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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	Fri	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy	3867	3013	1364	7214	3064	3350	1147	1249	1068	2752	1225	3968	3649	3338	1144	1086	1514	5737	4161	1699	1250	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:35AM 2.26		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		12:42AM 1.72	11:53AM 1.77	1:08PM 1.74	2:16AM 1.40		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75	10:44AM 1.92		2:56AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 0.44		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28	3:16AM 0.94	3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25	2:08AM 0.46		5:09PM 0.31	6:35PM 0.32	5:33AM 0.31		8:08PM 0.25	7:47AM 0.29		6:40PM 0.36	4:34AM 0.38	4:54PM 0.45	9:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	10	8	10	9	10	12	11	8	9	8	11	13	13	14	13	13	9	9	9
Low °C	9	11	11	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	8	7	8	7	12	12	12	12	8	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	9	8	10	8	10	12	10	6	9	6	11	13	13	14	12	12	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	-	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	-	6	-	13	11	10	9	10	-	16	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point 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
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	2979	3867	3124	3864	3013	5589	1364	5879	6847	7214	6444	5534	3064	4390	3350	3151	1340	1147	1016	1400	1249	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 1.93	8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86					9:08AM 1.78				11:02PM 1.77				11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28					3:23PM 0.25				5:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	12	11	11	12	10	10	8	7	7	7	8	10	8	9	9	12	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	11	9	9	11	8	9	6	6	6	6	8	10	8	8	8	12	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	-	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	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	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22					Saturday 23
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy	1460	3160	2979	2910	3936	3867	3916	3916	3124	3051	3888	3864	3403	3112	3013	3013	6936	5589	1069	6075	1364	1504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:10AM 1.93			8:04AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					11:00PM 0.44																2:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	8	9	11	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	-	-	13	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	-	-	22	-	6	22	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	-

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