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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	9	7	6	4	8	9	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	5.0 N	2.2 N	1.2 ENE	1.0 S	0.5 S	4.0 W	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	9	11	16	11	10	10	13	15	9	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	16	14	14	14
Energy	1214	777	456	7031	942	530	470	215	2589	4944	10605	1004	3376	8467	5955	3011	5181	7584	8150	8502	2997	4133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	on	cross	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:52AM 1.74	3:02AM 1.69	4:43PM 1.67		3:26AM 2.64	4:42PM 1.58		5:55AM 1.64		9:35PM 2.08			6:39PM 1.68	11:53AM 1.62		1:32AM 1.36	11:34AM 1.66		12:00AM 1.72		12:46PM 1.74	2:35AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		9:23AM 0.68		10:54PM 0.76	9:51AM 1.25		11:53PM 0.75		12:22PM 0.61		6:19AM 0.29	12:34PM 0.60	12:50AM 0.55	5:42AM 0.36		7:17PM 0.27	5:24AM 0.30	6:00PM 0.25		6:27AM 0.20		8:22PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	19	-	1	39	2	-	1	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	14	15	14	12	15	12	7	10	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	9	10	10	9
Low °C	15	12	12	12	15	13	10	14	11	6	9	12	9	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	13	13	12	15	9	3	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	7	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.2 ENE	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	9	11	13	16	-	10	13	9	11	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	20	12	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	-	10	-	-	15	10	9	-	-	-	12	-	16	11	11	12	18	11	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.0 N	2.2 N	1.1 SSW	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 S	5.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	7	-	-	9	13	13	-	12	14	-	-	12	13	12	14	-	-

	Thu	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	3	6	4	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 NE	3.5 N	2.4 W	2.2 NE	2.4 NNW	0.9 NE	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	9	13	12	9	12	11	17	16	17	8	11	11	10	10	13	12	13	14	14	14	16
Energy	1030	1228	829	1044	648	1030	1079	1417	1735	1010	1645	4984	3286	887	1674	567	5150	1517	2602	5936	3853	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:02AM 1.70				4:43PM 1.67				4:01AM 1.63		9:34AM 1.49	2:48PM 3.17		8:46PM 1.52					11:02AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 0.62				8:48AM 1.23	9:23AM 0.68										5:00PM 0.31				3:30AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	5	-	-	2	5	5	1	7	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	11	16	16	15	12	12	12	17	13	13	13	14	15	10	11	9	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	13	11	10	16	16	15	10	11	11	17	12	12	12	13	14	7	8	6	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 ENE	3.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 NE	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	9	8	11	17	17	17	8	11	11	10	11	9	12	13	14	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 W	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	5	19	14	12	16	17	16	9	14	16	11	13	-	13	11	10	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	3.0 NE	1.8 W	-	0.4 SW	2.4 NNW	0.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	10	-	3	10	3	12	13	4	14	14	2

	Thursday 07					Friday 08
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	3	6	4	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 NE	2.0 N	1.3 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	9	14	13	9	9	13	14	14	14	7	9	9	8	8	6	13	8	13	13	8	14
Energy	1233	1472	558	625	2709	1228	770	322	282	312	128	971	581	382	478	240	178	201	186	58	98	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:00PM 0.72							4:10AM 0.29										2:09PM 0.49	3:36PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	14	16	14	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	16	17	16	13	13	14	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	13	15	13	13	12	11	11	14	13	13	16	16	16	12	13	14	13	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.9 N	1.8 N	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	14	13	9	9	13	14	14	14	7	9	9	14	-	7	9	8	9	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	14	14	5	18	18	8	14	13	13	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	3.0 NNW	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE	2.0 N	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	9	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	9

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