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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 N	2.5 N	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	12	12	10	10	14	11	9	12	9	19	16	16	11	16	12	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1700	491	1043	2258	2691	1819	3490	125	1801	390	557	136	719	3210	388	218	747	720	1361	4590	1598	1677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:20PM 1.78		5:51AM 1.75	6:40PM 1.71		7:15AM 1.72		7:48PM 1.77	8:22AM 1.84		8:36PM 2.31	8:59AM 2.46		9:33PM 2.44	9:32AM 2.87		1:50AM 2.21		2:56PM 1.77	2:48AM 1.96		3:42PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		11:30PM 0.65	12:17PM 0.64		12:53AM 0.71		1:05PM 1.16	2:04AM 0.63		1:50PM 0.66	2:42AM 0.61		3:17PM 0.43	3:38AM 0.46		6:22PM 0.15	7:30PM 0.16	8:11AM 0.17		8:31PM 0.12	9:32AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	6	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	15	17	19	21	16	14	23	18	15	18	15	15	19	12	13	14	11	15	12
Low °C	16	16	15	14	16	17	18	15	14	21	15	13	16	11	15	15	11	11	12	10	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	14	16	19	21	16	13	23	18	15	18	15	14	19	9	12	13	10	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	7:50	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 N	2.5 N	3.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 E	2.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	2.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	12	12	15	14	12	11	9	12	12	8	16	12	11	8	12	14	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	7	13	13	13	-	-	14	13	8	8	9	12	8	7	6	16	10	10	9	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 E	1.8 ENE	-	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	4	6	5	5	8	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	2.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1700	1652	1512	1327	1238	1152	1418	2363	3586	2206	3207	3681	3461	3004	2470	2814	1843	7189	9314	3109	3472	1128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49				6:32AM 2.29						11:30PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				11:30PM 0.65				12:07PM 0.58				12:10AM 0.73						5:06PM 0.28				6:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	18	17	17	14	15	15	17	16	16	17	16	18	15	20	18	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	17	17	13	14	14	16	15	15	16	15	18	14	20	18	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	2.5 N	3.0 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 E	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	10	11	12	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25										Thursday 26
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	15	14	16	15	15	14	15	15	7	7	13	6	7	6	6
Energy(?)	1134	1700	1700	1639	1595	1652	291	503	600	384	441	506	513	497	722	302	487	781	190	770	468	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:20PM 1.78																9:44AM 1.66	10:24AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)										10:30PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	16	17	17	13	13	13	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	11	11	11	12	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	14	11	15	14	11	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	11	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	13	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	7	6	6

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