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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	4.0 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	6	8	11	8	11
Energy(?)	1327	1875	1046	1709	562	1464	428	289	2011	443	1447	1371	253	863	734	646	781	244	388	1019	2481	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 2.70			4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70			2:33PM 1.88	1:38AM 3.01		1:48PM 2.57		6:38AM 1.69	6:54PM 1.57		4:31AM 1.73			8:12AM 1.64		8:55PM 2.10	9:23AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.40	10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	7:02AM 0.49		7:24PM 1.07	7:39AM 0.55		12:27AM 0.48		1:02PM 0.54	1:15AM 0.49	10:39AM 0.65	1:51PM 0.55	12:45AM 0.69		2:47PM 1.06	3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	6
High °C	11	14	15	15	16	10	15	13	9	11	12	9	17	13	12	17	18	17	21	21	13	12
Low °C	10	13	13	13	15	9	14	11	7	10	11	8	15	12	11	14	16	15	19	19	10	8
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	14	15	9	14	12	6	10	10	7	16	11	12	16	18	16	21	21	12	9
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	-	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	-	13	13	13	9	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	8	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	18	7	10	-	9	9	15	-	9	9	9	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	4	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.5 SW	1.0 S	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 N	2.0 NE	4.0 WSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	9	12	5	-	-	5	3	4	7	12	6	5	11	8	4

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1215	1120	1327	1239	1430	1451	1336	3634	1075	1296	1332	1771	1519	1392	1282	2413	1554	1007	1604	2822	3257	2404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:07PM 1.73								4:47PM 1.70								5:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41							6:24AM 0.43		10:42AM 0.44								11:42AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	14	11	10	10	11	14	8	12	13	15	15	15	14	10	9	10	9	14	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	10	8	8	10	14	6	11	13	15	14	14	13	9	7	8	6	12	14	11	11
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	-	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	13	9	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	13	-	12	5	12	12	12

	Friday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	15	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1188	1216	1474	1479	1432	1419	1428	622	942	1083	1083	1239	1255	1411	1430	1895	1465	2166	1508	585	599	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.83								11:56AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:29PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	17	16	13	13	15	11	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	14	10	12	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	15	12	12	15	9	16	15	15	8	9	8	8	12	9	10	10	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.3 S	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	17	15	16	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	10	10	7	-	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	14	-	-	-	-

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