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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			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	Riversdale Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Propellers Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.1 ENE	2.3 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.5 W	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	14	14	14	10	9	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	8	10	10
Energy(?)	417	982	514	767	5292	1817	160	158	1737	263	1174	345	206	528	293	85	246	481	644	739	1407	2720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:36AM 1.67		12:07AM 1.24	7:16AM 1.71			7:24AM 1.78		8:36PM 1.84	9:10AM 1.88		9:40PM 2.00	9:27AM 1.89		11:55PM 2.51	9:45AM 3.19		2:04AM 2.08	4:17AM 1.69	2:45PM 1.90	10:56PM 3.28	5:52AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21PM 0.25			1:35PM 0.60	1:09AM 0.45		1:10PM 1.03	2:57AM 0.36		6:02PM 0.23	4:00AM 0.28		5:51PM 0.46			3:55PM 0.63	8:25PM 0.11	10:35AM 0.05			12:12PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	10	7	6	-	-	-
High °C	24	14	12	17	13	14	23	22	11	23	15	13	20	16	11	13	15	10	13	16	14	18
Low °C	19	13	9	16	13	12	21	21	9	19	15	12	19	16	9	12	14	9	12	14	13	17
Chill °C (?)	24	13	10	17	11	13	23	22	9	23	15	12	20	16	8	12	15	8	11	15	14	18
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE	2.3 W	0.9 NW	0.9 ENE	1.5 W	0.8 ENE	0.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	2.4 S
Period (s)	11	10	12	14	14	14	10	9	6	11	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	-	0.8 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 NNW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	12	11	-	9	15	6	12	13	12	11	7	8	9	9	9	16	8	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	2.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 N	-	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	12	4	-	-	4	-	-	3	7	-	7	8	10	10

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	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	6	7	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	2.4 NE	0.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	8	13	11	11
Energy(?)	615	419	337	1381	1178	1410	1289	1047	4203	5041	1730	5142	6022	3555	3092	1970	1546	635	1053	253	2567	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:56AM 1.37		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	7:16AM 1.71							6:59AM 2.78		10:55AM 1.82	1:01PM 1.46		7:17PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)						12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59					5:27PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	19	22	23	15	13	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	13	22	12	14	19
Chill °C (?)	19	22	23	14	12	10	9	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	17	12	22	11	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 NE	1.0 E	3.0 WNW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	9	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NE	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	12	12	8	8	9	-	-	10	-	11	-	-	9	9	10	15	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	2.4 NE	1.2 ENE	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	12	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	6	-	3

	Friday 28																Saturday 29
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	6	7	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.8 W	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	11	10
Energy(?)	676	468	417	95	1192	875	875	602	161	172	1647	1354	1519	2403	1178	776	835	703	178	87	830	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												6:38PM 1.73		8:09PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:44PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	19	13	14	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	22	19	11	12	14	14	17	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	13	12	8	14	9	11	12
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	-	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 W	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	-	9	9	9	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	-	13	13	8	10	10	10	-	8	12	12	8	8	12	6	11	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	1.8 NE	-	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	8	8	7	10	-	10	-	-	-	11	-	4	-	-

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