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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury
Rating	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	13	10	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	15	5
Energy(?)	489	127	3599	612	913	1347	1113	901	1300	1550	1623	1092	910	1346	773	1758	1422	1178	1665	3841	235	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 1.54		6:42AM 1.70	6:38PM 1.60	7:17PM 1.55	5:28AM 2.02	5:30PM 1.90			6:09PM 1.97	2:41AM 3.24	4:04AM 2.12	4:19PM 2.11	3:35AM 3.10		3:40PM 2.70		5:58AM 1.90	6:17PM 1.89	7:49PM 2.21	6:57AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 0.01		12:32AM -0.01			1:29AM -0.02	11:49AM 0.10		11:46PM 0.02	9:12AM 0.25		8:23PM 0.70	10:12AM 0.32		9:20PM 0.84	9:41AM 1.00		10:01PM 0.40	12:08PM 0.48		2:09AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	2	8	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	23	-
High °C	23	23	13	15	16	15	16	19	17	15	16	13	19	20	15	14	14	12	13	16	10	15
Low °C	19	19	12	13	16	12	15	18	16	14	15	10	14	20	14	12	14	10	12	11	9	14
Chill °C (?)	23	23	10	14	15	14	16	19	16	15	16	13	19	20	15	13	14	9	13	15	8	13
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.3 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 ESE	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	13	10	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.1 S	0.5 E	-	0.6 SW	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	5	-	12	14	-	-	13	15	13	13	12	-	-	9	8	8	12	12	-	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	3.0 WSW	0.4 W	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	13	3	3

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.8 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1100	1529	1294	1069	565	703	1832	1854	3677	4303	3243	846	550	2124	1293	1294	1318	1136	1113	1076	1070	1104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.64				6:19PM 1.54						12:20PM 3.47	1:37PM 2.31			12:51AM 3.43					3:58PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)				12:05PM 0.02														6:49AM 0.07	8:24AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	8	2	-
Temp. °C	11	14	19	22	26	22	15	13	12	9	13	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	19	20
Chill °C (?)	10	13	19	22	26	22	15	12	10	8	11	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	14	19	20
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	1.8 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	6	12	13	9	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 W	0.9 SW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	11	9	12	9	14	13	-	18	17	16	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	0.9 WNW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	9	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 05
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	11	17	12	11	9	11	11	12	11	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1310	2080	1952	1696	578	1529	148	177	195	163	2327	544	381	2174	565	558	579	571	2225	2387	2679	2755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:14AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)									9:32AM 0.07								5:35PM -0.03		7:05PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	18	22	21	22	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	14	13	12	18	22	21	22	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 E	1.3 W	0.5 SW	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	11	9	12	16	-	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	12	17	9	19	-	-	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	17	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	10

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