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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 ESE	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	9	15	15	14	12	13	10	12	10	12	10	10	10	18	17	16	9	12	12
Energy(?)	327	145	2021	1176	1149	1826	1463	1028	1777	1024	15370	4740	3882	1954	1846	1407	762	1462	992	86	164	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59	1:34PM 1.50	2:00AM 1.63		2:02PM 2.14	9:33PM 2.50			12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		12:04AM 1.96	12:18PM 2.04	3:29PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.94	12:53PM 2.11		1:15AM 2.07	12:53PM 3.42		1:16AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.56		7:29PM 0.41	7:41AM 0.45		3:42AM 0.67	8:06AM 0.41	5:58PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	5:53PM 0.47		6:12AM 0.44		9:38PM 0.15	6:46AM 0.36	6:30PM 0.65	7:05PM 0.30	6:46AM 0.66		7:06PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	19	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	13	15	17	14	13	19	12	16	14	12	12	13	12	15	15	13	22	22	17
Low °C	15	18	15	11	14	16	10	12	18	11	15	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	12	19	21	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	13	11	15	16	13	12	18	10	15	12	9	10	11	11	15	14	13	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 ESE	5.5 S	3.0 SE	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	9	12	11	15	14	12	13	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	8	17	16	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 N	-	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	5	-	8	15	13	13	8	12	20	-	-	12	11	11	20	9	8	9	9	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	6

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 N	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	723	674	544	582	905	305	208	730	1950	1726	1968	3213	3253	3169	1430	1585	4268	1476	3227	1185	1561	1370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 1.64	1:17AM 1.57							10:52PM 1.72				10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:07PM 2.88				10:29AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)							2:28PM 0.97	6:55PM 0.47				4:10AM 0.74								4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	19	12	20	15	12	11	10	11	14	13	12	13	14	13	13	10	16	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	17	19	12	20	14	11	9	8	10	14	13	11	13	13	12	12	8	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 N	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 NNE	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	7	8	8	8	6	9	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	14	13	14	13	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	13	12	12	11	16	16	8	8	7	8	8	13	13	12	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	6	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	2.0 ENE	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 NW	1.6 N	2.1 NW	1.2 N	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	8	11	8	12	12	12	7	7	9	8	8	9	7	9	6	7	7
Energy(?)	770	707	186	186	357	978	201	629	25	131	99	651	651	995	390	390	981	271	966	288	172	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:54AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51AM 0.99			4:10AM 0.78											3:07PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	1	-	-	6	-	1	1	2
High °C	18	18	17	17	15	15	17	19	19	19	20	18	14	13	11	10	14	18	15	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	14	14	17	19	19	19	20	17	12	11	8	7	13	18	14	17	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 NW	1.6 N	2.1 NW	1.2 N	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	12	13	9	9	12	8	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	9	8	8	9	7	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	9	13	14	8	8	12	10	16	16	7	8	8	7	8	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	2.0 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.4 N	2.4 N	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	8	3	8	-	3	3	7	7	4	12	12	4	-	4	7	7	7

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