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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	Fri	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mana Island Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	2	6	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 N	3.5 W	1.3 SW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.2 NW	1.8 W	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.8 NW	2.4 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	13	14	8	12	13	11	11	8	10	12	7	9	8	9	8	10	11	18	16
Energy(?)	1107	845	5493	1479	328	2970	3049	654	1356	479	361	693	31	258	139	326	126	759	2248	1898	673	1350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 1.73	6:47PM 1.81		9:39AM 2.21		11:18PM 1.75	11:29AM 2.04		9:40PM 2.00	11:28AM 2.41		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19	3:00PM 1.83	2:04AM 2.08			10:56PM 3.28	11:20AM 3.07		3:56AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04AM 0.50	12:34PM 0.56		12:44AM 0.99		2:27PM 0.49		5:19AM 0.31	3:31PM 0.37	4:00AM 0.28	5:24AM 0.49	3:02PM 0.76	3:30AM 0.64			8:25PM 0.11	9:45AM 0.10	5:22PM 0.22		5:08AM 0.04	5:24PM -0.02	9:34PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	12	2	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	6	7	2	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	14	14	14	15	10	16	10	16	16	17	17	19	15	14	12	13	20	16	12
Low °C	11	16	13	12	14	14	13	10	15	9	15	16	14	14	19	12	12	11	12	15	14	8
Chill °C (?)	12	17	11	13	13	12	14	8	15	9	16	16	16	17	19	15	11	10	10	20	15	9
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.3 SW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.2 NW	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.8 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	-	13	14	13	12	13	11	11	8	10	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.1 N	-	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	-	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	-	9	-	13	-	9	9	9	11	8	12	11	7	16	15	9	15	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.5 NW	4.0 WSW	-	1.1 NE	3.5 N	-	1.3 SW	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 NW	1.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	1.1 S	2.4 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	3	4	14	-	10	8	-	6	-	3	-	-	4	7	-	3	8	8	10	11	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1178	1410	1289	1047	3041	6021	1888	1229	4667	3774	3092	1962	1546	1174	313	543	880	5266	3303	3578	2551	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78									7:39AM 2.67	11:47AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 0.52						4:01PM 0.50			3:32AM 0.59					5:46PM 0.29			1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	11	11	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	16	14	13	14	19	13	13	13	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	11	9	11	11	16	12	12	13	18	12	12	12	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.9 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	6	14	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.2 N	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	9	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	10	13	9	-	12	-	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 N	1.2 ENE	-	2.3 NE	4.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	9	12	-	-	-	-

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	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	15
Energy(?)	1354	1279	1347	731	1162	569	475	222	1267	1545	1732	1045	952	955	118	295	303	2388	864	862	794	2079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	11:24AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)						12:58AM 0.49												12:44PM 0.62				4:21PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	12	13	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	17	12	16	15	17	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	12	11	7	7	7	9	10	9	11	12	14	14	14	17	10	16	14	17	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 WSW	0.6 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	12	12	10	5	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	5	8	9	9	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	1.2 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	3	-	10	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	3	-	-	-	-	-

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