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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	9	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	458	2711	2493	489	227	1766	1426	928	1493	1136	1004	1482	2308	1673	1547	501	1557	920	1328	2588	502	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:37AM 3.33	3:52PM 1.94		5:32AM 1.59	5:56PM 1.51		6:24AM 1.71	6:54PM 1.52	7:17PM 1.55	7:39AM 1.72		8:04PM 1.72		6:26PM 1.85				3:35AM 3.10	9:17AM 1.79	4:20PM 2.03		4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM -0.00	11:57AM 0.05		12:05AM 0.01	12:49PM -0.02		1:29AM -0.02		1:34PM -0.00	2:11AM 0.28	7:40AM 0.16		12:45AM 0.07	10:06AM 0.32	1:04PM 0.22	9:20PM 0.84			10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	9	6	-	4	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	23	23	13	12	17	14	17	19	17	13	14	13	20	20	14	16	17	13	12
Low °C	14	14	10	19	19	12	12	16	12	15	18	17	13	14	11	14	19	13	15	17	10	12
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	23	23	10	12	17	13	17	19	16	12	14	13	20	20	14	16	17	12	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	2.2 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	9	9	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 W	1.7 NW	0.6 W	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	-	9	9	5	9	9	14	-	-	13	15	15	12	10	13	-	9	8	-	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSE	-	-	1.0 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	7

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	10	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	600	528	577	6754	1840	1400	1198	1038	1451	1045	595	517	616	1595	3260	4475	3857	919	1118	1292	1293	1295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 1.42				5:27AM 1.66				6:06PM 1.73						12:20PM 3.47				12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)						11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02										6:59PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	15	11	11	11	12	19	23	25	21	16	14	11	9	14	16	12	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	13	10	10	10	11	19	23	25	21	16	12	9	7	12	16	10	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	9	10	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 W	0.5 E	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	15	15	9	9	15	15	12	9	9	9	5	8	16	9	9	12	-	14	9	9	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.3 NW	-	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	11	11	12	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04																Friday 05
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	0.9 E	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	11	7	7
Energy(?)	638	436	458	4371	3279	3186	3127	3005	5159	4038	2414	1978	714	40	40	334	266	401	180	265	278	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52AM 0.07										8:55PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	15	13	12	12	11	14	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	12	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	10	13	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 E	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	14	9	9	7	7	13	9	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	15	14	8	8	13	13	20	7	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	-	8	-	-	7	5	7	3	-	-	-

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