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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	Sat	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	7	8	9	7	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	16	14	12	12	11
Energy	7214	3064	3350	1147	1127	1039	3138	2002	3770	5416	3228	3022	1094	1793	8324	7582	13099	6666	3391	1169	1113	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		7:57PM 1.81	11:20AM 1.68		12:42AM 1.72			2:16AM 1.40		12:27PM 1.84	1:11AM 1.65		1:12PM 1.81	2:56AM 1.64		2:17PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94	3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25	2:08AM 0.46	5:02AM 0.26	5:35PM 0.27	6:35PM 0.32	7:00AM 0.29	5:56PM 0.34	8:08PM 0.25	6:33AM 0.29		6:57PM 0.34	6:57AM 0.33		9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	9	11	12	11	8	8	7	8	10	14	13	15	11	10	11	10	9	10	10
Low °C	8	9	8	8	10	10	9	7	8	6	7	9	13	12	12	9	9	10	9	6	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	8	10	12	9	5	4	5	8	8	14	11	14	8	8	8	8	8	10	9
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	16	14	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	13	11	10	11	10	17	16	10	10	11	12	4	12	12	11	11	11	-	10	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	-	-	-	4	-	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	15
Energy	6847	7214	6444	5534	3064	4390	3350	3151	1179	1147	1016	1269	1127	1080	1039	1383	2903	3138	534	2116	2002	3139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78				11:02PM 1.77				11:32AM 1.78			7:57PM 1.81		12:37AM 1.51			11:28AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			2:58AM 0.28					3:23PM 0.25				5:09AM 0.30				4:18PM 0.28				4:46AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	13	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	13	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	8	8	8	10	8	7	8	12	10	10	11	12	10	9	9	13	6	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	-	17	10	11	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	-	12	11	11

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	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
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14
Energy	6131	6665	6847	7012	7171	7214	7126	6731	6444	6152	5605	5534	5089	5089	3064	3219	3051	4390	4028	3663	3350	3350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)									2:58AM 0.28													3:23PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	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
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	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
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	13	-	-	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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