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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	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	12	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	254	517	1688	738	2101	1759	2653	1273	1188	1154	1348	952	990	2035	597	1259	281	1711	384	1461	1499	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 1.64	4:34AM 1.32	2:50PM 1.62		10:36AM 2.83	5:21PM 1.27		10:47AM 3.05		10:38PM 2.62	11:56AM 2.70			7:12AM 1.40				1:48PM 1.92	2:13AM 1.87		3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29		11:05PM 0.26	4:26AM 0.42		11:29PM 0.26	4:36AM 0.37	4:57PM 0.43		5:48AM 0.40	6:13PM 1.01	12:57AM 0.29		1:36PM 0.27	10:55PM 0.41	8:38AM 0.53		7:59PM 0.58	7:47AM 1.10		9:38PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	23	17	20	18	15	12	20	17	15	12	16	14	15	16	10	13	14	11	10	12	10
Low °C	14	20	17	17	18	15	11	17	16	14	11	16	13	13	15	8	13	13	7	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	15	23	17	20	18	15	12	20	17	14	11	16	13	14	15	9	13	12	9	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	12	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.6 N	-	0.1 S	0.6 N	0.3 N	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	5	7	9	9	9	-	13	8	7	10	7	7	10	-	9	9	9	9	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	14	-	-	12	8	12	-	5

	Mon	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 NW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	8	11	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1658	1349	1314	1228	1412	1030	1090	1412	1133	1066	1031	1035	2101	1929	1683	1826	3180	3487	3191	1569	2059	2035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 1.66	4:34AM 1.32	10:00AM 2.76				9:49PM 2.90									11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.29	10:21PM 0.24				10:29AM 0.28						4:47AM 1.03		11:17AM 0.28						5:23AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	14	13	17	24	23	17	18	17	17	15	18	18	19	15	12	13	13	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	12	17	24	23	17	18	17	17	15	18	18	19	14	12	12	12	15	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	11	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	7	9	12	8	5	16	16	11	11	11	9	-	12	-	-	9	9	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 W	4.5 N	4.5 N	4.0 NNW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	9	7	9	7	7	7	7	11	10	9	9	9	10	5	12	11	11	6	6
Energy(?)	727	361	440	482	254	368	404	191	191	374	798	1171	520	502	502	967	208	5129	4702	4448	275	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:38AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				10:21PM 0.24					3:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-
High °C	19	14	17	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	19	21	17	14	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	12	17	13	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	12	17	19	21	16	13	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SW	-	4.5 N	4.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	9	9	9	13	-	12	11	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	7	10	14	9	9	13	13	12	9	12	8	8	8	13	4	11	11	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.9 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	1.8 N	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	1.6 W	-	-	4.0 NNW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	-	7	5	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	11	6	6

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