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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	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.1 W	1.6 NE	1.0 W	1.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	12	12	11	7	10	7	10	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	10	9
Energy	3313	1905	1261	1329	580	262	1531	263	1656	1011	1029	1645	2214	1478	1134	503	587	243	343	1169	1110	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		4:13PM 1.46	10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13	3:06PM 2.32	10:35PM 2.83	4:24AM 1.65	4:50PM 1.79	11:13PM 2.84	6:03AM 1.33	5:34PM 1.78				12:41AM 3.06	6:37AM 1.58	1:07PM 2.97	1:11AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.32	7:38AM 0.34			4:28AM 1.04			10:32AM 0.36					11:53PM 0.43	6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	6:36PM 1.09			7:01PM 0.58	8:12AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	25	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	9	2
High °C	9	10	9	11	17	13	13	16	16	16	15	17	19	15	12	13	12	11	15	14	14	13
Low °C	8	9	9	9	15	12	12	14	16	15	14	16	17	13	12	12	11	10	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	10	17	12	11	16	15	16	15	17	19	14	11	13	11	10	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.1 W	1.6 NE	1.0 W	1.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	11	7	10	6	10	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	10	4	6	12	12	12	12	13	12	9	13	11	10	10	8	9	8	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	1.7 NNE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 N	-	-	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	6	-	-	7	-	8	8	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	9

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	7	8	9	10	10	7	7
Energy	10478	5022	3313	3502	1905	1465	1559	1261	1092	1180	1329	630	580	604	504	262	400	750	1531	1574	263	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.75				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64					4:13PM 1.46		10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40AM 0.38			4:54PM 0.45	9:00PM 0.32				7:38AM 0.34	9:14AM 0.30			7:45PM 0.45			4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	17	15	10	12	12	13	12	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	7	5	5	9	8	9	6	6	6	9	9	7	17	15	9	11	10	12	10	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	7	8	9	10	10	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	4	10	6	6	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	4	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Friday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	6182	10559	10478	10140	9994	5022	5923	5888	3313	3980	3554	3502	3162	3162	1905	1731	1703	1465	1443	1535	1559	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.75													1:20PM 1.80	2:37PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)								7:34AM 0.96													9:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	6	6	5	7	7	5	7	9	9	10	10	8	7	7	9	9	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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