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

	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	9	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	14	13	12	15	8	9	13	12	15	12	16	11	10	11	11	10	13	12	10	16
Energy	587	682	407	245	1505	3933	1243	1172	1109	2172	7262	544	2276	606	522	2221	1755	309	610	138	91	8899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 1.53		7:57PM 1.89	11:10AM 1.46			6:01AM 1.79		10:10PM 1.85	7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		9:24PM 1.89	9:42AM 1.93		1:55AM 1.78	10:26AM 1.97	1:02PM 1.86	10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.05	2:21AM 0.33	5:05AM 0.05	5:23PM 0.08	11:42PM 0.69		3:48PM 0.25			5:11PM 0.84	2:41AM 0.45		5:36PM 0.22		3:32AM 0.38	5:14PM 0.47	7:53PM 0.26	4:16AM 0.32			4:56AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	13	14	14	17	18	13	14	11	14	14	19	14	15	16	14	13	19	18	12
Low °C	7	11	9	12	14	12	13	16	13	11	11	12	13	16	11	12	14	12	12	18	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	8	11	12	12	17	18	13	12	8	12	14	19	13	14	14	14	13	19	18	9
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	14	8	12	-	8	10	13	12	-	12	16	11	10	11	22	10	13	12	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	0.4 NW	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	16	16	10	10	10	-	14	13	10	8	-	5	-	7	4	9	-	9	20	8	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	1.3 SW	-	1.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.7 S	-	0.4 NW	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	-	5	15	8	9	-	12	15	4	-	3	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23					Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 ESE	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	15	9	9	14	14	13	13	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	9	13	12	12
Energy	1166	853	590	624	550	597	589	521	631	2050	626	6699	6897	11104	5020	4885	3469	1010	1172	6072	3094	3132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:13AM 1.49							8:25AM 1.77				6:19PM 1.81	9:06PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.21	10:56AM 1.72			7:30PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 0.24	4:26PM 0.05		10:27PM 0.64				11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56				1:08PM 0.39	3:48PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	13	11	11	13	18	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	11	9	11	10	9	9	8	10	14	14	13	13	11	10	9	11	18	18	17	13	13
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	15	8	9	14	14	7	8	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	-	13	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	8	11	11	13	13	13	9	-	-	9	8	8	-	9	13	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	-	16	16	15	14	14	14	-	9	13	12	12

	Thursday 23																	Friday 24
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	7	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	16	10	9	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	6	6
Energy	968	1712	587	1026	853	646	646	590	590	140	341	142	147	569	192	192	497	427	196	488	162	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:13AM 1.49							5:04PM 1.88		7:57PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)								1:40PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	8	5	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	7	7	8	6	6	8	7	8	6	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	8	16	16	15	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.7 S	0.9 SW	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	9	16	9	9	12	12	10	10	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	6	4	6	6

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