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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	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	0.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	12	11	9	12	11	9	10	10	11	14	10	13	14	14	9	6	13	10	9
Energy(?)	987	548	672	806	1014	847	403	1505	695	10	713	1300	1013	1113	7230	1494	2794	194	243	1045	448	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 1.57		4:37AM 1.76		7:20PM 1.78	8:32AM 2.12		8:55PM 2.10	9:03AM 1.64			5:58AM 2.72		11:02PM 1.51			2:02AM 1.34		2:27PM 1.42	8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 0.54	11:30PM 0.57	10:46AM 0.66	4:19PM 0.31	1:44AM 0.56		2:47PM 1.06	3:19AM 0.99		3:31PM 0.49	11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13	4:21PM 0.42		6:57AM 0.22	5:39PM 0.96	7:53PM 0.19	8:07AM 0.19		2:37AM 0.75	9:05AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	24	18	13	24	25	19	24	15	12	17	16	12	18	14	20	21	18	12	15
Low °C	10	13	12	19	18	13	23	24	17	21	14	9	15	15	11	16	13	18	21	17	9	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	24	18	12	24	25	19	24	14	11	17	16	10	18	12	20	21	17	11	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	7	12	8	10	8	11	10	11	10	11	14	10	13	14	14	9	9	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNW	-	0.7 NE	1.1 W	-	0.7 NW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	9	11	12	12	15	10	9	-	11	14	-	8	10	13	15	9	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	-	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	7	7	11	9	-	11	9	3	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	6	6	-	6

	Tuesday 25					Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 NE	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	12	7	11	11	9	8	10	9	8	9	11	11	11	8	11
Energy(?)	627	809	793	516	630	560	557	560	687	1326	1014	741	551	736	854	260	757	698	1505	647	559	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:01PM 1.79	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13								8:32AM 2.12	11:10AM 1.38				11:29PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 0.63					12:53AM 0.56	1:31AM 1.01				1:51PM 0.55		9:45PM 1.16		2:46AM 0.43	4:35AM 0.30				5:37PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	12	12	19	12	13	14	18	24	19	17	16	12	13	20	15	23	25	22	15	21
Chill °C (?)	8	12	10	11	19	12	12	13	18	24	19	17	16	10	12	20	15	23	25	22	15	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	11	9	8	6	11	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	10	7	11	12	12	11	9	12	12	16	11	13	9	12	12	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 SW	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	0.3 NNW	1.8 ENE	1.1 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	6	7	7	7	7	8	11	-	-	10	9	3	9	7	11	-	-	3

	Tuesday 25																Wednesday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	6	6	11	6
Energy(?)	638	897	987	627	173	574	372	378	329	709	740	107	95	618	188	307	410	127	254	231	61	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					3:07AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)						12:37PM 0.62	1:06PM 1.07															4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	10	10	12	18	13	12	13	13	15	15	18	17	12	13	15	13	14	13	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	5	9	8	11	18	12	11	11	11	14	14	18	17	10	11	14	11	13	12	12	14	12
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 N	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	7	11	11	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	12	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	5	5	4	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	6

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