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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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	7	13	15	13	13	14	13	8	11	14	7	8	9	14	15	16	14	16	14
Energy(?)	1506	1038	835	392	1857	1359	884	1217	1060	517	1073	494	876	488	778	764	962	674	1870	951	452	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:27PM 1.40		3:43PM 2.43	8:21PM 1.41		1:56PM 1.98	2:20AM 1.88		2:07PM 2.92	3:53AM 1.85		4:24PM 1.80		9:32AM 1.48	5:13PM 1.69			4:36PM 2.52		4:48AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			1:43AM 0.19	8:18AM 0.21		2:39AM 0.20	7:57AM 0.39		8:15PM 0.43	7:56AM 0.89		9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51		10:34PM 0.67			10:18PM 0.69	10:14AM 1.29		10:44PM 1.34	11:12AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	38	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	15	17	12	11	17	18	17	18	17	13	12	17	16	17	16	13	14	13	15	13
Low °C	14	17	14	16	12	10	14	18	17	15	16	10	11	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	19	20	13	17	11	10	17	18	17	18	17	12	11	16	15	16	16	13	13	12	14	11
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	7:02	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	7	13	15	13	13	14	13	12	11	14	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 W	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	-	-	5	16	7	7	10	7	8	12	13	13	14	15	10	-	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 N	-	0.4 E	2.1 NNE	0.5 E	-	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	4	5	-	-	-	3	6	-	3	8	3	-	7	8	-	4	-	-	6	-	9

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1039	1179	1024	1301	1431	504	1059	1061	1156	902	880	1680	1818	3256	3663	1028	1109	3058	1079	1127	1023	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	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
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:15AM 1.99			12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49				7:24AM 0.33				8:37PM 0.31				8:54AM 0.29				7:40PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	20	17	16	15	14	15	15	17	17	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	19	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	16	20	20	17	15	15	13	15	15	17	17	11	10	8	8	8	8	10	19	17	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.7 W	1.4 W	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	21	10	-	-	5	10	16	6	15	15	13	13	-	-	15	-	-	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	4	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03																Saturday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	11	11	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	9	11
Energy(?)	1095	1380	1506	937	937	1284	554	270	559	213	198	217	214	1431	1431	331	193	835	203	251	245	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														8:01PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	15	17	18	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	18	14	15	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	14	17	18	12	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	14	18	13	13	13	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	11	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	-	-	11	11	-	-	13	11	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	10	-	-	10	4	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	4	4	-

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