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 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 WNW	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 SW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	0.5 ENE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	6	11	9	9	8	12	11	8	9	10	12	13	11	14	9	12
Energy(?)	1354	2078	918	1721	785	252	355	261	547	524	404	378	661	494	208	1073	1826	3502	976	2388	95	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:33PM 1.45	6:14AM 2.21	6:31PM 1.51		6:59AM 1.61	6:54PM 1.57	2:25AM 2.54	9:07AM 1.55			6:40AM 1.83	6:53PM 1.80		6:23AM 1.71		12:03AM 1.48	11:24AM 1.69		12:39AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 0.64	12:22PM 1.07		12:47AM 0.45		1:02PM 0.54	8:21PM 0.65		3:02PM 0.41	11:11PM 0.53	12:50PM 0.71		1:14AM 0.57	12:35PM 0.66	3:31PM 0.49		5:10AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.32		7:13AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	1
High °C	12	9	10	9	8	19	22	13	18	21	16	24	23	20	17	15	12	14	15	14	22	12
Low °C	12	7	10	9	6	16	22	11	16	19	15	23	21	16	11	15	9	12	14	12	21	12
Chill °C (?)	11	6	8	6	6	19	22	12	17	21	16	24	23	20	16	13	11	13	14	14	22	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:49	-	-	9:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 ENE	1.4 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	0.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	9	8	8	12	8	10	10	12	13	11	14	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 N	0.8 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	5	-	12	10	12	8	12	9	9	13	12	-	-	9	6	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.6 NE	0.9 NNW	1.1 SW	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	9	-	-	3	11	4	9	10	-	-	-	-	7	12

	Sunday 23			Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midshore Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	0.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	1590	46	2468	1645	1494	1449	1685	573	775	749	851	1265	1093	1005	582	760	231	526	1233	755	595	1133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:15AM 1.65								5:04AM 1.92					9:26PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				12:00AM 0.43					1:35PM 0.39		9:38PM 0.47	10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	10	8	6	6	10	16	10	10	8	8	7	8	11	14	18	14	14	18	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	17	8	6	4	4	8	16	8	8	6	8	6	6	10	13	18	13	14	18	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	4	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	-	9	9	9	-	9	6	12	12	10	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	-	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	8	7	7	8

	Sunday 23										Monday 24
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Midshore Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	8	8	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	4	14	13	15
Energy(?)	393	38	692	1587	613	613	2306	562	814	814	2606	2702	2658	2658	2428	1978	114	290	48	114	139	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)															3:10AM 1.88					8:28AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	18	14	12	13	12	11	14	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	7	14	9	10	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	15	18	12	12	13	10	8	12	8	8	6	6	6	4	6	4	13	7	8	11	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	9	13	7	7	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	5	15	9	12	12	15	13	9	9	-	9	9	9	-	9	5	9	13	9	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	8	8	12	6	7	7	12	-	-	-	12	-	3	5	4	4	5	4

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