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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	Fri		Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	7	8	13	14	14	16	14	14	13	11
Energy(?)	1034	924	365	1857	2237	885	955	2002	483	317	502	900	479	718	1107	1320	1250	1389	3722	1211	1006	486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:06AM 2.09			7:39PM 1.48		2:06PM 1.90	1:45AM 3.02		3:42PM 1.91	3:53AM 1.85		4:24PM 1.80	9:07PM 1.57	4:30AM 1.72	3:24PM 2.29	3:52AM 2.61		4:36PM 2.52		5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 0.21	9:41AM 0.51	2:12PM 0.19	1:59AM 0.23	7:57AM 0.39		7:40PM 0.84	7:56AM 0.89		9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51		2:58AM 0.47	10:52AM 0.61		9:43PM 1.24	10:14AM 1.29		10:22PM 0.97	12:03PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	43	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	16	12	11	17	19	16	19	22	13	15	18	15	16	17	13	15	14	12	13	17
Low °C	17	14	16	12	10	14	17	13	14	18	11	12	16	15	13	14	11	12	13	9	9	15
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	11	10	16	19	15	19	22	12	15	17	14	16	17	13	14	12	11	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	7:02	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	15	13	13	13	13	8	12	14	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.6 W	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.5 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	5	-	-	13	5	6	8	8	13	7	7	12	14	13	14	14	9	-	9	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.4 NW	-	-	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	3	-	7	8	3	-	-	4	14	-	-	-

	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1021	1301	1431	507	209	1156	1079	814	894	1997	3126	3170	3366	1026	1113	1026	1089	1002	1047	1021	1631	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				2:20AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49		1:10AM 0.20		7:24AM 0.33				8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:40PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	12	11	10	10	9	10	18	19	17	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	14	15	16	15	15	16	17	11	10	8	8	8	8	18	19	17	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	2.0 W	1.8 W	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.2 N	0.8 N	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	5	5	6	6	15	15	13	13	-	-	7	-	5	6	6	7	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	13	12	13	13	10	10	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	12	12	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1193	1106	1126	915	569	587	587	221	221	198	1431	1584	1702	203	301	269	552	513	513	281	1079	1028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:05PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	1:18PM 0.17						7:09PM 0.31											6:49AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	20	19	19	19	23	15	14	15	15	14	14	12	12	17	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	23	14	12	15	15	13	13	9	9	17	10	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 SW	2.3 W	-	-	0.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	11	13	12	9	9	10	10	13	12	-	-	7	14	10	12	12	12	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.9 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	13	13	9	9	6	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.3 NW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	-	4	4	3	3	-	-	12	12	3	12	5	4	-	-	5	-	-

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