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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Whareama Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	4	2	1	4	8	3	5	6	4	5	4	4	5	4	1	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 NE	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	2.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	7	6	13	18	7	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	10	12	13	8	10	8	10
Energy(?)	362	183	209	49	240	1249	227	4630	979	1897	3614	1827	1148	2301	1569	91	1461	81	516	1767	850	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:21PM 2.47	9:40AM 1.76		2:08AM 1.69	10:26AM 1.79		2:07AM 1.61		4:04PM 1.25	2:45AM 1.65	11:48AM 1.88		12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93		12:57AM 1.95	6:24AM 1.38	3:47PM 1.73		12:24PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:06PM 0.56	1:37AM 0.74		3:57PM 0.54	7:45PM 0.35	4:19AM 0.57	4:43PM 0.50	7:40PM 0.36	7:32AM 0.45		8:19PM 0.36	5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38		12:44PM 0.29		9:51PM 0.35	6:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	2	4	9	-
High °C	18	15	18	23	13	12	24	13	9	12	13	13	18	18	15	20	12	17	13	13	9	12
Low °C	18	15	16	20	12	9	22	13	8	11	13	11	17	14	11	20	10	11	12	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	18	13	18	23	12	11	24	11	6	10	10	12	18	17	14	20	9	16	13	11	7	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 NE	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	2.3 W	2.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	11	7	7	6	13	11	7	16	15	14	-	13	12	-	12	10	6	13	8	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.6 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE	1.3 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	14	9	14	8	12	18	10	8	-	8	-	11	9	-	10	14	10	8	12	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.2 NE	2.0 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.6 NW	3.0 W	-	0.4 ENE	2.3 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	7	-	7	9	-	5	13	-	5	11	-	5	12	3	-	-	8	10

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	1	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 NE	1.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 NE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	14	8	13	13	8	7	6	7	11	18	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	16
Energy(?)	270	409	246	663	1122	1227	623	326	285	578	49	870	629	1249	3140	6489	7783	7685	554	2200	1992	8168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:19AM 2.74				9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65	2:31PM 1.29			10:07PM 1.76				10:26AM 1.79	3:41PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			1:06PM 0.82				3:30AM 0.56					6:55PM 0.36				4:19AM 0.57					7:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	2
Temp. °C	15	17	18	16	17	17	15	17	17	19	23	12	12	10	9	9	9	11	21	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	16	17	17	14	16	16	19	23	10	11	8	7	7	7	9	21	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.9 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	14	8	13	13	14	7	6	7	11	11	13	16	16	16	7	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	14	16	14	15	14	8	-	10	9	9	8	13	12	18	17	-	-	-	10	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	2.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	8	4	4	8	13	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	-

	Sunday 14																Monday 15
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	1	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	1.4 NE	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	7	10	10	9	12	8	6	12	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	14	12
Energy(?)	314	391	362	359	397	32	405	452	3	397	46	122	663	1195	1122	1046	1007	758	67	691	611	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:19AM 2.74	8:50AM 1.75				12:51PM 1.69									9:16PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)												6:10PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	18	15	16	15	18	18	16	19	19	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	18	15	16	13	18	18	15	19	19	15	17	17	17	15	15	15	12	16	17	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	7	10	10	8	12	7	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 N
Period (s)	14	18	14	-	16	9	16	16	9	16	8	9	15	15	14	14	14	-	7	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	0.4 SE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	5	4	5	6	3	3	-	-	3	3	5	7	7	3

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