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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	Wed	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Riversdale Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	0	2	5	4	4	3	2	9	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	0.1 S	5.0 W	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 N	0.5 NE	0.5 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 NNW	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	8	7	6	8	8	9	13	7
Energy(?)	4810	2009	3	5938	2212	1280	2053	494	1118	8722	4820	5053	491	986	755	50	37	306	615	281	177	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)				2:10AM 2.01			1:17AM 3.03		6:39PM 1.48	8:27PM 1.66	8:42AM 1.78		2:59AM 1.80	7:05AM 1.63		10:31PM 1.46	10:30AM 1.41		8:19PM 1.48	11:23AM 1.34		11:48PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.34	6:35PM 0.85	8:02PM 0.30	9:48AM 0.72	1:48PM 0.29	7:07PM 0.91	7:26AM 0.96		2:39AM 0.44		3:22PM 0.32	8:44PM 0.53		4:38PM 0.54		4:14AM 0.35	5:18PM 0.30	2:44AM 0.58	5:08AM 0.33	5:46PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	10	4	4	3	1	21	-	2	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	19	8	15	15	12	17	7	6	9	8	7	7	15	18	10	10	10	11	10	8
Low °C	10	16	17	7	14	13	10	15	7	5	5	8	4	5	14	13	5	10	8	11	10	7
Chill °C (?)	9	14	18	4	15	14	10	16	3	2	6	4	3	6	13	16	9	6	8	8	8	5
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 NE	-	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	0.3 E	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	14	9	-	14	13	13	11	12	8	14	12	12	8	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 W	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	5	9	5	5	-	12	9	13	9	6	-	11	7	9	-	16	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NNW	1.7 NW	5.0 W	-	0.6 NE	1.2 NW	0.4 NNW	0.8 W	4.5 SW	0.9 NW	4.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.9 SW	2.3 N	0.8 WNW	0.5 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	5	12	-	8	6	4	4	14	6	12	4	11	8	4	6	8	8	5	6	7

	Wed	Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	5	3	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 W	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	14	11	11	13	8	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	6237	3875	2167	2726	2283	198	5372	5561	751	233	4963	581	3060	10067	2524	2403	1185	1633	2344	614	653	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)																	7:51PM 1.34				8:26AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	9:56PM 0.31				9:12AM 0.65			6:35PM 0.85					7:18AM 0.38	11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	11	7	4	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	10	11	13	23	14	12	8	11	8	12	8	12	15	14	14	11	7	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	11	7	8	8	11	23	11	9	5	9	6	12	8	10	15	13	14	8	3	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.4 S	0.3 NW	2.4 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	7	-	-	13	3	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	20	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	0.2 N	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	13	-	-	14	-	-	10	7	8	6	10	9	-	5	5	-	-	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 N	0.8 NE	0.8 N	2.4 N	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SW	-	4.5 SW	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE	1.5 NNE	0.6 NW	3.0 WSW	0.6 N	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	4	8	11	11	4	8	12	6	-	12	9	4	6	3	11	5	5	5

	Wednesday 22				Thursday 23
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	5	3	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 S	1.1 NNE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	4	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	8543	12346	3249	5929	5215	429	2766	2629	338	51	838	302	1910	2001	491	382	198	288	1348	214	282	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												6:42AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						12:30AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	19	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	11	10	10	15	10	9	12	15	15	15	15	12	17	17	24	22	9	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	8	9	14	8	7	10	14	13	13	13	10	15	15	24	22	4	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 S	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	16	14	15	14	13	14	14	7	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.1 W	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	14	13	-	-	6	13	13	10	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	14	9	7	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	0.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	3.0 N	1.3 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NNE	0.8 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	4	6	7	7	5	7	8	6	4	5	4	9	9

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