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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	Wed	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Murdering Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	2	2	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	2.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	1.5 E	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	8	9	11	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	11	11	11	6	8	16	9	15
Energy(?)	748	350	655	845	392	1036	956	362	5022	1822	1887	1767	232	366	2654	955	573	289	210	174	372	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross	on	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 1.64		11:29PM 1.23	9:03AM 1.64		12:08AM 1.18	12:36PM 1.38	6:22PM 2.82		6:59AM 2.78		12:44AM 1.73		2:05PM 1.41	12:15AM 1.87	9:17AM 1.97		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		11:28PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 0.49		3:24PM 0.46			6:14PM 0.25		6:22AM 0.26		12:44AM 0.99		1:10PM 1.03		8:07AM 0.19				3:27PM 0.29	3:30AM 0.64		6:45PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
High °C	14	24	17	18	24	14	13	13	13	14	17	12	19	20	16	12	17	18	15	17	15	13
Low °C	13	23	16	17	22	13	10	12	12	12	17	12	16	18	15	10	16	18	14	16	14	11
Chill °C (?)	12	24	17	18	24	13	12	11	12	14	17	10	19	20	15	12	17	17	14	17	13	13
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 ENE	2.2 NW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	1.7 NW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	11	10	10	14	-	14	14	14	9	11	11	9	11	6	8	16	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 NE	0.9 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	-	1.4 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.1 SW	0.8 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	11	7	-	10	8	11	-	-	9	8	10	3	14	-	11	8	13	8	6	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.5 N	-	2.3 NNE	0.9 NW	-	0.6 N	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	1.5 E	-
Period (s)	10	3	-	9	5	-	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	-

	Wed	Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	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
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	14
Energy(?)	1633	748	783	312	745	540	1183	1296	654	600	508	584	677	377	303	1190	1342	1393	1006	1041	3004	6976
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:41PM 1.54				8:12AM 1.64	11:05AM 1.37						4:58AM 2.71		11:49AM 1.37						5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46AM 0.43	4:52AM 0.29				5:30PM 0.27		10:44PM 1.14								12:09AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	13	13	13	20	18	25	24	23	16	15	15	15	20	21	24	14	11	10	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	20	17	25	24	23	16	15	15	15	20	21	24	14	11	10	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	9	8	10	8	11	11	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.1 SW	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	11	11	15	11	7	6	15	15	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	9	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NW	2.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	3	8	7	11	11	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

	Wednesday 26				Thursday 27
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	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
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 N	1.5 N	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	7	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	922	868	545	265	766	280	283	308	261	256	214	417	169	336	236	745	2503	1085	825	1556	640	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:41PM 1.54			10:45PM 1.23					4:00AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	15	13	22	13	21	20	20	15	15	16	16	19	23	21	20	16	15	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	12	22	11	21	20	20	14	14	15	15	18	23	21	20	15	14	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.2 WSW	2.2 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	7	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	12	8	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.9 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	6	11	14	5	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	15	14	14	16	7	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	0.3 SSE	-	1.7 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	-	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	3	-	10	2	3	3	-	-	8	8	5	3	3	8	8	-	8	8	8	2

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