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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	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Riversdale Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	10	12	7	10	10	7	9	7	11	9	11	12	11	13	13	12	15	15	14
Energy(?)	361	5292	2243	415	1089	541	402	558	203	584	579	2422	439	1304	2210	856	2187	867	1407	2104	2619	1544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 1.35	2:50AM 1.32			9:53PM 1.84	9:41AM 2.95		9:59PM 3.03		4:40PM 1.51	10:36PM 3.08	10:22AM 2.84			4:40AM 1.77	4:56PM 1.66		6:27AM 1.39	4:29PM 2.27		7:38AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			8:39PM 0.19	8:56AM 0.44	6:56PM 0.32			3:51PM 1.10		7:57AM 0.35			4:11AM 0.40	4:31PM 0.45	11:57PM 0.26	10:52AM 0.40		12:12AM 0.29	12:50PM 0.27		10:54PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	70	11
High °C	17	12	11	16	14	11	22	18	16	23	20	14	24	19	16	15	18	13	10	10	14	10
Low °C	14	12	9	15	13	11	18	17	15	20	19	13	21	17	12	14	17	11	10	10	12	9
Chill °C (?)	16	9	10	16	14	8	22	17	16	23	20	14	24	19	15	14	18	13	8	10	12	8
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 NNW	1.9 ENE	0.3 S	3.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	2.3 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	15	13	10	12	7	10	12	7	9	8	11	9	11	12	11	13	13	12	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	8	9	13	7	7	10	8	10	11	9	10	-	8	-	8	-	18	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	2.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 NW	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-
Period (s)	3	13	-	-	-	7	6	10	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fields Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	242	607	590	522	1257	3245	2043	1624	1248	726	399	690	707	539	556	1522	847	1048	570	909	1100	1547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:20PM 1.39						8:57AM 2.86	12:53PM 1.76	3:04PM 1.57		8:41PM 2.66		3:56AM 1.30				3:49PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	7:45AM 0.26						2:45AM 1.16										8:40AM 0.35				8:13PM 0.29	10:29PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	17	14	9	9	10	9	12	12	16	12	10	10	12	11	14	22	21	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	13	17	14	6	8	10	8	12	11	16	12	10	9	11	9	13	22	21	18	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 NE	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	10	7	9	10	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	9	-	20	19	19	11	9	18	7	8	6	10	10	12	11	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	1.6 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	8	-	10	10	10	10	8

	Saturday 15																Sunday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fields Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 SW	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	6	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	12	12	10
Energy(?)	266	297	361	243	896	3358	2140	2219	2181	1177	633	1926	2174	1784	574	652	644	581	571	1669	260	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													7:54PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)	7:45AM 0.26							2:19PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	17	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	11	13	10	9	11	11	8	10	12
Chill °C (?)	8	12	16	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	14	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	11	6	9	10
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 E	-	0.1 N	2.5 W	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	9	11	-	21	12	10	11	11	11	10	7	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 NW	0.6 E	0.8 NW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	6	12	6	15	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	20	6	7	7	7	7	9	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	2.2 SW	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	4	3	4	6	12	12	12	12	7	6	11	12	-	3	3	3	-	-	12	-	3

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