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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	Fri	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	5	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NW	1.8 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.5 SW	1.7 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	13	10	12	10	10	10	8	9	11	11	11	13	11	14	13	13	15	14	15
Energy(?)	174	341	5114	2243	414	1089	306	1028	651	234	506	2459	1742	752	1815	740	363	2860	1017	979	1075	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 1.65	8:42AM 1.73		9:07PM 1.80		3:02PM 1.29	3:29AM 1.32		1:34PM 1.76	10:34PM 1.88	10:20AM 3.03		10:36PM 3.08	5:06AM 1.56	5:27PM 1.49	11:12PM 3.12	11:20AM 2.69			6:47AM 1.38	6:51PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			6:13PM 0.32	3:20AM 0.64	8:25AM 0.66		9:17PM 0.23	9:41AM 0.27			4:10AM 1.07	4:29PM 1.05		11:26AM 0.62			5:12AM 0.40	5:07PM 0.42	11:58PM 0.29			12:57AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	11	17	14	12	22	18	16	24	15	14	18	20	13	22	20	15	16	18	11
Low °C	9	12	12	9	15	13	10	18	17	15	20	15	14	15	19	10	18	19	14	11	17	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	9	10	17	14	10	22	17	16	24	13	12	18	20	13	22	20	15	14	18	9
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 NW	1.8 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.0 SW	-	1.7 W	1.5 SW	1.7 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	15	13	10	12	10	10	12	8	9	11	11	11	13	11	14	-	13	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.1 N	-	0.9 S	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	14	11	10	-	8	9	8	8	8	14	9	11	11	10	-	9	-	-	8	10	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.8 SSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.7 NNE	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	4	4	13	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	5

	Fri	Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	3.5 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	9	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	6	10	10	10
Energy(?)	538	4473	605	2952	220	557	628	625	2264	3049	1883	1624	1248	458	447	584	694	571	579	560	1028	1062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:13PM 1.39						8:57AM 2.86		3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)					7:30AM 0.60						2:45AM 1.16										9:41AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	6	8	11	13	16	15	9	9	10	9	12	17	16	12	11	10	14	12	18	22
Chill °C (?)	6	7	2	6	11	13	16	15	6	8	10	8	12	17	16	12	10	9	14	11	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	3.5 W	1.2 ENE	3.0 W	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.7 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	10	12	9	11	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	6	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	0.2 N	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	0.7 NW	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	16	12	11	6	6	6	6	-	-	20	19	19	9	9	8	18	9	10	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	1.3 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	6	6	10	10

	Friday 14				Saturday 15
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	4.0 W	1.2 SW	4.0 W	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	12	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	650	5216	889	5136	174	313	296	308	605	3192	2705	2618	2402	258	258	2093	2539	2557	264	670	628	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:13PM 1.77					1:51AM 1.34													2:29PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)														8:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	8	9	14	15	15	16	6	8	9	9	10	12	11	11	12	14	12	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	4	8	5	6	13	12	13	14	2	6	7	7	8	10	9	8	9	12	11	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	4.0 W	1.3 ENE	4.0 W	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.1 N	1.1 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	21	6	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.3 WNW	1.2 SW	0.3 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	17	13	17	14	14	6	8	12	11	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.7 N	2.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	6	-	4	7	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	12	4	4	-	-

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