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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	7	4	8	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	9	13	12	12	21	18	16	14	14	13	13
Energy	3438	2739	783	433	3638	7555	8399	3099	5502	3533	1150	669	1057	1016	1530	782	636	1654	1011	838	599	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 1.47		12:17AM 1.37	7:45AM 1.74	1:10PM 1.25	1:07AM 1.56	11:35AM 1.66	1:22PM 1.56	1:58AM 1.60		12:43PM 1.72	1:10AM 1.75		3:10PM 1.57	1:37AM 1.85		2:05PM 1.98	2:12AM 2.01		2:43PM 2.16		3:05AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 0.42				6:42PM 0.46	5:25AM 0.30		7:33PM 0.46	8:07AM 0.46		6:55PM 0.17	8:47AM 0.13		7:26PM 0.11	7:46AM 0.07		8:03PM 0.09	8:22AM 0.03		8:58PM 0.09	9:17AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	13	13	10	11	13	10	10	11	10	8	9	8	13	12	10	8	10	9	9
Low °C	11	10	9	9	11	9	11	12	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	11	11	8	7	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	12	10	7	8	11	7	8	10	10	8	9	6	13	11	10	7	10	9	8
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 E	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	11	11	11	13	13	9	16	14	14	9	13	12	12	12	18	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 S	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	26	22	19	22	10	10	10	14	26	24	20	21	13	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11							Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	14	16	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	18	17	17
Energy	10358	7039	7232	4940	3235	3506	3183	1446	1844	1039	6244	1309	1124	1577	8558	7545	8794	8181	8399	7233	8963	7896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					12:21PM 1.22				12:20AM 1.53			11:09AM 1.52	12:34PM 1.54			11:12PM 1.65				11:17AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38AM 0.50				5:57PM 0.47												5:08AM 0.33				5:30PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	9	11	12	9	9	10	7	7	10	14	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	2	3	6	10	10	9	7	7	5	4	8	13	14	12	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	15	16	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	-	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	23	21	19	19	18	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.7 NW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	13	13	-	-	12	-	-	4	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	4576	8912	3245	6974	3550	5591	2601	4121	5772	4646	1765	1068	1550	2215	1735	1707	1565	4301	4278	4340	4036	4258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											10:19AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)						5:57AM 0.43											4:10PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	8	9	8	11	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	2	4	6	6	8	7	2	6	7	7	8	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.4 S	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	11	12	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 WSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 NW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	13	-	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	12	12	12	12	12

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