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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	Wed		Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	2	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	2	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	2.2 NW	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 SW	4.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	2.3 NW	1.0 ENE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	8	9	11	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	4	10	8	10	8	7
Energy(?)	853	268	337	655	741	392	938	933	749	5647	1626	1645	1693	456	180	2723	66	523	394	1004	222	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:00AM 2.75			9:16PM 1.40	9:03AM 1.64		12:19AM 1.25	12:36PM 1.38			6:59AM 2.78		12:44AM 1.73		2:20PM 1.42	2:36AM 1.43	12:42PM 1.88		9:38PM 2.09	10:10AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		9:45PM 1.16	9:27AM 0.73	2:41PM 0.53	3:35AM 0.40		5:57PM 0.24		6:22AM 0.26	6:59PM 0.22	12:44AM 0.99		1:10PM 1.03		6:54AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.13	6:30AM 0.19	4:26PM 0.23	3:55AM 0.20		4:20PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	3
High °C	18	20	25	17	18	23	14	12	18	12	13	16	12	20	22	14	13	19	15	13	12	20
Low °C	18	19	24	16	17	20	13	10	15	11	11	16	12	16	20	14	11	17	14	11	12	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	25	17	17	23	13	10	17	10	13	16	10	20	22	12	12	19	14	12	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 SW	-	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	2.3 NW	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	10	11	10	10	14	-	14	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	8	10	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	1.0 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NNE	-	0.3 SW	0.7 E	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	11	7	-	10	8	11	10	-	9	9	10	14	6	-	6	10	8	12	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	2.2 NNE	0.7 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.1 NE
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	9	5	-	-	4	14	-	-	-	-	6	12	4	3	4	5	3	7

	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	10	9	9	8	11	11	11	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	813	566	504	1456	830	827	236	603	1325	1557	619	586	558	1666	625	371	303	1061	1232	1207	1142	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								11:10AM 1.38								11:49AM 1.37						6:23AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.70		2:46AM 0.43					5:30PM 0.27		10:44PM 1.14		4:21AM 0.41						12:09AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	17	16	13	13	15	21	23	25	23	16	15	15	18	19	23	25	14	12	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	25	17	16	11	12	14	21	23	25	23	16	15	15	18	19	23	25	13	10	10	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	9	8	10	9	10	8	12	11	11	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.8 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	8	8	11	11	16	12	9	12	11	10	15	7	9	9	10	10	10	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	9	9	3	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	4	3	3	-	10	-	-	-

	Wednesday 26										Thursday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.6 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	9	10	10	13	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	8
Energy(?)	724	1697	790	794	869	911	192	285	245	265	306	270	455	343	339	277	266	827	113	1377	1377	1377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)										10:45PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)															3:34AM 0.43	4:52AM 0.29						10:33AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2
High °C	27	17	18	19	24	18	20	22	22	22	15	14	14	16	16	20	20	16	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	27	16	18	19	24	18	20	22	22	22	15	13	13	15	16	20	20	15	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	10	10	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.2 N	1.1 NNE	1.2 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	8	7	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	16	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NE	2.5 NNW	-	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	2.0 ENE	0.8 NE	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	9	8	-	3	3	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	9	4	8	8	8

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