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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	2	4	3	1	6	5	5	4	1	1	5	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	16	14	12	10	13	12	14	15	6	9	13	13	13	12	9	12	11	10	16
Energy(?)	2440	1404	552	410	173	470	306	976	3811	3716	2445	109	50	5064	1777	1086	955	210	128	789	1133	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 1.77	3:06AM 2.25	4:48AM 1.84	4:46PM 1.91			2:53PM 2.20		5:36AM 2.17		2:02AM 3.06				4:40AM 1.97		9:48PM 1.81	10:14AM 1.72		11:51PM 1.51	12:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.23		8:50PM 0.09	10:59AM 0.20		11:37PM 0.66	8:47AM 0.17		10:08PM 0.12	11:48AM 0.25	1:37PM 0.23	7:55PM 0.06	8:38AM 0.20	3:52PM 0.13	10:31PM 0.28	10:55AM 0.31	4:29PM 0.14		4:09AM 0.29	5:30PM 0.13		5:56AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	14	16	15	15	22	11	12	15	15	14	19	14	15	17	16	15	13	15	13	15
Low °C	12	16	14	16	14	15	20	11	10	10	14	12	17	12	13	16	16	13	13	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	13	16	14	15	22	8	9	15	13	14	19	12	14	17	16	14	12	14	12	15
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	16	8	16	8	12	10	-	-	14	15	6	9	13	13	13	12	9	7	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	18	9	16	5	14	11	10	-	-	-	10	9	7	9	11	8	9	13	5	19	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 WNW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.3 W	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 W	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	13	12	-	10	-	3	13	-	-	-	3	-	11	10	-

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 E	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	17	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	12	9	9	11	11	11	12	10	10
Energy(?)	1064	1187	3198	1114	2360	1089	1134	1004	1095	720	244	549	350	620	1500	1101	513	638	560	354	191	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 1.83				4:38PM 2.38			3:06AM 2.25	4:15AM 2.22		12:24PM 3.25						6:42AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			8:31AM 0.26	10:19AM 0.22			7:54PM 0.08								8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15				2:14PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	12	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	17	20	12	10	18	15	18	19	22	14
Chill °C (?)	14	10	12	16	15	13	12	12	12	13	15	16	17	20	10	8	18	15	18	19	22	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 E	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	17	9	9	9	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	12	9	8	11	11	11	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.4 SE	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 SE	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.5 N	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	20	19	8	8	16	16	9	6	7	8	7	6	9	16	15	15	6	4	11	11	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.6 NW	3.0 W	2.4 W	-	-	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.6 WNW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	9	9	-	-	5	4	3	6

	Wednesday 18
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	18	10	18	18	17	18	9	20	19	8	16	16	8	8	7	8	10	8
Energy(?)	1092	1782	808	1286	1763	1370	1296	1526	3198	2324	992	385	333	291	667	659	276	271	247	208	214	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:09AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)							7:33AM 0.25				11:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	19	17	21	17	17	20	16	16	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	10	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	19	17	21	17	17	20	15	15	18	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	18	18	17	18	9	11	11	8	16	16	8	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SE	1.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	21	20	18	19	8	8	11	11	8	10	18	20	19	10	6	6	10	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	3

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