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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	Mon		Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	1	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	4.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	9	11	9	11	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	618	254	528	3781	675	1078	1687	2693	1115	1165	1167	1427	1082	1044	2110	553	368	134	461	924	1962	1661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 1.69		4:53PM 1.29		5:28AM 1.33			5:44AM 1.32	6:06PM 1.27	11:01PM 2.98	12:03PM 3.16			7:12AM 1.40	3:21PM 2.21		5:12AM 1.78	2:38PM 1.91	2:13AM 1.87		3:18PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 0.30	8:14AM 0.33		11:11PM 0.27	11:41AM 0.29	4:45PM 0.45	11:29PM 0.28	12:04PM 0.26			5:58AM 1.02	6:08PM 0.40	12:57AM 0.29			10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		7:59PM 0.58	8:22AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	23	16	20	16	15	12	21	16	15	11	16	15	13	14	11	20	15	10	13	10
Low °C	17	15	20	16	17	16	15	11	18	16	14	11	16	13	12	14	8	16	14	6	11	10
Chill °C (?)	18	15	23	14	20	16	14	11	21	16	14	9	16	15	13	12	11	20	14	7	12	7
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	7	9	11	9	10	10	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	-	13	9	9	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.5 N	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	14	5	16	9	11	9	-	9	8	8	10	7	7	8	-	9	5	15	14	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	12	-	-

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 W	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	13	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1003	1369	1456	1386	1365	1059	1437	1030	1075	1440	1082	1581	1012	1774	2073	1319	2036	2113	3228	3425	3284	2224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						4:43AM 1.31	10:00AM 2.76			4:35PM 1.28	9:49PM 2.90	10:36PM 3.08		4:59AM 1.35			2:50PM 1.75			11:47PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 0.30	10:21PM 0.24				10:29AM 0.28														6:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	17	14	13	13	16	24	24	23	17	16	16	17	18	17	16	15	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	23	19	17	14	12	12	16	24	24	23	17	15	15	17	18	17	15	14	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 W	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	13	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	9	9	12	8	5	8	16	11	11	9	9	16	-	-	-	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17										Tuesday 18
	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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	5.5 N	5.5 N	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	11	10	10	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	454	1182	1217	638	638	641	208	431	457	393	180	673	540	319	417	35	682	732	64	7626	7515	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										10:02PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-
High °C	22	20	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	17	15	15	14	16	16	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	15	15	15	12	15	15	12	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	10	7	10	7	10	7	8	11	8	9	8	13	14	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	17	17	10	9	9	9	8	11	10	9	9	11	11	11	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 ENE	0.7 N	-	1.8 NNW	-	-	0.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 NE	5.5 N	5.5 N	0.5 NE
Period (s)	3	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	7	7	6	-	8	-	-	4	10	10	4	12	12	4

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