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

	Mon		Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	5	14	14	14	12	14	12	12	15	14	10	12	13	14	16	14	13	14	13	8
Energy(?)	417	4317	331	13094	3991	866	1122	1619	1045	893	1593	1394	928	966	308	1674	4332	3213	1352	1517	880	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 1.87		2:59PM 1.79		11:14AM 3.26			5:41AM 1.50	3:47PM 1.87		4:06AM 1.90	4:26PM 1.91		4:45AM 1.84		2:35AM 2.00			8:55PM 1.58	9:21AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 0.12	8:27AM 0.16		10:55PM 0.34	5:05AM 0.69	6:00PM 0.29	10:07PM 0.54	11:57AM 0.17		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21		10:34PM 0.25	10:52AM 0.27	1:57PM 0.58	8:31PM 0.30	8:48AM 0.29	2:44PM 0.59	3:20AM 0.56		3:28PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	5
High °C	16	13	11	11	8	16	15	11	18	18	15	20	19	14	11	13	10	13	14	15	13	11
Low °C	14	10	10	11	6	11	13	10	15	16	13	15	17	14	10	11	9	11	13	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	15	10	8	8	5	16	15	9	18	18	15	20	19	13	9	11	8	13	13	15	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNW	0.7 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	9	10	14	14	14	12	14	12	12	15	14	10	12	13	8	16	14	13	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	12	15	10	10	9	15	12	10	17	9	10	10	10	10	10	16	6	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 N	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	14	5	14	-	-	3	-	-	3	9	10	-	6	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	17	15	11	12	16	9	14	8	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	882	1930	2684	1290	595	1156	4700	1488	4388	6932	4755	3991	3492	3186	3061	1160	3552	3441	1589	1278	1214	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:48PM 1.33												2:48AM 1.96									5:59AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 0.12			4:26AM 0.80					8:31PM 0.12				8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45		6:44PM 0.13		11:50PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	13	11	13	15	13	11	10	10	12	8	7	6	6	9	14	17	15	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	11	9	12	15	12	9	9	8	10	5	4	3	3	7	14	17	14	9	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	17	11	11	12	16	14	8	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 NW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	-	-	14	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	15	11	12	-	9	14	8	-	13	-	-	-	4	4	-	14	13	-	-	-	-

	Monday 30										Tuesday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	6.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	11	16	7	15	11	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	481	1170	767	414	870	1120	4461	133	424	432	12081	13310	13931	14260	15218	285	8077	11530	268	320	313	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:06AM 1.96		4:13AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 0.53	9:47PM 0.12								5:42AM 0.27					10:24AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	20	16	15	17	16	15	13	13	16	12	10	9	8	8	9	15	8	8	15	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	15	14	17	16	13	10	12	16	9	6	4	3	3	5	15	5	5	14	12	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	16	11	16	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	19	11	11	16	11	16	7	5	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 NW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NE	-	3.0 SW	6.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	-	3.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	5	8	6	-	5	7	15	7	-	11	13	13	13	14	14	-	14	14	4	5	5	5

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