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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	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 W	1.2 ENE	2.3 NNE	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Energy	6713	3027	1759	1261	1345	563	530	1508	1709	1992	1434	1307	1501	2470	1566	1350	1193	579	224	335	1172	1105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		4:13PM 1.46		10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78			6:03AM 1.33			4:22AM 1.56		12:41AM 3.06	6:37AM 1.58	1:42PM 1.85	1:11AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.38		9:00PM 0.32	7:38AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.40	4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46		4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47	11:08PM 0.42			11:53PM 0.43	10:54AM 0.25	12:02PM 0.39	6:36PM 1.09			7:01PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	14	23	16	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	14	12
High °C	11	10	10	10	10	16	15	13	16	16	16	16	14	18	14	12	11	12	13	14	12	14
Low °C	9	9	10	9	9	14	11	13	15	16	16	15	13	17	13	12	11	11	11	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	8	8	16	13	11	15	15	16	16	12	18	14	12	10	11	12	13	11	13
Sunrise	-	8:14	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 W	1.2 ENE	2.3 NNE	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	11	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 N	0.6 S	1.4 NW	1.6 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	4	5	11	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	15	11	8	9	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	1.4 NNE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	4	-	3	4	4	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	9	10	10
Energy	7579	6713	5840	3105	3027	3401	1759	1535	1559	1261	1090	1180	1345	600	563	604	521	530	671	823	1508	1332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64					4:13PM 1.46						10:15AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				9:00PM 0.32				7:38AM 0.34	9:57AM 0.27			7:45PM 0.45	9:38PM 0.40		4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	16	14	9	11	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	7	10	10	8	8	8	6	9	9	15	16	14	8	9	12	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 S	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	7	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	4	5	5	6	8	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	-	-	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	6	6	5	7	7	2	-	-

	Thursday 28					Friday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	8183	13021	7579	7274	6713	6713	6182	5921	5840	5356	5356	3105	3578	3315	3027	3868	3554	3401	3162	3162	1759	1731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:56AM 1.75													1:20PM 1.80	2:37PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.36	7:13PM 1.01											6:40AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	10	5	6	7	8	8	10	10	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	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	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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