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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat		Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	God Squad Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.3 E	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.0 ESE	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 W	0.9 S	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	16	9	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	10	12	14
Energy(?)	696	527	631	349	991	383	399	1587	8171	5749	2324	1150	1051	1076	1054	1057	1312	1519	1095	381	276	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:29AM 1.90	12:50PM 1.85		3:19AM 1.68		3:51PM 1.53	12:44AM 2.21	11:56AM 2.11		2:31AM 2.22	11:39AM 2.14		3:27AM 1.94	11:49AM 3.27	4:01PM 1.82		7:10AM 1.40	4:43PM 1.79		5:55AM 1.77	6:03PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			6:38AM 0.27	3:06PM 0.46	9:02PM 0.27	9:31AM 0.32			5:48AM 0.26	6:11PM 0.14	8:14PM 0.14	5:30AM 0.24	5:25PM 0.64	9:13PM 0.13	5:42AM 0.64		12:35AM 0.16			11:18PM 0.26	12:08PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1
High °C	18	17	14	16	16	19	15	14	11	11	10	15	15	11	19	19	20	19	21	16	19	11
Low °C	18	16	13	16	16	17	14	13	9	10	9	12	13	11	15	16	17	16	20	11	17	11
Chill °C (?)	18	17	13	15	15	19	14	12	8	8	9	15	14	9	19	19	20	19	21	16	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 E	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NW	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 NW	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 W	0.9 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	14	13	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	10	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	1.0 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	13	9	10	12	13	6	15	-	10	10	16	15	14	10	17	5	16	10	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.3 WNW	-	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.8 NNE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	4	-	6	-	6	-	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	5	6

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	God Squad Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NW	3.0 SSW	1.9 NW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	11	11	16	10	16	18	19	12	12	11	14
Energy(?)	514	1117	1073	521	511	599	600	1264	1035	1889	4370	1249	1289	5307	1108	1178	658	537	4103	3066	1089	2380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:14PM 1.40				2:25AM 1.72			11:23AM 2.10							9:52AM 3.11		3:48PM 1.33	4:14PM 1.37			3:04AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.22					8:40AM 0.27			4:39PM 0.28			3:41AM 0.94						8:02PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	8	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	13	12	17	16	16	17	14	17	15	15	16	16	11	16	17	19	20	10	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	24	12	12	17	16	16	17	13	17	15	15	16	16	9	16	16	19	20	7	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 NW	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NW	3.0 SSW	1.9 NW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	11	11	16	10	16	11	11	12	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	14	14	13	13	14	14	9	18	17	8	12	12	12	12	11	18	19	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	5	3	12	12	-	14

	Saturday 28										Sunday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	God Squad Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	13	9	9	10	10	13	13	14	14	14	10	14	9	12	12	9	8	12	12
Energy(?)	549	1424	1342	696	474	435	449	332	806	905	418	379	363	870	347	454	476	758	183	245	401	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:01PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	17	16	18	21	19	18	11	12	12	12	17	16	12	16	12	16	15	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	24	16	15	18	21	19	18	10	12	12	11	17	16	11	16	11	16	15	12	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.1 WNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 N	1.0 NW	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	8	9	9	10	13	13	13	10	8	7	10	7	9	12	12	9	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	14	14	8	13	14	13	10	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	9	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	3	3	-

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