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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	3	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	4.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	15	14	15
Energy(?)	444	336	5112	2243	415	592	311	419	599	1106	584	5079	2021	1034	641	2611	1195	2135	794	861	1516	1993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:59PM 1.65	8:42AM 1.73		9:07PM 1.80		3:02PM 1.29	3:29AM 1.32		1:34PM 1.76	10:34PM 1.88	10:20AM 3.03		10:36PM 3.08	5:06AM 1.56	5:27PM 1.49	11:12PM 3.12	11:20AM 2.69	5:42PM 1.57		5:21AM 1.78	6:51PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			6:13PM 0.32	3:20AM 0.64	7:54AM 0.32		9:17PM 0.23	9:41AM 0.27			4:10AM 1.07	4:29PM 1.05		11:26AM 0.62			5:12AM 0.40		10:41PM 0.36	11:37AM 0.41		12:57AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	13	12	11	17	13	12	22	19	15	22	15	12	18	21	15	22	20	14	16	14	11
Low °C	9	12	12	9	15	12	10	17	17	12	20	15	10	15	20	14	18	19	12	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	9	10	17	10	10	22	18	14	22	13	12	18	21	14	22	20	14	14	13	9
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 E	0.4 S	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 S	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.2 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.1 W	1.3 ENE	3.0 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	9	15	13	10	7	10	10	12	9	9	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	12	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	11	-	-	8	14	8	9	8	10	5	16	11	10	12	-	6	-	8	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.7 SW	3.5 W	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	4.5 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	2.0 W
Period (s)	5	4	13	-	-	10	5	-	10	8	-	11	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	15

	Fri	Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	3.5 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	9	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	7	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	647	4473	635	2952	654	538	614	627	1267	3049	1883	1624	1248	449	450	690	686	1106	1213	1601	555	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:13PM 1.39						8:57AM 2.86		3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		2:18AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					7:05AM 0.29						2:45AM 1.16										9:41AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	6	8	12	13	16	15	9	9	10	9	12	17	16	12	11	11	11	12	18	22
Chill °C (?)	6	7	2	6	11	13	16	15	6	8	10	8	12	17	16	12	10	10	9	10	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	3.5 W	1.2 ENE	3.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	10	12	9	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	7	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	0.2 N	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	16	12	11	7	5	6	7	9	-	20	19	19	9	9	18	18	10	7	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	1.4 W	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 E	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	1.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	7	8	8	7	10

	Friday 14				Saturday 15
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	4.0 W	1.2 SW	4.0 W	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	650	5482	914	5136	444	316	296	308	635	3192	2705	2618	2402	202	236	2096	2629	219	224	303	614	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:13PM 1.77					1:51AM 1.34												1:08PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)														8:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	8	9	15	15	15	16	6	8	9	9	10	12	11	11	12	14	12	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	4	8	5	6	13	12	13	14	2	6	7	7	8	10	9	8	9	14	11	10	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	4.0 W	1.3 ENE	4.0 W	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	-	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	12	9	9	12	-	9	6	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.3 WNW	1.2 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	17	13	17	14	14	6	8	12	11	8	8	8	6	6	-	-	6	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	1.5 WSW	-	1.0 NNW	2.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	6	-	5	7	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

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