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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	Sat	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	9	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	20	18	10	16	16	10	16	12	15	11	14	17	17	16
Energy(?)	331	94	673	1536	811	4593	1926	355	624	1217	596	575	758	516	174	805	879	1575	3865	7664	9331	7309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 2.37			2:55AM 2.42	10:57AM 3.29			5:04AM 2.10		1:26AM 2.19			2:03AM 2.18		2:18PM 2.22		5:33AM 1.80	5:53PM 1.77		6:14AM 1.71		8:03PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18AM 0.78	4:59PM 0.37	8:40PM 0.64	4:47AM 0.75	5:14PM 0.12	11:36PM 0.10	11:21AM 0.14	6:26PM 0.23	7:15PM 0.01	7:32AM 0.12	6:29PM 0.52	7:54PM 0.02	8:11AM 0.12		11:04PM 0.15	11:45AM 0.21		12:06AM 0.24	12:28PM 0.30	1:38PM 0.31	2:01AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	11	10	11	11	10	13	14	12	15	15	14	20	22	18	24	23	19	21	22	16
Low °C	11	17	11	9	10	11	7	8	14	10	12	15	13	15	21	15	20	22	14	18	20	14
Chill °C (?)	14	22	8	7	10	8	7	12	14	12	15	15	13	20	22	18	24	23	19	21	22	16
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	-	12	12	12	12	11	10	18	10	16	16	10	13	12	15	11	14	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.3 N
Period (s)	11	9	-	-	-	-	11	22	20	10	8	10	9	9	16	9	15	14	-	9	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	3.0 S	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	14	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	12	12	13	11	10	13	13	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2132	2562	557	739	264	246	141	961	2088	1489	1349	564	1088	683	622	2534	1597	1444	1325	1079	1172	919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						10:10AM 2.64				12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18					3:25AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 0.73											4:47AM 0.75					9:08PM 0.03					10:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	10	12	15	22	8	13	9	9	6	10	11	12	10	9	7	6	5	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	7	12	15	22	7	11	7	8	3	10	10	11	8	7	6	5	4	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	3.0 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	5	10	13	13	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 SSE	-	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	2.0 S	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	6	10	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 28				Sunday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2087	2159	736	2283	336	339	53	195	557	466	1195	268	1724	739	673	2306	703	792	1151	1344	2124	2509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:11PM 1.84	3:09PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 0.73										5:19AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	12	13	13	11	12	12	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	6	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	14	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	11	-	8	4	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.0 WSW	0.4 W	1.7 SSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	-	-	3	-	6	3	12	-	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11

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