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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	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	6	5	2	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 NE	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	15	8	13	13	13	12	13	13	11	14	13	13	12	16	14	12	15	13	12	20	18
Energy	584	192	307	604	4193	8356	1709	2319	1802	916	8420	14235	2619	4822	6771	3846	2262	5546	1643	802	1481	2432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 1.52	10:21AM 1.50		9:58PM 1.51	10:19AM 1.43		11:12PM 1.68		12:46PM 1.19	1:25AM 1.36	7:55AM 1.89		11:59PM 1.72		12:07PM 1.88	9:56PM 2.02	9:04AM 3.27		10:43PM 2.13	3:44AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35PM 0.49		4:15AM 0.46	3:41PM 0.43		4:14AM 0.42	4:28PM 0.37		6:15AM 0.38		7:10PM 0.26		5:45PM 0.23		8:08AM 0.17				4:35PM 0.16		9:55AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	16	6	7	11	10	8	14	10	10	12	13	10	8	11	9	8	9	7	8
Low °C	9	13	10	14	6	6	7	9	6	10	10	9	10	12	7	8	11	9	6	8	6	7
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	16	1	3	10	9	7	14	6	7	10	11	7	5	8	7	8	8	5	8
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.4 W	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	13	10	13	12	13	13	11	11	14	13	13	16	14	9	15	13	12	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	16	7	9	12	14	-	11	11	11	11	26	22	19	17	10	10	10	10	10	23	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.6 W	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	3	4	13	13	3	-	-	-	14	13	3	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09					Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tue
	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	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	6	7	9	5	6	2	4	5	9	9	7	9	5	4	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 N	1.1 ENE	2.0 SW	1.6 NE	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 S
Period(s)	10	9	9	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	761	673	1100	582	2180	5293	6440	9274	3013	7150	496	1679	3073	10069	9541	6943	12142	4391	1255	5417	5329	1335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						9:10PM 1.49				10:57AM 1.59				9:36PM 1.54							7:29PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11AM 1.59		2:35PM 0.49	3:39PM 0.47				3:30AM 0.47				5:36PM 0.31				5:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	15	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	16	14	10	5	5	8	8	11	13	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	16	13	8	1	1	4	5	9	13	8	6	6
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	9	7	13	10	10	10	9	13	15	12	11	13	13	12	13	-	11	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 N	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	-	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	7	9	-	12	14	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	-

	Saturday 09																	Sunday 10
	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	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	6	7	9	5	6	2	4	5	9	9	7	9	5	4	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	5.5 SW	6.5 WSW	2.1 W	6.5 WSW	6.5 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s)	-	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	9	14	14	9	14	14	15
Energy	0	671	584	803	179	294	296	300	320	582	268	338	1789	2472	2469	142	12977	20040	1733	20305	20577	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 1.41	9:34AM 1.49											8:46PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)											4:40PM 0.22							11:46PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	15	9	9	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	13	11	10	13	9	10	13	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	14	6	7	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	8	7	13	5	7	11	7	6	12
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 SW	1.5 NW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	9	11	15	10	15	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	16	16	13	6	6	6	7	6	5	13	13	15	10	-	16	-	-	15	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 N	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	5.5 SW	6.5 WSW	2.1 W	6.5 WSW	6.5 WSW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	10	5	6	3	-	6	6	6	-	-	3	4	9	13	13	6	14	14	9	14	14	7

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