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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	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	5	6	5	5	9	5	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 N	4.0 NW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	4024	5521	3732	3048	9857	3092	8197	6268	3283	1875	1180	1003	1107	561	674	545	1101	2325	2081	3030	1561	4819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.76	11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77	12:29AM 1.66	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		12:31PM 2.06	1:58AM 1.99		1:10PM 2.08	10:52PM 3.16	11:13AM 3.13		11:28PM 3.15	11:50AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 0.31		6:02AM 0.20		6:12PM 0.31	3:46AM 0.41		6:40PM 0.36	5:55AM 0.64		9:00PM 0.32	7:20AM 0.39		7:45PM 0.45	6:50AM 0.37			5:03AM 1.04	5:04PM 0.47		5:38AM 1.05	6:00PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	17	20	18
High °C	9	6	7	11	8	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	11	9	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Low °C	7	4	7	10	7	6	10	8	9	10	8	7	11	8	9	12	13	13	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	7	3	5	11	4	10	9	9	8	11	8	9	10	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.3 WNW	1.2 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	12	-	12	12	14	11	10	-	-	9	8	9	12	12	12	12	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.5 N	4.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	11	12

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15
Energy	4024	5159	5444	5521	5355	4310	3732	3399	3048	4327	4493	9857	8771	13973	3092	9686	8197	12658	7103	6268	5464	3194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 1.76				11:41AM 1.86	12:57PM 1.77								12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.31					6:02AM 0.20			3:23PM 0.43									6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	11	7	6	7	5	7	6	9	10	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	5	3	2	2	3	5	5	11	5	3	4	2	3	4	6	8	9	9	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	-	12	-	11	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	14	14	-	6	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1555	1294	4024	4205	4702	5159	5159	5444	5444	5444	5521	5521	5521	5521	5355	5280	3240	4310	5060	3077	3732	3724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	0	4	5	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	11	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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