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

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	8	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S
Period(s)	12	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	13	14	13	16	14	16	16	17	17	14
Energy	7216	1364	7214	3064	3350	1147	1127	1047	3912	1093	3052	3472	3013	1471	1230	1040	1055	10087	11540	9796	4981	2314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		10:37PM 1.78	8:25AM 1.86		12:42AM 1.72	11:53AM 1.77	1:57PM 1.44	12:29AM 1.66		2:44PM 1.44	1:11AM 1.65		1:12PM 1.81		3:48AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94	3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25			5:09PM 0.31	6:35PM 0.32	5:33AM 0.31		6:12PM 0.31	6:55AM 0.28		6:57PM 0.34	7:36AM 0.30		10:01PM 0.28	9:57AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	8	8	10	9	10	12	12	8	8	9	11	15	10	13	17	11	11	11	10	12
Low °C	11	11	7	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	7	8	9	14	8	10	15	8	9	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	6	6	10	8	10	12	10	6	8	6	8	15	9	13	17	8	10	9	10	12
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSE	4.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	13	14	13	16	14	15	17	17	17	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	13	11	10	11	10	11	16	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 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	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	7216	1534	1364	5879	6847	7214	6444	5534	3064	4390	3350	1101	1179	1147	1016	1400	1127	1080	1047	1316	1419	3912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78		5:34PM 2.85		11:02PM 1.77				11:32AM 1.78				10:37PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28									5:09AM 0.30				4:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	14	9	9	12	10	10	11	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	7	6	6	7	5	6	9	10	14	8	8	12	10	10	11	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 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	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 NW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	12

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	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	6131	6173	7216	7608	7784	1534	4362	1317	1364	5402	5721	5879	6131	6389	6847	7012	7381	7214	7126	6731	6444	6152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 1.82												8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)									2:40PM 0.18												2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	22	-	22	6	6	22	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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