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

	Wed	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period(s)	16	14	10	14	13	12	12	18	17	18	14	16	13	13	16	15	14	13	12	11	12	11
Energy	6970	3445	1165	1046	1012	1298	1181	1617	2404	1225	1114	871	605	701	1059	1079	1252	808	934	2017	1395	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 1.72		2:23PM 1.43	1:57AM 1.81	10:25AM 2.16	12:57PM 2.00	10:48PM 2.17	11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03			12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	12:31AM 2.17		1:55PM 2.26	2:11AM 2.22		4:17PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 0.23		7:48PM 0.20	4:15AM 0.20			5:04AM 0.08	5:30PM 0.12		5:53AM -0.01	4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04		6:19PM 0.25	7:38AM -0.02		8:06PM 0.23	8:28AM 0.04		8:56PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8
High °C	10	9	12	8	8	9	8	8	9	11	9	12	9	7	8	8	11	13	12	16	16	13
Low °C	8	7	11	6	7	8	7	7	9	11	8	10	7	7	8	7	10	13	11	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	7	11	7	8	8	6	6	8	10	9	12	9	5	8	7	10	12	10	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	14	9	14	13	12	12	13	17	18	14	16	13	13	16	15	14	9	12	12	19	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	15	10	-	10	21	18	-	12	-	-	20	17	6	16	21	13	20	21	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	11	12	11

	Wed	Thursday 14								Friday 15								Saturday 16
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	12	14	12	12	13	19	18	18
Energy	7896	6970	6284	5329	3445	3046	1165	1267	1073	1046	1031	1070	1012	1633	1298	1330	1022	1181	1418	1538	1617	2460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 1.72					2:23PM 1.43				12:48AM 1.79				12:57PM 2.00	3:49PM 1.46		10:48PM 2.17				11:16AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)									7:48PM 0.20					9:34AM 0.12						5:04AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	7	9	12	9	8	7	7	7	7	11	9	10	8	7	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	6	5	7	11	8	7	5	6	5	6	9	8	8	6	4	5	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	22	21	20	19	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13					Thursday 14
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	10	10
Energy	8495	8476	7896	12001	11560	6970	6794	6547	6284	6237	6170	5329	5183	4970	3445	3089	3089	3046	3046	1136	1165	1154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:59PM 1.72													12:07PM 1.88		2:23PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)													6:28AM 0.22							1:59PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	9	10	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	8	14	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

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