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

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	9	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period(s)	13	17	16	14	14	14	16	14	12	18	17	18	14	16	14	13	16	15	14	13	13	12
Energy	8272	8746	7223	3445	1115	1076	1641	1537	1181	1617	2377	1077	1114	871	529	502	1493	1319	1131	1677	1180	883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.76		11:59PM 1.72		12:23PM 1.78	12:48AM 1.79	3:10AM 1.42	3:49PM 1.46	10:48PM 2.17	11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03			10:35PM 3.30		1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27		1:55PM 2.26	2:11AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 0.24		5:54AM 0.23		6:34PM 0.16	9:25AM 0.12			5:04AM 0.08	5:30PM 0.12		5:53AM -0.01	4:23PM -0.05		8:13AM 0.23		7:12PM 0.16	9:07AM 0.24		8:06PM 0.23	8:34AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	10	12	8	10	11	9	8	10	11	9	12	10	8	9	8	10	13	12	12
Low °C	11	10	8	8	10	7	9	10	7	7	9	10	8	10	8	8	9	6	8	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	11	7	8	9	7	7	10	10	9	12	10	7	9	7	8	12	11	11
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	17	16	14	14	14	16	14	12	13	17	18	14	16	14	13	16	15	9	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	19	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	21	18	-	12	-	-	-	17	-	7	14	21	20	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13							Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	14	14
Energy	7174	8484	8272	8722	8746	7241	8037	7223	6272	5385	3445	3046	1115	1304	1073	1076	1031	1000	1641	1633	1537	1456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:02AM 2.30				11:59PM 1.72					12:23PM 1.78				12:48AM 1.79					3:49PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08AM 0.33				5:30PM 0.24									7:48PM 0.20					9:34AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	11	12	10	11	9	8	9	8	10	12	10	8	8	7	7	9	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	9	10	8	9	7	6	6	6	8	11	10	6	6	5	5	7	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	21	19	19	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	18	-	-	16	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	7462	7303	7174	8115	8318	8484	13844	13429	8272	8272	11241	8722	9052	9781	8746	8346	7778	7241	6653	7896	8037	12016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											10:02AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)						5:08AM 0.33												5:30PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	18	18	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16

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