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

	Sun	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	3	3	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	12	12	13	13	10	11	13	16	14	12	14
Energy(?)	5575	830	700	4306	11689	7196	4462	3469	1242	1362	1235	692	1291	1175	809	235	256	1581	2768	1091	601	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:20AM 1.94		1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96			3:48AM 1.93		3:21PM 1.84		5:59AM 1.57		12:43AM 2.00	4:55AM 2.16	4:49PM 2.45		4:45AM 1.84			5:24AM 1.77	5:48PM 1.79	8:55PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 0.21		7:47PM 0.13	8:11AM 0.17	4:47PM 0.70	9:34PM 0.14	9:08AM 0.15		11:50PM 0.39	12:16PM 0.51	6:00PM 0.63		11:09AM 0.58		10:53PM 0.25	10:52AM 0.27	1:57PM 0.58	11:17PM 0.34	11:34AM 0.35		3:20AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	11	9
High °C	14	14	18	12	11	12	9	15	15	11	18	23	15	19	23	15	15	12	11	9	14	14
Low °C	11	14	15	10	9	11	6	9	12	10	15	21	13	15	21	13	14	12	10	9	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	9	8	10	7	14	15	10	18	23	15	19	23	15	15	9	9	8	13	13
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	11	11	9	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	12	12	13	13	10	11	-	16	14	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	17	12	11	10	10	13	15	11	10	15	15	10	10	5	15	-	12	7	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.2 NNE	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	10	6	-	4	13	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	10	16	10	11	16	16	9	14	8	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	4189	5575	6139	5759	4693	1048	929	1149	3502	659	590	1268	4914	1374	11003	6055	5071	3331	3579	3133	3469	1203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:20AM 1.94				2:39PM 1.88								2:49PM 2.43				2:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)					7:27AM 0.21				8:02PM 0.12			4:26AM 0.80					8:31PM 0.12	10:55PM 0.34			8:53AM 0.16	11:20AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	8	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	12	17	14	12	10	15	15	13	11	10	11	11	9	10	7	6	9	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	9	9	10	17	14	10	8	15	15	12	9	9	8	9	7	10	4	3	7	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	10	16	15	11	16	16	15	8	14	14	11	14	13	14	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	12	16	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 S	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	10	11	-	-	9	14	8	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29				Monday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 NW	2.3 SW	0.6 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	17	17	17	16	11	12	16	16	11	11	11	16	12	16	16	16	11	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	1793	4190	4189	4775	4934	957	451	1076	972	346	534	1126	3364	252	2310	809	4193	549	4450	8494	8305	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)																			1:39PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)														8:12AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	13	16	18	13	13	17	17	15	15	14	12	13	15	19	12	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	12	16	18	12	11	16	16	15	15	12	10	11	13	18	9	9	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 NW	1.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 NW	2.3 SW	0.6 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	17	17	17	16	11	12	16	16	11	11	11	16	12	16	16	16	11	16	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 NNW	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	13	13	12	10	16	12	11	12	19	12	12	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 NW	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	6	6	-	-	7	5	5	6	6	6	15	15	4

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