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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	Sun	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	8	5	4	6	4	9	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	13	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	16	14	10	14	13	12	20	21	18	16	16	14	13
Energy	3682	3655	2739	783	714	3853	8316	8635	2225	5788	3485	844	1428	1615	816	1576	776	653	1948	893	874	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:13AM 1.63		10:07PM 1.66			1:32AM 1.36	8:38AM 1.86		1:48AM 1.61		12:24PM 1.78	1:06AM 1.74		3:10PM 1.57	2:26AM 1.91	3:54AM 1.67	2:05PM 1.98	2:28AM 1.88		2:43PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48PM 0.63		4:10PM 0.38		6:34AM 0.26	4:42PM 0.33	7:17PM 0.27		5:46PM 0.23	7:23PM 0.66	8:07AM 0.46		6:53PM 0.16	7:18AM 0.13		8:15PM 0.14	10:05AM 0.47		8:19PM 0.09	8:22AM 0.03		8:58PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	9	13	13	10	11	13	10	10	12	10	9	9	8	12	11	10	12	11	10
Low °C	8	11	10	9	12	11	9	10	12	9	9	10	9	8	9	7	10	11	9	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	8	11	11	7	8	11	7	8	10	10	9	9	8	12	10	9	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 E	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	13	11	12	11	22	13	12	16	14	10	14	13	12	12	12	18	16	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	11	26	11	19	17	10	10	13	9	10	24	20	21	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	14	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	9	8	8	9	5	6	5	4	4	8	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	16	11	14	15	13	13	13	13	18
Energy	3065	5794	10358	7039	7037	11473	3443	5187	3285	1446	1844	7243	5984	1309	1110	3060	3225	8964	8073	8790	8635	10674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						9:37AM 1.56	12:21PM 1.22				12:20AM 1.53			11:09AM 1.52	12:38PM 1.33			11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		11:58PM 0.68		3:38AM 0.50								4:40AM 0.38				5:41PM 0.32	6:42PM 0.46			5:08AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	5	6	9	10	11	10	9	10	7	11	11	14	14	12	10	10	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	1	3	6	7	9	8	7	7	5	8	9	12	13	12	10	7	6	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	16	11	14	15	13	13	13	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	12	13	11	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	10	22	22	19	19	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.6 NNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	12	12	-	3	14	14	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 10					Monday 11
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	9	8	8	9	5	6	5	4	4	8	6	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 S	5.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy	2536	8153	5014	11482	3815	10047	1648	8567	9088	4321	5516	2800	2492	1336	7037	4386	11305	2132	1942	4992	4886	4694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:17PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)																						3:55PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	6	7	9	7	11	8	5	10	10	6	6	6	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	1	2	5	3	8	5	1	6	7	3	2	4	5	7	8	7	8	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.6 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	14	14	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	12	-	11	-	13	-	-	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 S	5.5 SSW	2.0 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	13	14	7	13	13	13	13	-	-	4	13	13	13	4	4	13	13	13

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