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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Crossroads Otago	Fields Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	3	5	7	5	3	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	15	11	12	11	9	12	9	19	17	17	12	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1043	2041	2506	679	3663	2402	1619	553	611	187	1254	6641	974	412	279	604	8014	5108	1313	1397	1127	1542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 2.24		6:09AM 2.53		7:23PM 2.22	7:53AM 2.34		8:36PM 2.31	12:33PM 2.10		1:51AM 1.82		1:32PM 1.90	2:40AM 1.84		2:38PM 1.83	3:02AM 1.86		3:06PM 1.95	3:27AM 1.94	5:59AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 1.16		12:43AM 0.66	12:32PM 0.73		1:31AM 0.72		6:40PM 0.17	2:42AM 0.61	6:19AM 0.34	4:39PM 0.28	7:30PM 0.13	9:10AM 0.45		8:21PM 0.12	8:48AM 0.16		8:45PM 0.11	8:53AM 0.16		9:13PM 0.13	12:16PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	17	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	16	14	15	17	13	21	17	14	17	15	19	17	13	14	12	11	17	14	11	17
Low °C	17	14	16	14	15	15	13	19	17	12	15	11	14	13	11	13	11	10	14	13	11	14
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	14	13	17	12	21	17	13	17	15	19	17	12	13	9	8	17	13	10	17
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	3.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	15	14	12	11	9	12	12	8	17	17	12	7	7	13	13	13	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	-	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	6	11	14	10	10	-	16	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	4.0 ENE	-	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	11	-	3	6	5	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.2 E	1.3 WSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	10	14	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1401	1792	3586	2462	3477	3570	3454	3582	3027	1318	736	3201	3369	3698	1340	1121	1288	1040	1271	1127	1037	611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 2.49						10:28AM 1.97				11:21PM 1.83				12:10PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 0.60				12:10AM 0.73		5:21AM 0.29			2:30PM 0.45	5:39PM 0.21				6:20AM 0.25				6:05PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	13	16	17	14	15	19	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	14	11	13	15	15	15	15	12	15	17	14	14	19	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.5 E	3.0 NNW	2.2 E	1.3 WSW	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	10	14	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	15	9	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	-	3.5 ENE	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	1.3 NW
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	-	3	-	10	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	5

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.4 N	1.6 N	2.1 N	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.5 E	1.1 WSW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	6	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	13	17	9	9	9	11
Energy(?)	528	1526	1043	1200	1695	1792	1866	369	1600	1076	380	1020	1148	1604	901	1039	60	45	2502	2668	2532	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:36AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	17	14	14	13	14	15	14	17	20	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	13	13	11	12	13	12	15	20	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.8 NNW	1.4 N	1.6 N	2.1 N	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	2.1 NNW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	13	12	12	9	9	13	13	16	16	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	19	19	13	7	20	13	13	17	17	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.1 ENE	-	2.5 E	0.3 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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