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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	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	5	2	2	5	4	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 W	3.0 N	1.7 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	13	9	10	13	13	10	10	8	10	8	10	9	9	8	10	10	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2428	699	427	322	405	5003	2243	342	460	799	431	391	341	466	377	371	2610	650	1282	18	1402	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.81		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		12:54AM 2.25	10:19AM 1.83		10:38PM 1.84		2:49PM 1.66	2:34AM 1.66	4:34AM 1.32	4:45PM 1.21		11:30AM 1.93		11:12PM 3.12	11:29AM 3.14		1:14AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	2:25AM 0.44		2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		6:13PM 0.32		4:06AM 0.42	4:28PM 0.43		7:17AM 0.34		8:13PM 0.29	10:46AM 0.29		10:31PM 0.27	5:22AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.54		5:23AM 1.02	5:39PM 1.00	7:04PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	14	5	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	9	10	17	12	11	16	14	12	22	16	16	23	23	13	15	16	16	24	17	16
Low °C	9	13	8	8	16	12	10	15	13	11	18	15	15	19	22	11	14	16	15	20	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	15	7	6	16	9	10	16	12	10	22	15	16	23	23	12	15	16	16	24	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 E	-	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 E	0.4 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.1 SE	1.2 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	9	-	9	10	15	13	10	7	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	11	10	9	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 SW	-	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.1 N	-	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	-	13	11	10	-	6	13	7	7	10	7	9	8	-	11	11	13	13	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.6 W	3.5 W	-	0.3 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.3 NNE	1.8 W	3.0 N	-	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	5	3	13	-	3	10	8	-	-	5	-	6	8	10	-	-	7	-	-

	Thu	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Owahanga Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.0 SW	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	14	13	14	10	13	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1084	2428	2020	2171	1951	1459	927	4783	3768	3044	610	435	212	568	481	364	3772	3245	2043	1624	1269	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81	11:17AM 1.78			8:59PM 1.79						2:20PM 1.31		9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86	10:23AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			2:25AM 0.44																2:45AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	9	9	15	17	20	9	7	6	7	7	12	17	16	11	10	9	10	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	7	6	14	16	20	7	5	4	4	4	11	17	16	11	8	8	10	9	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	13	14	10	13	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	16	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	7	12	7	4	4	6	6	9	-	20	19	19	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.9 E	1.7 ENE	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	10	6	13	12	12	6	7	7	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13				Friday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Owahanga Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	16	13	8	15	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	772	1084	1084	1084	2293	874	431	435	412	407	1555	525	450	353	340	293	2596	2542	1208	1334	1315	4242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)								2:19AM 0.44				6:09AM 0.30							1:21PM 1.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	16	17	18	13	13	15	15	15	9
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	11	11	8	8	7	6	5	8	11	12	15	17	18	10	10	14	14	14	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	8	8	15	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	13	13	-	-	-	9	16	9	7	7	7	10	-	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	13

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