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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	5	9	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	2.5 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 N	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 W	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	9	12	12	11	11	10	11	9	9	16	16	10	9	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	711	5414	1460	328	384	2095	3840	1495	412	138	163	270	119	358	274	267	1103	7251	2148	1738	887	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 1.65	8:14AM 1.78		10:04PM 2.28	10:34AM 2.31		8:19PM 3.05		2:09PM 1.80	3:20AM 1.60		2:56PM 1.89		10:36AM 2.90	2:30PM 2.01	3:01AM 2.18	11:27AM 2.99		11:56PM 3.45	11:45AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28PM 0.59			2:34PM 0.50		4:28AM 0.54	2:08PM 0.90	2:37AM 0.75	8:36AM 0.14		9:01PM 0.08	7:59AM 0.80		10:37PM 0.05	4:23AM 0.11		8:39PM 0.00	5:15AM 0.06	5:24PM -0.02		5:32AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	14	19	12	15	16	12	11	16	10	18	18	13	18	14	15	23	24	11	18
Low °C	16	14	12	14	17	10	14	15	11	10	15	10	15	17	12	14	14	12	20	24	9	18
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	13	18	11	14	15	11	9	15	8	18	18	12	17	11	13	23	24	9	18
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	2.1 W	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.6 SW	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	-	13	10	14	7	12	11	8	10	11	9	9	8	8	10	9	11	11	11	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 N	0.1 S	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	9	14	-	10	12	12	11	6	6	12	8	16	16	14	15	9	-	-	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.4 NE	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SW	2.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	4	14	-	-	9	12	-	-	-	11	5	-	3	-	3	3	9	11	-	-	11	-

	Saturday 29					Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tue
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 NE	0.9 SW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	2.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	4.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	8	13	7	14	9	10	12	13	12	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3041	6021	1888	7872	4667	3555	3092	1943	1674	570	253	215	306	1756	253	4681	823	633	1342	887	567	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78						12:44AM 1.73	2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)							3:32AM 0.59												2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	16	13	11	11	12	17	23	14	21	12	17	17	13	10	11	14	15	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	16	13	10	10	11	17	23	13	21	11	16	16	12	8	9	14	15	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	2.2 NNE	1.1 ENE	4.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	9	13	9	6	9	10	12	13	12	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	-	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 NW	0.1 N	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	15	-	8	14	14	14	-	9	10	8	12	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 SSE	2.5 NNE	0.7 WNW	-	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	7	4	9	3	-	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 29																Sunday 30
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	5	7	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	11	10	15	10	15	10	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2262	328	711	463	7106	4065	4506	876	878	102	387	83	861	240	199	1723	1917	1892	2273	1417	1969	1635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:57AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)											5:32PM 0.32	6:30PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	20	14	20	13	16	16	14	10	10	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	15	12	13	13	13	15	16	20	13	20	13	15	15	14	8	8	14	13	11	15
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	12	-	-	11	11	10	5	10	15	10	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	10	6	10	12	7	9	10	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	0.6 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	13	13	14	-	-	3	5	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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