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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	6	5	3	3	4	2	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	11	12	11	9	12	13	12	16	17	18	15	9	8	14	14	12	11	13
Energy(?)	1043	2041	2448	2639	3747	2531	1645	350	577	674	1087	5363	862	612	598	1072	1211	8565	1251	1748	893	1293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 2.59		6:09AM 2.53		7:58PM 1.71	7:53AM 2.34		8:36PM 2.31	8:59AM 2.46		1:20AM 1.94		1:39PM 1.91			2:18PM 1.92	3:23AM 1.82		3:36PM 1.79	3:27AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 0.64		12:18AM 1.27	12:32PM 0.73	1:30PM 0.58	2:14AM 0.69		2:14PM 0.56	2:42AM 0.61		3:17PM 0.43		7:27AM 0.21		9:59PM 0.12	8:49AM 0.09		9:07PM 0.12	9:09AM 0.15		9:13PM 0.13	9:32AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	16	15	16	13	21	19	15	16	15	17	21	12	17	14	12	12	14	11	15
Low °C	16	14	16	15	15	15	13	19	16	13	16	12	14	15	10	15	12	10	11	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	15	13	16	12	21	19	15	16	15	17	21	10	17	13	11	9	14	10	15
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	2.5 WNW	0.2 ESE	4.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	15	14	12	11	9	12	13	12	16	11	11	8	9	10	14	8	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	14	13	13	8	21	19	8	7	18	11	-	-	9	14	16	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	1.7 NW	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	10	11	-	4	6	-	-	7	-	12	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	12	11	11	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1238	1010	1401	1460	3586	5923	3440	3326	3261	3643	3027	2334	2354	5541	3026	3945	3018	1141	1279	1153	1296	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 2.65				6:40PM 1.71				6:32AM 2.29		10:49AM 1.74				11:21PM 1.83				12:26PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11AM 0.68				12:10AM 0.73						5:06PM 0.28	7:12PM 0.09			6:20AM 0.25				6:05PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	18	16	15	16	15	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	17	18	16	15	16	14	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 N	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	10	10	12	11	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	14	16	14	13	14	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	10	11	9	-	-	-	4	4	4	5

	Thursday 26
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	13	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1339	827	472	750	449	1152	701	1597	1401	1477	1274	1074	1195	1307	788	913	982	619	31	1273	1892	1971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:47AM 2.62	5:41AM 1.81																	10:21PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)											11:36AM 0.60					4:34PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	2	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	16	16	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	15	13	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 N	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	14	13	8	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	8	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	20	11	11	9	13	13	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9

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