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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	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	6	4	8	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	3064	3350	1147	1127	1039	1771	1578	2181	6091	3346	5925	1246	7606	5418	3125	5666	4082	3075	1459	1210	634	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		11:03PM 2.24	8:25AM 1.86		11:28PM 1.76	11:41AM 1.86		2:16AM 1.40	9:58AM 1.85	12:27PM 1.84	1:11AM 1.65		1:20PM 1.80	1:36AM 1.74		1:43PM 2.05		4:33AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25			5:26PM 0.28		6:02AM 0.20	5:56PM 0.34	8:08PM 0.25	3:46AM 0.41		6:57PM 0.34	6:57AM 0.33		7:23PM 0.38	9:14AM 0.30		10:32PM 0.29	10:41AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	11	12	13	9	9	6	8	10	14	13	15	11	11	10	9	10	11	13	19
Low °C	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	4	7	9	13	9	14	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	10	12	11	7	7	3	7	8	14	11	14	9	9	9	9	8	11	12	19
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	11	14	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	1.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	11	10	11	10	11	16	10	10	11	12	12	-	12	12	11	11	-	10	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	2.5 SW	0.4 NNE	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	10	-	-	13	4	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	11	12	12	12	16	11	15	14
Energy	6444	5534	3064	4390	3350	1239	1179	1147	1016	1269	1127	1081	1039	1188	3977	1771	2057	2212	1578	1465	2181	6091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:08AM 1.78		5:34PM 2.85		11:02PM 1.77				11:32AM 1.78				11:03PM 2.24			8:25AM 1.86	11:21AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 0.28									5:09AM 0.30								5:13AM 0.97				5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	9	10	14	8	9	13	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	8	8	9	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	8	10	14	7	8	12	10	9	10	12	11	11	10	5	5	7	5	7	4
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	12	16	10	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	12	12	12	-	11	10	-

	Sunday 24
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	14
Energy	7126	6731	6444	6152	5605	5534	5089	5089	3064	3219	3051	4390	4028	3663	3350	3350	3196	1239	1058	1019	1179	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		5:34PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			2:58AM 0.28													3:23PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	13	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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