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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue		Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	6	4	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NE	1.7 NW	1.4 NE	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	3.5 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.4 NW	0.8 E	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	12	8	13	13	11	8	11	10	11	15	10	14	14	8	7	9	13	9	11	10
Energy(?)	693	775	256	920	252	347	477	386	468	1347	1043	730	989	2299	1856	2757	192	386	2118	616	193	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:59PM 1.44	9:56AM 1.43		7:20PM 1.78	8:32AM 2.12		9:16PM 1.40	9:23AM 1.56	5:20PM 2.78		4:48AM 2.17		10:21PM 1.65		1:27PM 1.39	1:45AM 1.28	7:49AM 2.52	2:20PM 1.42	3:00AM 1.40		3:24PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:56AM 0.55		1:51PM 0.55	1:44AM 0.56		2:47PM 1.06	3:35AM 0.40			11:44PM 1.08	10:59AM 0.46	4:58PM 0.35		6:57AM 0.22		7:37PM 0.10			8:46PM 0.14	7:50AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	17	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	2	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	25	17	20	24	24	14	22	16	13	16	16	14	17	14	12	11	18	12	18	17
Low °C	14	12	20	17	19	23	22	14	21	15	9	16	15	11	15	12	12	11	16	9	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	25	16	20	24	24	13	22	14	12	16	16	14	17	12	10	10	17	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.7 NW	1.4 NE	-	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.4 NW	0.8 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	7	8	11	8	11	-	11	15	10	14	14	13	7	9	13	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	10	14	13	11	12	8	10	-	12	-	14	9	9	13	9	12	-	9	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	1.0 ENE	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 W	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	4	7	8	8	3	3	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	8	-	-	3

	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 NE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	11	11	7	8	9	11	9	8	8	9	9	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	693	237	664	886	532	670	802	723	650	541	511	725	776	827	302	1186	1280	506	509	657	1036	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:05AM 1.37		4:07PM 2.38		11:34PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 0.52							2:13PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16		2:46AM 0.43									5:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	19	13	15	14	18	21	24	17	16	17	14	13	22	25	24	18	22	21	17	19
Chill °C (?)	14	18	19	11	14	13	18	21	24	17	16	17	14	11	22	25	24	18	22	21	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 N	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	11	7	8	12	9	9	8	8	9	10	8	11	11	8	11	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	10	12	7	12	12	10	12	8	8	8	11	16	12	8	12	11	11	11	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.1 NNE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	4	6	7	7	-	7	8	9	11	-	-	8	9	9	8	11	11	-	3	3	11	3

	Tuesday 25										Wednesday 26
	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	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 N	0.7 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 WSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	7	11	6	11	6	6	6	11	6	6	8	6
Energy(?)	809	301	316	680	523	369	352	189	217	86	235	119	184	861	219	414	410	76	367	346	914	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.10														9:03AM 1.67	10:29AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)													1:58AM 0.45		3:52AM 0.31	4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	23	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	17	16	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	13	18	23	13	13	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	15	16	18	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	7	11	11	11	6	6	6	11	6	6	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	-	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	4	12	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 N	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	5	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	6

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