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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Jacks Point Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa
Rating	1	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	2	3	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.9 E	3.5 NNW	2.0 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	16	15	13	12	9	10	10	10	9	13	12	9	12	16	12	15	9	8
Energy(?)	129	801	693	611	1700	490	1303	2429	1470	1563	730	2325	1133	896	681	222	1482	2306	416	1507	774	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 2.00	10:39PM 1.58	5:21AM 1.90	6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82		7:58PM 1.71	9:15AM 1.86		9:07PM 1.76	8:56AM 2.82		9:33PM 2.44	10:27AM 1.94		10:21PM 2.56	10:37AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)	10:48AM 0.26			11:46AM 0.37		12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		1:40PM 0.64	2:14AM 0.69		2:52PM 0.58	3:22AM 0.60		3:17PM 0.93	3:38AM 0.46	4:16AM 0.49	3:46PM 0.35		4:25AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	15	15	17	17	17	15	16	20	19	18	23	12	17	15	14	15	22	13	10	15
Low °C	18	17	11	15	16	15	17	14	15	16	18	17	19	11	15	13	14	14	21	12	9	14
Chill °C (?)	22	19	15	15	17	17	17	14	14	20	18	17	23	11	17	14	14	15	22	11	7	15
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	0.8 SSW	2.4 E	0.1 S	0.5 W	2.0 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	16	15	13	12	16	10	15	15	9	13	12	13	12	16	12	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	19	18	13	7	14	13	12	15	-	-	14	12	13	9	18	8	6	7	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	3.5 NNW	2.0 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	10	10	10	8	7	5	4	-	8	5	15	9	-

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	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	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNW	2.5 NNW	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	15	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	918	847	88	1574	853	693	742	1337	1437	1342	1700	1673	1090	1327	1238	1055	1335	2004	5342	3547	3592	5142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:11AM 2.65				5:30PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				11:36AM 0.60				12:10AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	22	17	15	14	12	11	11	15	16	17	15	17	17	16	14	14	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	18	22	17	15	14	11	9	9	14	16	17	14	17	17	15	13	13	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 N	1.8 NNW	2.5 NNW	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	9	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	9	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	15	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	-	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ENE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24																Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	874	863	129	136	851	847	832	816	801	801	410	435	920	486	484	185	121	100	472	142	119	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:01AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)				10:42AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	-	14	14	11	11	11	14	6	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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