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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	5	2	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	7	9	10	8	10	11	9	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	9
Energy(?)	1319	1119	1896	369	280	1434	222	1727	989	198	3060	1317	382	1737	1822	514	730	768	250	383	177	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:15PM 1.79	3:24AM 2.68	9:41AM 1.63			4:50AM 1.63	5:24PM 1.59		11:59AM 1.55		7:15PM 1.61	12:54PM 1.35	1:14PM 1.35	11:02PM 1.61	8:10AM 1.71		12:32AM 1.60	12:38PM 1.74		8:53PM 2.87	9:19AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)			9:06PM 1.18		4:02PM 0.52	10:30PM 0.65	10:59AM 0.67		11:26PM 0.63	5:43AM 0.68	4:17PM 1.12	1:44AM 0.59	6:37AM 0.27				2:31PM 0.56		6:22AM 0.22	2:44PM 0.53	3:09AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	20	42	11	2	-	4	-	-	2	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	8	8	6	12	7	12	12	11	17	15	12	16	11	8	16	12	12	14	14	11	18
Low °C	11	7	7	5	10	6	9	12	9	14	13	7	14	11	4	14	11	9	13	13	10	15
Chill °C (?)	8	5	4	2	9	4	10	10	10	16	14	10	15	8	5	16	11	11	13	13	10	18
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 NNW	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	0.6 N	1.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	7	9	10	8	10	11	9	12	13	13	20	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.2 N	2.2 W	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	11	12	7	16	10	8	8	8	10	-	8	-	18	-	15	8	4	5	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	-	-	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	3.0 SW	0.9 W	0.6 NW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	8	3	10	4	-	-	3	12	4	6	12	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 NNW	1.1 SSW	2.2 NNE	2.0 NNW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	8	8	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1803	1493	1628	226	1490	1236	1228	1485	1302	683	785	1404	1199	1357	795	1497	2448	510	896	1546	1321	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:15AM 2.16		2:50PM 2.79		9:14PM 1.50		3:49AM 1.71			10:32AM 1.55		5:07PM 1.62		11:23PM 1.23		4:50AM 1.63				4:44PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)									9:43AM 0.61		2:17PM 1.16				2:44AM 0.58				3:44PM 0.55			11:02PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	10	15	2	2	-	2	2	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	11	12	10	6	5	4	7	10	8	6	7	7	5	7	9	12	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	7	8	10	7	5	2	1	6	9	5	3	6	4	1	4	7	11	11	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NE	2.0 NNW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 W	0.5 N	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	12	11	10	8	9	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 NNW	1.3 N	1.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	-	-	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	8	7	10	10	9	9	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 NNW	1.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SW	-	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	8	5	9	-	-	3	-	-	9	9	8	9	9	-	11	8	8	-	-	-

	Monday 27																Tuesday 28
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	0.5 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.0 SW	2.3 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	11	13	6	11	9	11	6	7	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3078	1875	1319	195	389	1493	1493	2382	1221	66	216	193	134	113	384	1480	2103	159	179	3803	3803	3542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:15AM 2.16																				3:19AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)										4:28PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	3	3	5	10	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	11	11	14	14	9	9	9	11	13	5	4	15	19	4	6	6	4	3	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	9	8	13	13	7	6	7	8	10	1	2	13	18	1	3	6	-1	0	7	7	6
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	2.3 NNW	2.5 WSW	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	13	11	11	9	11	6	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.5 N	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	1.7 WSW	2.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	11	9	9	-	-	7	-	9	8	11	9	16	7	11	9	12	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	1.4 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	2.0 NNW	3.0 NW	1.2 S	0.5 S	1.7 N	0.9 NNE	1.2 S	-	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 S	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	11	-	6	4	8	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	-	4	6	7	11	11	11

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