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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	Thu		Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	3	5	4	4	5	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	1.4 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	10	11	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	10	10	7	9	9
Energy(?)	586	741	435	979	1079	463	8914	1817	443	1582	4067	384	1341	392	333	171	301	117	411	469	1212	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78		5:58AM 2.72		1:04AM 1.28			7:47PM 1.88	8:22AM 1.86		8:19PM 3.05	11:28AM 2.41		10:33PM 2.08	11:01AM 2.14		11:33PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 1.14	11:07AM 1.18		11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13	5:43PM 0.34		7:20AM 0.23	2:27PM 0.49	2:07AM 0.37		2:08PM 0.90	2:37AM 0.75	5:24AM 0.49	4:20PM 0.23		4:54AM 0.21	5:19PM 0.10		7:16AM 0.40	4:47PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	1	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	3	5	1	-	-
High °C	17	18	24	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	13	20	16	10	16	24	17	15	17	12	14	20
Low °C	17	17	22	13	11	13	13	11	14	15	11	18	15	9	16	23	16	14	13	10	14	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	24	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	11	20	15	8	16	24	17	13	17	10	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:35	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	10	11	10	11	14	14	14	13	13	9	11	11	10	8	10	6	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	-	0.3 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	12	-	-	9	18	13	-	13	10	4	10	7	9	9	16	15	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NNE	-	-	0.6 N	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.2 NNW	4.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	3	-	14	-	-	7	11	4	-	-	-	3	6	6	10	7	9	3

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1289	593	527	546	635	658	625	377	351	1459	1369	1383	1047	1047	3149	7106	915	5142	4552	3890	3139	1803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:19PM 2.79				4:58AM 2.71		11:49AM 1.37		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)				10:44PM 1.14								12:09AM 0.52					1:28PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	17	16	15	15	15	19	22	23	14	11	10	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	25	17	16	15	15	15	19	22	23	13	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	13	10	15	15	12	9	10	10	12	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NE	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	384	1311	586	556	591	607	713	644	682	38	909	909	600	580	415	53	62	1065	1075	1193	1278	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:19PM 2.79														6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											11:09PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	17	17	17	17	17	20	23	23	15	14	14	15	15	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	25	16	16	17	17	17	20	23	23	14	13	13	15	15	9	8	7	8	7	9	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	6	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	-	-	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	11	11	9	15	15	15	15	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	3	8	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	-

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