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

	Sat	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.8 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 S	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 W	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	11	16	17	9	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	10	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	524	671	630	965	1557	690	1499	597	9351	3819	1402	1179	1654	1228	822	1085	1079	718	464	215	325	2513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:29AM 1.90		2:55PM 1.56	3:19AM 1.68			11:41PM 2.04	11:51AM 2.07	2:08PM 2.21	3:15AM 2.42	11:14AM 3.26	3:06PM 1.95	11:34PM 3.20		3:47PM 1.87		6:51AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.56	12:52PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		8:40AM 0.27		9:02PM 0.27	9:31AM 0.32	6:22PM 0.15		5:42AM 0.27		9:04PM 0.69	5:05AM 0.69			9:49AM 0.17		1:02AM 0.18		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50	6:44AM 0.36		11:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	9	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	17	14	15	16	15	17	14	11	11	10	14	15	11	19	22	20	21	19	20	10	12	11
Low °C	16	13	14	15	12	15	12	10	11	7	12	12	10	15	20	17	19	19	15	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	16	14	16	12	8	8	8	14	15	10	19	22	20	21	19	20	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.8 NW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 NW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 W	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	11	16	11	9	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	10	12	12	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	13	9	12	12	11	17	15	10	10	10	16	15	11	14	12	12	10	10	6	11	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	6	5	9	5	14	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	6	12

	Sat	Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.0 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	11	16	10	16	16	19	16	16	16	9	9	13
Energy(?)	1073	524	510	599	600	1294	1035	1048	4345	2258	1178	5307	1151	1140	1489	546	799	711	611	1420	1202	7021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:25AM 1.72			11:23AM 2.10							9:52AM 3.11		1:32PM 1.90	4:14PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)					8:40AM 0.27			4:34PM 0.28			3:41AM 0.94						9:58PM 0.30			4:21AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	6	4	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	16	16	18	14	17	16	14	15	15	11	16	17	15	19	15	14	15	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	16	18	14	17	16	14	15	15	9	16	16	14	19	15	14	15	11	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 NW	3.0 SSW	2.0 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	11	16	10	16	16	11	16	16	16	15	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	9	18	12	8	8	12	8	12	11	11	19	11	11	10	9	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	9	-	13

	Saturday 28				Sunday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 ESE	1.6 NE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	12	10	13	13	14	10	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1164	406	434	427	533	235	928	215	428	438	275	916	300	234	662	750	610	610	532	423	288	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 0.24										6:38AM 0.27									3:17PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	13	17	17	17	17	10	13	13	13	12	16	13	16	13	13	19	20	20	20	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	17	17	17	17	9	12	13	12	10	16	12	16	12	10	19	20	20	20	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	9	10	13	9	13	9	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.6 NW	1.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	13	10	9	13	14	9	7	13	7	12	12	7	4	4	4	6	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.6 NNW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	9	9	-	7	7	7	-	6	6

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