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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	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.5 W	1.2 NW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	7	8	11	13	11	8	9	11	10	11	15	10	14	14	13	9	12	11	8	11
Energy(?)	987	338	691	513	702	250	361	614	780	399	786	1137	674	1074	2087	1664	2189	170	361	1935	465	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 1.57		4:37AM 1.76		10:18PM 1.27	8:32AM 2.12		8:55PM 2.10	9:03AM 1.64			5:58AM 2.72		10:21PM 1.65		1:11PM 1.39	1:57AM 1.34			2:53AM 1.41	8:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 0.54	11:30PM 0.57	10:46AM 0.66	4:19PM 0.31			2:47PM 1.06	3:19AM 0.99		3:51PM 0.44	11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13	4:21PM 0.42		6:57AM 0.22		7:47PM 0.18	8:07AM 0.19	1:57PM 0.48	8:39PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	23	14	25	18	20	24	18	19	24	15	12	16	16	13	18	14	19	23	18	12	18
Low °C	10	22	12	20	18	19	23	17	17	21	14	9	14	15	11	16	13	18	19	17	9	16
Chill °C (?)	10	23	13	25	18	20	24	18	19	24	14	11	16	16	13	18	12	19	23	17	11	18
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.6 S	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.5 W	1.2 NW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	12	8	7	8	8	10	11	10	11	15	10	14	14	13	9	12	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 N	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	9	-	11	10	11	13	11	10	15	10	8	-	11	14	9	8	-	6	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 NW	-	2.2 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	8	4	7	3	-	9	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	10	5	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 25					Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	6	12	12	7	11	9	9	8	10	9	13	8	11	11	8	11	9
Energy(?)	627	809	797	520	632	545	574	610	730	1304	996	695	565	766	690	276	288	537	1313	501	509	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:01PM 1.79	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:05AM 1.37		4:07PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 0.63						1:31AM 1.01				2:14PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16		2:05AM 0.49	4:35AM 0.30						10:44PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	12	12	19	18	13	14	18	24	26	17	16	12	13	20	20	24	25	17	22	15
Chill °C (?)	8	12	10	11	19	18	12	13	18	24	26	17	16	10	11	20	20	24	25	17	22	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	2.0 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	11	10	8	8	11	11	8	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	9	9	3	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	16	16	13	12	8	12	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	6	6	7	7	7	8	11	-	-	10	9	3	2	7	11	-	2	-

	Tuesday 25																Wednesday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.6 NE	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	6	6
Energy(?)	638	897	987	627	174	189	368	377	328	705	282	107	95	634	796	284	286	231	238	198	411	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				2:54AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)							1:06PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	7	10	10	12	18	19	12	13	13	15	17	18	17	12	12	15	15	13	13	17	13	15
Chill °C (?)	5	9	8	11	18	19	11	11	11	14	16	18	17	10	10	14	14	12	12	16	12	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	10	10	9	9	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 N	1.6 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-

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