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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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	6	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 SW	1.3 S	1.6 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period(s)	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	11	12	10	7	10	9	10
Energy	1127	1036	638	1498	3353	5444	4081	3102	7192	8839	9058	14149	8574	3831	1217	1042	1179	605	522	1351	1719	3387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 1.73		12:37AM 1.51	8:25AM 1.86		11:28PM 1.76	11:41AM 1.86		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		12:56AM 1.75		1:20PM 1.80			2:01PM 1.82		4:25AM 1.58			3:33AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38PM 0.25	6:23PM 0.16		5:09PM 0.31		6:02AM 0.20			3:46AM 0.41	4:07PM 0.44	6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		9:46PM 0.29	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	10:35AM 0.32	4:47PM 1.06	9:27PM 0.39	9:38AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	11	11	13	8	8	6	8	13	6	10	10	11	11	12	12	9	11	8	15	12	13	16
Low °C	10	10	12	8	7	5	7	13	6	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	7	10	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	13	7	6	3	6	12	3	8	8	8	8	10	11	7	11	5	14	10	11	15
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:04
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 SW	1.3 S	1.2 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	11	12	10	7	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	16	10	10	11	12	-	-	-	14	11	-	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.6 ENE	-	2.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	9	10

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1127	1079	1036	2668	2639	638	534	1345	1498	1179	3353	4637	5111	5444	5280	5132	4081	3447	3102	6054	5625	7192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:32AM 1.78			7:57PM 1.81		12:37AM 1.51		8:25AM 1.86					11:28PM 1.76				11:41AM 1.86				9:34PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								4:46AM 0.30				5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31	6:02AM 0.20				6:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	12	11	13	13	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	8	13	10	9	6
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	11	9	13	13	4	7	8	6	4	3	2	2	1	5	6	12	8	6	3
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	12	-	10	10	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	12	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13

	Monday 25																	Tuesday 26
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy	1249	1249	1127	1109	1092	1079	1061	1061	1036	1024	2761	2668	2668	3819	2639	4090	4286	638	4487	2792	534	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:32AM 1.78											10:37PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)										3:03PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	11	11	13	10	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 S	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	-	11	11	10	11	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	12	-	-

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