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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	4	4	8	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNE	1.4 NE	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 W	1.5 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	3.5 N
Period(s) (?)	11	8	9	11	10	10	12	14	14	14	13	8	11	11	9	10	8	9	8	6	7	10
Energy(?)	337	649	793	468	942	1041	2770	7613	1822	1852	2039	1481	1832	2165	587	280	226	241	302	201	532	2373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:29PM 1.23	11:34AM 1.36		12:15AM 1.24	5:58AM 2.72	6:22PM 2.82		6:49AM 2.38		12:55AM 1.73			8:44PM 1.98	9:17AM 1.97		9:13PM 3.20	12:21PM 2.49	1:36PM 1.95	11:33PM 2.23	11:48AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.27		5:19AM 0.28	6:14PM 0.25		12:09PM 1.13		12:44AM 0.99	12:56PM 0.62	6:31PM 0.26		8:14AM 0.20	6:02PM 0.23	3:02AM 0.28		3:27PM 0.29	3:30AM 0.64	6:20AM 0.44			5:42AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	18	3	5	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	14
High °C	25	17	18	22	15	12	11	12	13	19	14	15	13	15	13	16	17	15	15	22	16	14
Low °C	24	16	17	22	13	9	11	12	11	18	13	13	13	15	12	15	16	14	14	19	15	13
Chill °C (?)	25	17	17	22	14	10	9	10	13	19	12	14	11	14	12	16	17	15	14	22	14	14
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	2.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NE	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 W	1.5 NNW	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	3.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	10	11	10	10	12	14	14	14	13	8	11	11	9	10	8	9	8	9	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	10	8	11	-	-	9	8	8	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	2.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	-
Period (s)	3	-	9	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	6	7	-

	Thursday 27							Friday 28								Saturday 29
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NE	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	8	11	11	8	8	9	9	11	8	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	14	14
Energy(?)	783	267	337	207	1289	1383	568	534	575	541	698	268	356	1231	1254	1386	1288	1039	2770	1055	7613	5565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:49AM 1.36						4:42AM 2.27		10:49AM 1.60						5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	2:46AM 0.43	4:35AM 0.30				5:30PM 0.27		10:44PM 1.14								12:09AM 0.52					1:35PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	20	24	23	25	24	16	16	15	15	19	12	23	14	11	10	10	12	12	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	20	24	23	25	24	16	16	15	15	19	12	23	13	11	10	9	12	10	15	10	12
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	11	12	12	11	10	15	12	15	9	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	3	3	3	11	11	-	-	-	-	4	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	14

	Thursday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 W	1.0 ENE	1.5 W	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	8	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	9
Energy(?)	407	275	297	268	308	312	196	152	151	146	213	19	468	260	1031	1031	938	613	397	221	310	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																4:44PM 1.79			7:11PM 2.04	8:31PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				4:35AM 0.30										2:41PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	20	19	20	20	16	19	18	17	21	24	24	20	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	19	20	19	20	20	15	18	17	15	21	24	24	20	15	14	14	17	17	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 WNW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	8	8	8	10	8	10	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	9	12	15	10	10	8	10	15	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 N	1.8 N	2.1 N	1.8 N	1.1 N	0.6 N	1.0 ENE	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	8	7	7	7	5	3	7	5	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-

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