-	13	11	10	9	10	12	16	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	14	-	-	13	13	14	-	-	-	-

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	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1754	1517	3823	3210	3124	6916	3153	1512	1523	5879	6653	7214	6525	5534	3064	4390	3350	3196	1340	1147	1082	1400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78				11:02PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28					3:23PM 0.25				5:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	9	10	9	9	7	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	8	10	9	8	9	10	7	8	7	8	5	6	9	10	8	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	-	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	7	-	13	13	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	13	13	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy	1054	1865	1754	1754	1686	1517	1460	3901	3823	3691	3835	3210	3133	3101	3124	3009	3722	6916	6982	3413	3153	3153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					8:04AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.40	1:22PM 0.17									11:00PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	12	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13

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