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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Riversdale Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	2.2 NNW	2.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	1.6 N	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	9	10	10	14	14	14	9	12	12	10	11	11	10	8	9	8	16	7	12
Energy(?)	337	586	527	572	869	967	683	5227	1644	167	1599	790	1809	1261	762	525	379	297	101	330	339	3015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:05AM 1.37		11:29PM 1.23	4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78		5:58AM 2.72			6:54AM 2.60		11:18PM 1.75	9:15AM 1.91		8:44PM 1.98	9:17AM 1.97		1:11AM 2.00		1:19PM 2.23	11:33PM 2.23	11:53AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.27		11:07AM 1.18		11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13		12:31AM 0.55		1:05PM 0.72			2:33PM 0.39	3:02AM 0.28		5:51PM 0.46		7:25AM 0.13			5:48AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	7	2	3	6	1	-	-	26	2	8	5
High °C	25	17	17	18	15	12	18	15	13	22	12	11	13	14	15	15	16	14	12	12	14	16
Low °C	24	16	15	16	13	9	16	14	11	19	11	10	13	14	14	13	16	13	11	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	25	17	17	18	14	11	18	14	13	22	11	10	11	13	14	14	16	13	10	9	13	16
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:21	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	1.6 N	2.5 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	14	14	14	9	12	12	10	11	11	10	8	9	8	16	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 NW	0.2 S	-	0.6 ENE	1.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	12	8	11	11	-	9	5	-	10	9	9	9	11	10	8	7	8	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.4 N	1.4 SE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	1.6 ESE	-	2.3 N
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	5	-	10

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	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 ENE	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	8	8	8	9	11	9	9	9	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	337	207	1289	593	527	534	635	533	569	595	522	940	1147	1280	1256	1068	2909	1044	1506	1052	4425	3831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 1.36		4:19PM 2.79												6:23AM 1.73	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						10:44PM 1.14		5:43AM 0.28		11:02AM 0.88				12:09AM 0.52						4:01PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	25	17	16	15	14	19	16	18	18	14	12	10	10	11	13	18	16	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	24	23	25	17	16	15	14	19	16	18	18	14	10	10	9	10	11	18	16	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 ENE	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	8	8	9	11	9	9	8	12	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	1.2 W	1.3 W	0.8 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	13	10	15	15	10	12	10	9	10	12	8	8	8	-	11	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 27																Friday 28
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.9 WNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 NE	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NW	1.3 ENE	1.7 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	11	8	8	8	8	11	7	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	7
Energy(?)	332	240	337	106	743	743	743	678	519	519	544	395	388	1012	977	977	281	411	374	163	615	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:14PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)				10:08AM 1.19																2:37AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	21	21	24	18	17	17	17	23	17	17	17	18	17	14	14	14	16	12	12	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	21	21	24	17	15	16	16	23	16	17	17	18	17	13	13	13	15	11	11	15	8	7
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NW	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	0.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	11	10	13	13	13	9	8	8	11	10	15	8	8	8	13	9	9	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	2.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.6 NE	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	8	8	8	11	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	7	3	3	9	7	7

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