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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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NNE	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	7	13	13	13	14	13	13	8	12	14	7	9	10	10	15	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1506	944	819	378	1828	3503	1015	1233	1625	700	988	269	1254	354	1776	1426	1333	881	1624	901	721	935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 1.56	7:31AM 1.36		2:40AM 2.03		5:48PM 1.79	2:20AM 1.88		2:42PM 1.81	2:20AM 2.89		4:24PM 1.80		4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69		5:28AM 1.65	5:11PM 1.55		5:00AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 0.55	1:36AM 0.50		2:04PM 0.19	8:37PM 0.31	10:19AM 0.60		8:15PM 0.43	8:31AM 0.46		8:16PM 0.97	8:33AM 1.03		10:34PM 0.67	10:58AM 0.62		11:25PM 0.78	11:55AM 0.71		10:44PM 1.34	11:28AM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	33	2	-	-	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	15	16	12	11	15	18	14	21	16	16	15	15	17	20	18	13	14	13	12	14
Low °C	14	19	14	16	11	10	14	17	12	17	15	14	13	15	16	17	17	12	12	13	10	12
Chill °C (?)	19	20	13	16	11	10	15	18	12	21	15	16	13	14	16	20	17	11	14	12	11	14
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.0 N	1.6 SW	0.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	7	13	13	13	14	13	13	8	8	14	10	9	10	10	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.1 N	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	12	-	-	5	5	10	7	12	12	9	10	12	9	13	15	13	6	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	7	9	-	-	4	4	-	3	10

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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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1838	1247	1040	1179	1024	1256	1431	701	998	1126	1155	1013	894	1950	3219	3503	3663	3993	3451	3006	1191	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.54							1:15AM 1.99			12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)				12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49	10:34PM 0.25			7:24AM 0.33				8:37PM 0.31				8:54AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	16	20	20	17	16	16	15	14	15	16	17	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	20	20	17	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	10	10	9	9	9	8	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	17	10	10	21	10	-	-	10	5	6	6	15	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	3	4	10	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-

	Friday 03
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.1 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	15	15	15	15	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	15	11	11	11	11	12	13	10	10
Energy(?)	1175	1910	1838	1802	1757	732	834	658	564	536	518	150	147	225	1126	1254	1258	1256	1395	899	226	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:23PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	14	11	13	13	15	14	14	14	15	16	19	19	18	18	17	17	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	10	12	12	15	13	13	13	14	16	19	19	18	18	17	16	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	15	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	16	17	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	15	10	10	10	-	-	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3

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