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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	2.1 SW	3.5 W	2.4 W	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NNW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	8	9	8	12	9	11	10	11	15	10
Energy(?)	711	5777	1479	328	362	2130	3145	1437	97	187	1213	417	194	112	202	470	1558	5569	1170	1156	1623	702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 1.65	8:14AM 1.78		8:41PM 1.88	10:34AM 2.31		8:19PM 3.05		2:09PM 1.80	1:28AM 1.89	10:20AM 1.99	2:56PM 1.89		10:32AM 3.19	2:30PM 2.01	3:01AM 2.18	11:27AM 2.99		11:56PM 3.45	11:45AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28PM 0.59			2:34PM 0.50	3:03AM 0.36	4:28AM 0.54	2:08PM 0.90	2:37AM 0.75	7:50AM 0.19		7:09PM 0.12	4:05AM 0.30		10:37PM 0.05	4:18AM 0.23		8:39PM 0.00	5:15AM 0.06	5:24PM -0.02		5:32AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	5	-	3	-	-	8	-	-
High °C	17	15	14	14	19	12	15	16	13	20	16	10	18	19	19	17	15	15	24	15	12	18
Low °C	16	15	12	14	17	10	14	15	11	20	15	10	15	18	13	14	12	12	20	15	9	17
Chill °C (?)	17	14	13	13	18	11	14	15	12	20	15	8	18	19	18	16	13	13	24	14	9	18
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.5 SW	3.5 W	2.4 W	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NW	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NNW	0.3 E	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.9 W	0.4 SE	1.6 W
Period (s)	14	-	13	14	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	8	12	10	11	10	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.1 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	9	10	14	6	-	7	4	8	10	12	7	10	9	-	-	9	8	19	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	4.0 WSW	-	0.9 NE	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 S	2.0 SSW	-	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NE	1.9 W	-
Period (s)	4	14	-	5	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	12	-	4	6	-	9	11	3	4	15	-

	Saturday 29					Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	5	3	2	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.9 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 NE	1.1 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	10	13	13	12	9	10	12	13	12	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3050	6021	1783	7780	4667	3774	3041	1943	1692	553	304	288	4259	648	253	3436	603	580	1268	806	551	759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78		12:15PM 1.73			7:57PM 1.81	12:44AM 1.73	2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)							3:32AM 0.59					5:28PM 0.30							2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	16	13	11	11	12	17	20	14	15	13	17	17	12	10	11	14	15	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	16	13	9	10	11	17	20	13	15	13	16	16	11	8	9	14	15	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	1.1 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	10	9	10	12	13	12	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	2.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	14	-	10	13	14	14	12	9	9	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	0.5 W	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	-	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	12	4	4	-	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 29																Sunday 30
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	5	3	2	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	11	10	15	15	14	10	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2262	328	711	463	7115	4065	4760	876	793	274	387	344	4857	276	197	1252	1917	1892	2273	1437	2142	1635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:57AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)											5:32PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	18	14	12	14	16	16	14	10	10	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	15	12	13	14	13	15	16	18	13	12	13	15	15	14	8	8	14	13	11	15
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	12	-	-	11	11	10	10	10	14	10	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 S	0.9 NE	0.9 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	5	5	15	8	12	7	9	10	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	13	13	14	-	-	-	5	3	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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