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

	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	God Squad Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	6	3	4	6	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 NW	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.3 SW	3.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.6 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	11	9	12	9	12	17	11	16	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1677	2757	3523	1625	1776	534	551	189	902	6203	384	411	2938	477	9592	5836	4128	1455	1867	1360	1146	1205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 2.29		7:23PM 2.22	11:35AM 2.03		12:29AM 1.90		1:23PM 1.72	1:10AM 1.94		2:15PM 1.77	10:10PM 2.66		2:24PM 1.94	2:48AM 1.96	5:06AM 1.45	5:37PM 1.53		5:59AM 1.57	6:28PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 0.73	12:58PM 0.63		1:31AM 0.72	5:23AM 0.42	1:50PM 0.66		8:22AM 0.45		7:32PM 0.08	8:02AM 0.10			8:27AM 0.16		8:31PM 0.12	11:24AM 0.16		11:44PM 0.16	12:16PM 0.51		12:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	1	8	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	19	15	21	17	14	16	15	20	17	13	16	11	10	13	15	15	17	18	19
Low °C	14	15	15	18	13	19	16	13	16	13	15	15	10	14	11	8	10	14	13	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	13	16	13	18	14	21	17	13	16	15	20	16	13	16	8	7	12	14	15	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	3.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	16	15	14	10	11	9	12	12	12	17	11	11	12	6	10	14	14	12	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	15	13	13	13	9	9	12	6	16	11	14	-	10	16	16	12	10	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 E	1.2 E	-	1.2 NW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	-	5.0 SW	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	10	11	-	4	6	5	4	8	-	6	5	12	-	14	-	-	9	-	-	4	5

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.4 E	3.0 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 NW	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3493	3570	3548	3554	1457	2405	2253	3635	3434	3880	3006	1121	1009	1022	1309	1092	520	551	528	513	521	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:32AM 2.29						11:21PM 1.83			7:43AM 2.43	12:11PM 1.71					2:27AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 0.73				12:32PM 0.73		6:54PM 0.43				6:20AM 0.25				6:05PM 0.22	8:08PM 0.12				8:40AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	16	18	17	19	16	15	15	16	18	14	16	14	18	17	16	16	18	21
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	16	18	16	19	15	14	14	16	18	13	16	13	18	17	16	16	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.4 E	3.0 NNW	1.2 SW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 NW	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	10	11	14	10	11	12	11	11	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	15	12	-	16	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	8	13	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	3.5 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	5	4	4	4	5

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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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	2.5 E	3.0 NNW	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 NE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.1 SW	3.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	9	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	16	10	10	10	18	10	18	18	17
Energy(?)	3002	3291	3493	3683	1476	2776	2663	2273	2456	3158	3205	1441	3399	80	2757	2632	1795	17	1646	31	30	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																10:49AM 1.74			1:03PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)											5:17AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	14	17	14	15	15	14	14	15	18	15	16	17	19	21	22	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	12	17	11	13	13	11	11	13	17	13	15	16	18	21	22	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	3.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	17	12	16	10	17	16	16	16	12	16	15	15	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	-	10	10	10	-	12	-	-	-	19	18	19	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	2.5 E	-	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 NE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	0.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10

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