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 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	8	9	5	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	0.5 SW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	569	7881	15957	11179	276	390	1451	1118	124	1433	218	1639	734	1102	1228	970	7539	710	613	1137	2506	1449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 1.45	6:38AM 1.60		9:37PM 1.25	7:28AM 1.55	4:15PM 1.69	7:25PM 1.51	4:53AM 1.65		8:42PM 1.39	8:53AM 1.57		9:37PM 1.40	12:27PM 1.34	6:36PM 1.59	7:15PM 1.61	11:00AM 1.58		7:09PM 2.68	8:20AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.25	1:31AM 0.38		3:35PM 0.28	3:43AM 0.33			1:49AM 0.59	11:04AM 0.76	2:29PM 0.63	3:04AM 0.54		3:23PM 0.61	3:56AM 0.49	6:15AM 0.31		1:44AM 0.59	4:45AM 0.42	5:19PM 0.41	1:30AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	9	3	-	2	20	10	2	2	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	8	7	10	17	10	11	9	4	10	9	9	14	14	12	17	15	12	16	13	10	14
Low °C	14	7	5	6	15	5	10	8	2	9	6	6	10	13	8	13	13	8	13	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	17	4	3	7	15	8	8	7	1	8	6	7	13	14	10	16	14	10	16	11	7	12
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	7:44	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	0.7 SSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.1 NNW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	10	11	10	11	6	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	18	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	-	1.3 NNW	0.5 SW	1.9 NNW	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	9	9	9	6	-	7	10	9	11	-	11	10	8	8	-	8	7	8	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	5.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	4.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	1.1 WNW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	3	12	14	13	4	4	-	3	-	-	3	10	4	-	-	3	12	-	12	7	11	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	8	6	9	9	4	5	4	3	2	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 NNW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	15	11	11	11	10	8	11
Energy(?)	1284	1018	1268	3228	313	265	2640	7920	5603	8154	11179	1033	3085	2414	535	301	3581	4112	2974	1178	2138	3033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:10AM 1.55											6:36PM 1.56			3:09AM 1.74	4:04AM 1.73	7:27AM 1.55		2:50PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	2:42AM 0.26			12:11PM 0.48	2:50PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	27	3
Temp. °C	10	11	11	15	18	15	7	6	5	5	6	8	11	10	10	13	9	4	7	7	10	9
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	13	18	13	4	4	2	2	2	5	9	8	8	11	9	1	4	4	8	8
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 N
Period (s)	14	12	9	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	15	-	11	12	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	4	6	9	9	6	6	7	-	9	-	9	10	10	11	5	10	-	-	6	6	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.3 W	0.3 NW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 NNW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	10	12	3	3	13	13	5	13	13	-	-	5	2	2	11	11	11	10	8	11

	Saturday 25
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	8	6	9	9	4	5	4	3	2	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	10	12	12	12	9	12	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	1421	1498	332	431	807	793	215	694	3021	734	3735	3228	4296	4449	915	334	2040	10119	820	581	790	2653
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 0.28						8:50AM 0.51			11:49AM 0.50	12:11PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
High °C	9	12	9	7	11	11	8	7	8	8	8	15	8	8	13	17	10	7	10	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	4	9	10	6	3	4	5	4	13	4	4	11	16	7	3	7	6	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.4 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 NW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	10	10	12	12	9	12	9	12	9	12	9	8	8	11	11	13	13	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	-	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	4	5	5	12	4	4	6	13	20	13	9	9	9	9	6	5	8	-	8	7	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	2.0 NW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.6 WNW	3.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	5.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 W	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	3	3	3	-	3	10	4	11	12	12	12	12	4	9	13	4	6	10	-

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