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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	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	3	3	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 E	2.0 W	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 ENE	2.5 NW	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	9	13	13	10	12	10	10	8	13	9	11	9	9	13	10	12	13	13	15	13
Energy(?)	2299	333	307	5294	2243	452	1183	376	423	393	370	464	1594	2001	1855	1661	503	227	2069	910	1004	1872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 1.85	9:38AM 1.83		9:07PM 1.80	9:32AM 1.77	3:26PM 1.34	3:29AM 1.32		3:57PM 1.31	10:34PM 1.88	10:55AM 1.88		10:36PM 3.08	10:55AM 3.10			11:29AM 3.14		11:11PM 2.85	6:14AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	5:26PM 0.33			2:54PM 0.69	3:20AM 0.64			9:17PM 0.23	9:41AM 0.27			4:45AM 0.58	4:29PM 1.05		4:47AM 1.03	6:28PM 0.33	11:35PM 0.68	5:23AM 1.02	5:32PM 0.39		12:35PM 0.30	1:06PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	15	13	12	11	16	14	12	22	14	15	25	15	17	23	18	12	21	21	16	17	10
Low °C	10	14	11	12	9	15	12	11	18	13	15	20	15	15	19	18	10	17	20	13	14	9
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	9	10	16	14	10	22	13	15	25	14	17	23	18	12	21	21	16	17	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 E	2.0 W	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.7 ENE	2.5 NW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	15	13	10	12	10	10	8	7	9	11	9	9	13	10	12	-	13	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.8 S	0.1 N	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	7	3	10	-	8	18	9	12	10	13	9	13	8	14	-	9	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	3.5 W	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	0.4 S	-	-	2.5 W	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	6	4	3	13	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	3	-	-	13	-	4	-

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Aramoana Spit Otago	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.4 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	6	10
Energy(?)	1445	1484	4529	4446	3244	2952	509	544	595	591	3753	3049	2043	1624	1248	765	464	693	694	602	521	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 1.82						2:13PM 1.39		9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86	10:23AM 1.86	3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 0.24			2:29AM 0.67		8:22AM 0.22						2:45AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	8	8	8	8	16	13	15	14	10	9	10	9	12	14	15	12	11	9	15	11
Chill °C (?)	18	11	6	6	6	6	15	13	15	14	8	8	10	8	12	14	15	12	10	8	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 E	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	-	16	11	11	6	4	6	6	9	-	20	19	19	20	10	18	18	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	6	10	13	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6

	Friday 14	Saturday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Aramoana Spit Otago	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	3.5 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.0 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	10	13	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	13	13	13	9	10
Energy(?)	1390	422	4298	2299	5268	5073	334	337	337	293	4805	4446	2774	2986	2986	2119	190	2441	2715	2843	167	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:54AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	9	10	10	10	16	15	15	15	9	8	11	10	10	7	15	9	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	18	11	5	7	8	8	14	13	13	13	7	6	8	7	7	3	13	7	8	9	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	-	2.4 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	4.0 W	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	1.0 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	-	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	-	13	13	-	9	13	13	13	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 N	-	0.8 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	10	10	7	6	6	6	17	16	-	-	-	-	14	-	7	-	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 W	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	5	13	6	6	-	3	2	2	2	-	-	13	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	4

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