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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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.3 W	0.5 S	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	0.4 E	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	10	12	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	11	13
Energy(?)	492	236	3599	3296	926	1347	1113	819	1296	50	1754	1196	467	1346	1444	1295	131	1383	1252	2010	97	968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 1.53		12:10PM 3.11			5:08AM 2.08	2:24PM 2.24		5:47AM 2.13	6:09PM 1.97			3:00PM 3.26	3:17AM 2.62		6:49PM 2.28		5:58AM 1.90			4:59AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 0.02		11:51PM -0.02	5:59AM 0.03	6:27PM -0.04	10:48PM -0.01	11:27AM 0.11		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17		9:47PM 0.07	8:48AM 0.86		9:06PM 0.26	9:41AM 1.00		11:41PM 0.29	12:08PM 0.48	3:00PM 0.32	10:46PM 0.57	11:07AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	2	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	2
High °C	24	22	13	15	16	17	16	19	17	26	17	14	19	20	17	17	13	12	12	14	12	14
Low °C	19	19	12	13	16	13	16	18	16	24	16	12	14	20	13	16	13	10	12	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	24	22	10	14	15	16	15	19	16	26	17	14	19	20	17	17	12	10	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.3 W	0.5 S	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	10	12	12	13	14	12	13	13	13	5	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 ENE	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 NW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.4 E	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	-	9	14	-	-	13	15	4	12	12	-	-	10	8	-	16	5	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	2.1 W	0.5 NW	1.0 W	0.8 NNE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	3	6	11	12	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	3	5	4	7

	Friday 05					Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1294	1069	565	571	616	2708	3720	4339	3296	2369	1902	1978	1293	1295	1318	1050	1113	1040	1173	432	1053	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)														12:51AM 3.43					2:29PM 2.28	5:13PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		12:05PM 0.02		5:35PM -0.03						10:11AM 0.09							9:56AM 0.38				7:08PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	26	16	16	13	12	9	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	20	21	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	22	26	15	15	11	10	8	12	15	13	15	16	15	16	15	16	16	20	21	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.0 ENE	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	5	18	16	9	9	12	9	9	9	-	18	17	16	16	-	-	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	2	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Friday 05																Saturday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.6 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	12	12	9	9	16	7	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1423	1186	492	330	321	134	134	860	1566	1525	1584	2073	495	622	616	636	3079	3261	3183	4641	756	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)					11:20AM 3.07				3:23PM 2.05										1:21AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	15	15	26	24	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	12	11	10	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	15	15	26	24	16	15	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	9	8	7	9	16	16
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	-	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	7	6	9	9	16	16	16	16	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	12	5	5	-	9	9	9	-	17	17	16	16	-	-	-	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 NNE	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	16	7	7	7	9	4	4	2	-	10	11	11	12	-	-

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