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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	2	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	6	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 ENE	3.5 NNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	0.4 SW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	7	11	10	10	16	10	14	10
Energy(?)	5777	1479	328	1183	3170	1821	1134	289	2737	1213	611	290	112	881	775	2925	4222	873	182	1408	1116	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 1.75	8:19AM 1.81		10:04PM 2.28	7:57AM 2.89		8:01PM 2.85		2:02PM 1.84	1:50AM 1.85		4:22PM 1.48	10:02PM 3.19	10:32AM 3.19	2:30PM 2.01	11:36PM 2.14	11:28AM 3.43		11:48PM 3.05	11:45AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM 0.42	1:58AM 0.43		2:34PM 0.50			2:08PM 0.90	2:18AM 0.32	7:55AM 0.18		7:30PM 0.12	7:25AM 0.13			4:18AM 0.23			5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		5:32AM -0.03	6:34PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	2	24	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	14	13	14	12	15	16	13	15	13	12	17	16	12	18	14	22	18	14	22	19
Low °C	16	12	14	12	13	12	14	15	12	15	12	12	16	14	12	16	11	19	17	11	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	11	13	11	15	15	11	14	12	12	16	15	9	17	12	22	17	12	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 ENE	3.5 NNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	3.0 S	2.2 S	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	13	14	13	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	18	9	9	10	10	11	15	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 W	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	-	9	10	8	10	10	13	9	10	18	-	9	9	9	16	-	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	0.9 NE	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	2.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	5	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	4	8	7	11	10	-	8	10	-	-

	Saturday 29			Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	2	4	2	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	2.1 SW	1.1 ENE	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	9	7	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1789	7780	4667	3774	3041	1943	1692	1553	304	547	206	2130	253	3436	2587	580	1020	634	551	535	546	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78						11:18PM 1.75	2:04AM 1.33		7:52AM 2.72	11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)					3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66		6:31PM 0.26							2:43PM 0.47				2:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Temp. °C	13	17	13	12	12	12	17	18	14	18	16	12	18	13	14	11	12	14	12	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	13	17	12	10	11	11	17	18	13	18	16	11	18	12	13	9	12	14	12	13	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.5 SW	1.1 ENE	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	9	7	12	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SW	2.3 WSW	0.6 N	1.0 ENE	1.2 NW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	13	-	14	10	6	14	12	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.5 ENE	-	-	2.1 SW	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	12	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 29										Sunday 30
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	2	4	2	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.1 SW	1.0 ENE	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.9 SW	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	11	12	11	14	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1224	7644	5777	5694	5612	902	1062	884	484	276	142	1892	183	1934	2014	1510	4130	1951	1916	1985	1894	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:22PM 2.82					11:05PM 1.52		1:11AM 1.28					6:59AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)																4:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	15	16	16	14	12	17	14	11	14	13	13	11	15	12	14	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	13	16	16	14	11	17	14	10	13	12	12	10	13	11	14	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.1 SW	1.0 ENE	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.9 SW	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	-	11	12	11	14	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	10	12	5	10	6	8	8	10	8	9	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNE	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.1 NE	1.5 NNE	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	3	-	-	10	5	-	-	3	-	-

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