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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	2	9	5	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	2.5 NW	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	2.1 W	1.2 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	1.0 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	13	11	8	9	10	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	10	12	6	8	8
Energy(?)	501	827	263	334	845	758	377	976	264	5365	6505	2037	2116	2774	340	390	3366	335	876	509	530	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 1.45		3:40PM 2.57	8:31PM 1.54	9:03AM 1.64		12:00AM 1.24	12:36PM 1.38			6:59AM 2.78		11:37PM 1.66	7:57AM 2.89	1:08PM 1.79	2:53AM 1.41		3:17PM 1.45	9:38PM 2.09	10:10AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36PM 0.48	2:26AM 0.45	10:08AM 1.19		2:57AM 0.46		3:31PM 0.49		6:22AM 0.26	6:59PM 0.22	12:44AM 0.99		1:10PM 1.03				8:39PM 0.13	9:05AM 0.15		3:55AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	25	18	20	24	18	18	22	15	19	14	14	14	20	14	21	21	15	14	20	15	16	21
Low °C	20	18	19	24	17	17	20	14	16	11	13	11	18	13	16	19	14	12	18	13	15	18
Chill °C (?)	25	18	20	24	18	18	22	14	19	13	13	14	20	12	21	21	13	13	20	13	15	21
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.5 NW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 W	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW	-	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	1.0 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	12	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	-	14	14	14	11	11	11	10	12	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.1 SW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 NW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	13	11	13	-	10	8	9	-	-	9	9	10	14	15	-	6	10	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.8 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	2.2 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	8	4	3	3	-	9	3	-	-	13	14	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	4	6	8	-

	Wednesday 26					Thursday 27								Friday 28								Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NE	1.8 NW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	9	10	9	8	10	10	9	8	11	11	8	8	8	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	543	865	1154	566	504	824	710	683	236	1307	1432	712	673	610	1127	504	671	337	276	271	1032	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.87									11:05AM 1.37		4:19PM 2.79				4:58AM 2.71		11:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			2:14PM 0.51		9:09PM 0.70		2:05AM 0.49							10:44PM 1.14	3:16AM 0.42					6:14PM 0.25		12:09AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	24	17	17	13	13	14	21	24	25	18	16	15	17	15	20	22	23	22	11	10
Chill °C (?)	20	21	24	17	17	11	11	12	21	24	25	18	16	15	16	15	20	22	23	22	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 ENE	1.8 NW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	8	11	10	10	8	11	11	8	8	8	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	7	10	12	8	8	16	16	16	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	11	-	-	10	10	9	3	11	11	-	-	-	10	-	4	3	3	3	-	-

	Wednesday 26																Thursday 27
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 ENE	1.6 NW	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	7	6	6	9	9	9	10	9	8	7	7	8	9	9
Energy(?)	540	500	501	842	1395	795	803	853	155	217	190	566	512	513	627	615	523	276	259	308	312	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.87	8:08AM 1.53																				4:25AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51PM 0.55			4:48PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9
High °C	18	16	20	17	17	23	22	19	24	24	24	17	17	16	13	16	18	21	21	20	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	16	16	23	22	19	24	24	24	17	17	16	12	16	18	21	21	20	13	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.3 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 ENE	1.6 NW	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	8	8	8	9	7	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	8	7	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 S	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.6 SSW	1.2 N	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	7	10	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	13	13	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 W	0.4 NW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	8	3	3	4	2	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	3	8	8

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