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

	Wed	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	6	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	10	16	15	14	13	12	15	8	9	12	12	15	14	16	14	10	10	12	10	14	13	16
Energy	2087	700	560	531	254	2834	5932	1292	1015	2455	600	1672	5680	1780	1665	2629	941	2842	349	1179	1125	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:11PM 1.72	9:40AM 1.53		10:41PM 1.62	11:10AM 1.46		7:46PM 2.22		12:08PM 1.42	10:10PM 1.85	7:11AM 1.80		11:06PM 1.86	11:30AM 1.82	12:43PM 1.77	9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		10:08PM 1.93			10:47PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 0.05	3:46PM 0.09		5:05AM 0.05	5:23PM 0.08	2:01AM 0.64	6:02AM 0.08				12:55PM 1.09		5:15AM 0.26			3:32AM 0.38	3:56PM 0.29		6:45AM 0.23	4:37PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	11	10	15	14	14	18	19	17	16	14	14	16	15	12	12	14	12	16	13	15
Low °C	10	7	10	9	13	14	12	13	16	14	15	14	12	13	15	9	11	12	11	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	8	15	13	13	18	19	16	15	13	13	16	14	10	12	12	12	16	10	15
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	15	14	7	12	15	8	10	20	12	15	14	16	14	10	10	22	10	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	16	10	10	10	13	10	14	13	-	10	-	-	5	-	12	16	-	12	12	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	-	0.6 W	1.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	0.3 W	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	3	6	-	12	15	8	9	12	2	-	14	-	-	10	10	12	-	-	-	2

	Wed	Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	7	8	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	10	10	10	14	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	12	16	16	15	14	14	8	9
Energy	1357	1180	1141	1318	1026	871	1110	616	529	531	589	213	570	1223	593	6745	7194	5932	5302	3618	1292	1187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:11PM 1.72				10:13AM 1.49						4:11AM 2.92	8:25AM 1.77				6:19PM 1.81				6:41AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				4:09AM 0.02			12:20PM 0.48	4:26PM 0.05											12:30AM 0.56	3:24AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	10	9	12	15	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	8	9	10	9	9	10	7	9	8	10	13	16	13	13	12	11	11	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.7 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	10	8	9	10	8	14	9	9	14	14	13	8	13	12	16	16	15	14	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	1.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	14	10	10	9	10	-	13	8	10	11	15	13	10	9	-	-	10	8	-	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.5 S	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	14	8	-	6	-	-	4	5	-	16	16	15	14	14	8	9

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	7	8	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.4 ESE	3.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	13	17	18	16	16	10	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	1490	1423	1089	2739	2087	2087	503	2655	2560	395	495	113	662	590	403	178	174	170	164	560	140	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				9:44PM 1.64										7:15AM 1.80	8:54AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:42AM 0.31			1:40PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	11	11	10	7	10	10	6	9	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	8	8	7	5	7	8	4	8	4	4	4	5	8	10	10	10	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.7 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.8 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	13	12	8	8	8	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	10	-	-	-	18	10	10	10	17	18	16	16	10	7	7	7	7	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.7 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	2	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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