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 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			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	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	5	4	8	7	7	6	4	7	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.5 WSW	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NE	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.2 W	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SW
Period(s)	13	16	9	10	10	14	9	9	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	16	15	13	14	13
Energy	939	427	1667	561	656	2238	113	2214	3809	3728	1584	5443	9774	4838	5492	1827	5345	6082	4540	1555	1301	1457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.67		4:56AM 1.65			9:03AM 2.05		11:56PM 1.33	6:13AM 1.63		10:25PM 1.59	10:46AM 1.55		11:31PM 1.61		1:45PM 1.31	12:21AM 1.69		2:26PM 1.61	2:55AM 1.64	9:04AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 1.26	11:23AM 0.64	2:16PM 0.54	11:53PM 0.75		1:45PM 0.75			5:44PM 0.41		4:40AM 0.38	4:58PM 0.31		6:26AM 0.29		6:05PM 0.23	6:30AM 0.20		8:31PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	12	12	12	15	11	8	11	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	10	8
Low °C	12	12	16	9	12	10	14	10	7	9	10	7	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	7
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	10	12	12	15	8	4	9	12	7	8	11	9	10	10	8	8	7	8	8
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.7 NE	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 W	1.8 S	0.4 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	11	13	10	10	14	9	12	12	11	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	1.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	13	-	16	5	10	15	-	-	-	-	11	16	11	22	16	18	10	13	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	3.0 NE	1.1 SW	-	2.1 SSW	0.6 NW	3.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	9	6	-	14	3	9	13	13	-	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 08							Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	8	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 WSW	2.3 NE	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 W
Period(s)	9	12	9	11	13	13	17	16	8	16	10	15	8	14	12	9	13	14	14	14	14	10
Energy	974	1044	648	981	1025	1198	549	1149	1578	7545	1095	520	1157	1143	1957	500	634	4304	4100	1301	1475	3353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on
Tide State	high	high	low	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 2.73	4:02AM 1.70				4:43PM 1.67	7:39PM 2.07			4:01AM 1.63						9:59PM 1.63				11:12AM 1.44		5:12PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			8:48AM 1.23	10:26AM 0.62	1:25PM 0.55								2:35PM 0.49					3:33AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	-	4	-	-	3	6	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	12	16	14	14	12	12	12	17	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	14	10	10	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	15	11	16	13	13	12	11	11	17	12	11	10	12	11	12	11	12	9	8	15	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	2.0 ENE	3.0 N	2.3 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	12	9	11	13	13	13	3	8	11	10	10	8	14	10	9	13	15	14	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	14	19	14	18	10	17	17	17	14	15	13	15	9	10	12	8	12	10	10	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 NE	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 W	2.3 SW	-	0.7 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 NW	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	8	16	13	7	8	4	12	-	3	14	14	4	-	10

	Friday 08
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	8	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.4 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 NE	1.3 WSW	1.8 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.4 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s)	9	13	9	13	13	12	14	12	6	13	8	13	9	13	13	9	8	8	8	14	5	10
Energy	1172	759	974	892	801	1044	369	451	220	994	522	178	218	226	57	1084	146	100	102	49	165	3389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:27AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)										9:23AM 0.68				1:45PM 0.51	2:06PM 0.49		4:02PM 0.32					9:13PM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	13	16	12	12	12	11	11	15	14	16	14	14	15	14	16	19	13	13	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	11	12	11	10	10	15	13	15	14	14	15	13	15	19	13	12	18	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.4 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 NE	1.7 N	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	13	13	12	14	12	7	8	14	9	9	9	8	14	14	8	8	8	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	5	14	5	7	19	9	6	14	13	-	13	13	13	13	-	10	13	13	14	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	1.8 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.4 N	1.4 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	6	5	10

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