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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	Sat		Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	1	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	7	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 W	0.9 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	11	13	12	13	12	11	12	18	16	16	16	14	13	12	11	15	14	16	16
Energy(?)	2419	331	96	673	4511	811	3425	1926	904	2246	1344	1478	1420	758	421	783	463	1301	331	4368	8743	8435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 2.37			2:41AM 1.95	11:32AM 2.06		11:21PM 2.76	5:54AM 1.53				1:39PM 2.25	12:38AM 3.26	4:35AM 1.99	2:18PM 2.22	2:39AM 2.14		5:53PM 1.77	8:08PM 1.47	6:14AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.73	8:18AM 0.78	5:41PM 0.15	8:20PM 0.06	5:22AM 0.37	5:10PM 0.62		12:14PM 0.12	6:26PM 0.23	11:46PM 0.09	7:32AM 0.12			10:43AM 0.15		8:32PM 0.09	8:48AM 0.17		2:25AM 0.17	12:28PM 0.30	2:41PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	22	11	9	11	10	10	11	13	12	16	15	14	16	21	18	23	24	19	18	17
Low °C	15	11	17	11	8	10	10	7	9	13	10	13	15	13	14	21	15	18	22	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	22	8	6	10	6	7	10	11	12	16	15	13	16	21	18	23	24	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.1 E	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	0.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	2.3 W	0.9 SW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	-	12	12	9	12	11	10	18	16	16	16	14	9	9	11	15	-	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	11	9	-	12	-	-	11	11	16	10	9	11	9	9	13	12	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 S	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	4	11	13	-	13	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	14	-	-

	Saturday 28			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	9	10	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	2045	2121	2132	2489	1327	609	264	469	142	2159	1088	1469	1256	564	3039	683	770	540	1584	2552	1419	3079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:31PM 2.31			11:07PM 1.96	1:53AM 1.91			10:07AM 2.67				12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18					3:25AM 1.96	5:09AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48				4:59PM 0.37				4:47AM 0.75	8:34AM 0.15			6:33PM 0.05	9:08PM 0.03	10:58PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	13	12	13	12	12	16	23	16	8	9	9	6	9	11	12	11	9	9	6	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	10	11	11	12	15	23	15	5	7	8	3	7	10	11	10	7	6	4	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	-	2.3 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	10	13	10	7	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	12	-	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 N	2.3 SW	-	0.7 S	-	0.1 NE	-	0.7 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	12	8	11	10	16	10	15	10	11	-	10	12	-	11	-	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.1 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	7	-	12	3	9	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12

	Saturday 28										Sunday 01
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SE	1.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	6	12	4	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	13	11	13
Energy(?)	400	2051	2045	2386	183	832	449	852	67	771	24	2489	2596	321	2472	2879	1236	731	538	86	954	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:31PM 2.31									10:19PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)									9:43PM 0.12								5:19AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	15	10	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	13	14	11	11	10	12	9	9	9	9	8	14	7	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SE	1.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	6	12	4	11	12	12	11	12	12	-	11	13	15	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	8	11	11	11	8	11	7	12	12	4	8	-	-	-	8	5	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	12	-	12	11	12	12	11	3	11	2

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