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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	4	5	4	5	4	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.0 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	14	14	14	9	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	10	7	16	9	9	11	9	8
Energy(?)	10	962	1128	534	8705	1821	225	1541	2483	580	1202	423	559	193	294	496	361	119	126	2033	975	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 1.37		11:00PM 1.56	10:16AM 1.59		7:34PM 1.75	8:19AM 1.81		7:22PM 2.92	7:57AM 2.89		9:35PM 1.96	12:42PM 1.88		10:37PM 2.12	11:01AM 2.14		10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33			10:34AM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)		4:57PM 0.40		4:06AM 0.37	6:54PM 0.10	1:58AM 0.43		1:35PM 0.49	1:42AM 0.87		4:57PM 0.55	3:54AM 0.28	6:30AM 0.19	4:26PM 0.23		4:54AM 0.21	6:45PM 0.36		4:23AM 0.58	4:32PM 0.06	10:53PM 0.01	4:19AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	1	-	-	3	1	3	6	12	6	23	1	2	2	1
High °C	21	14	13	16	15	14	23	16	14	11	16	13	13	18	18	16	11	12	14	15	12	12
Low °C	20	13	10	16	13	12	21	15	12	10	15	12	11	18	17	14	11	11	12	14	9	11
Chill °C (?)	21	13	12	15	15	14	23	14	13	11	16	12	13	17	18	15	8	10	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.3 NW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.1 NW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	14	14	14	9	13	10	11	11	9	10	9	5	9	7	9	9	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NW	0.2 S	0.1 N	2.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	12	11	-	9	15	13	12	9	9	11	11	8	10	8	8	7	9	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 NW	3.0 W	-	-	2.2 NNW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	2.0 NNW	-	1.0 N	0.4 SW	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	14	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	4	6	7	-	5	4	3	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 NE	2.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	9	7
Energy(?)	545	914	627	341	297	1428	1123	1386	1032	1054	3099	6772	1751	5289	4486	3890	3139	1829	1476	1609	370	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78			1:01PM 1.46	6:19PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 0.41						12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	19	17	19	15	23	15	13	10	11	11	13	12	13	15	13	12	12	12	16	16	24	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	15	23	14	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	12	10	12	11	16	15	24	17
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 NE	1.3 N
Period (s)	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	10	9	7	10	12	12	8	8	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	10	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.0 NNE	0.7 NW	1.6 SW	0.3 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	3	11	4	7	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	7

	Friday 28
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 W	0.6 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 N
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	10	11	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	6
Energy(?)	584	549	540	28	395	81	1022	830	642	631	1264	100	639	1417	1476	1373	1428	621	645	508	168	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:17AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)					5:28AM 0.16							12:28PM 0.65										10:31PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	17	12	20	10	11	14	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	11	20	7	7	13	15	16	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	15	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SW	-	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 N
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	11	10	-	9	9	9	13	8	10	-	-	-	12	9	9	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	1.6 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSE	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	10	13	-	9	10	10	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	3	7	8	-	-	-	9	3	7	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	5	-

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