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

	Sat	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	9	5	4	4	7	4	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	9	15	13	13	12	13	11	12	14	14	14	12	14	14	10	10	15	13	12	18	18	16
Energy	441	118	4343	5425	1766	2356	690	890	4256	8466	9337	2240	3098	3912	1091	1230	3238	1002	1252	521	822	940
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:10PM 1.49	9:35AM 1.40		10:26PM 1.64	11:07AM 1.55		12:20AM 1.53			11:12PM 1.65	11:34AM 1.66		8:36PM 1.82	8:18AM 3.10		9:56PM 2.02	10:21AM 2.12	3:11PM 1.68		3:49AM 1.45	2:25PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33AM 0.48	3:23PM 0.45		4:58AM 0.42	5:57PM 0.47		6:57AM 0.25	12:05PM 0.67		5:24AM 0.30	5:30PM 0.24	2:44AM 0.41		2:33PM 0.66		4:09AM 0.20		9:38PM 0.11	10:00AM 0.08		9:31PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	7	10	11	10	9	15	12	10	11	13	12	10	13	11	11	9	8	8	13	11
Low °C	11	14	6	7	7	9	8	10	10	9	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	8	7	8	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	2	8	10	9	8	15	9	7	9	11	10	8	12	9	9	8	7	6	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	13	12	13	11	12	11	14	14	12	14	14	9	10	15	13	12	9	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	15	14	11	11	11	11	11	26	22	19	17	9	10	13	-	9	22	19	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	13	-	3	-	3	2	14	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	2	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	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	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	5	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	9	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	12
Energy	2364	3794	12041	2059	2630	1257	1517	1560	1763	10662	10308	6397	3177	1486	1275	5295	5213	1401	1472	1167	6127	1183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:14PM 1.50				11:12AM 1.44				9:36PM 1.54			6:13AM 1.63				7:29PM 1.69		12:21AM 1.34			11:53AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				3:57AM 0.48				5:36PM 0.31				3:38AM 0.50		11:59AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	12	17	15	15	14	5	5	6	8	11	13	10	8	10	7	6	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	8	10	11	17	15	14	13	1	1	2	7	10	13	8	5	7	5	3	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 W	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	10	10	9	9	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 NNW	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	3	-	-	13	3

	Saturday 09					Sunday 10
	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	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	5	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	1.4 NE	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	13	10	9	12	5	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	14
Energy	250	437	4456	281	483	35	169	719	1971	3456	3985	14151	6888	3364	3180	3924	3869	485	447	1501	3408	5359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 1.52	9:40PM 1.62														11:02AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)										3:09AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	13	11	13	13	14	14	14	15	10	9	8	12	13	13	8	8	15	16	15	9	8
Chill °C (?)	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	5	4	9	11	11	4	4	15	16	14	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 NNW	3.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.3 NE	1.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	13	8	9	9	12	13	7	14	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	14	13	15	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	13	10	10	8	12	15	13	12	10	10	-	8	9	-	-	-	8	15	12	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	3.0 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 NW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	13	2	4	6	5	4	11	4	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	-	-	13	14

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