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

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Riversdale Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	10	11	10	11	9	12	9	12	16	17	11	16	9	14	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	501	1927	2012	2991	1819	3579	1756	1776	543	633	136	771	4045	608	338	358	1474	1120	6257	2745	1319	1518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 1.75	6:40PM 1.71		7:05AM 1.79		7:58PM 1.71	7:32AM 2.58		8:36PM 2.31	8:59AM 2.46		9:11PM 2.69		1:23PM 2.17	3:44AM 1.94		2:56PM 1.77	2:44AM 1.96			3:58AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	11:30PM 0.65	12:17PM 0.64		12:53AM 0.71			2:14AM 0.69		2:14PM 0.56	2:42AM 0.61		3:17PM 0.43	3:16AM 0.50	7:09AM 0.27		9:32PM 0.43	8:27AM 0.16		9:10PM 0.08	9:32AM 0.10	5:25PM 0.64	9:45PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	1	11	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	17	17	18	18	13	21	18	16	20	16	17	21	16	11	17	12	16	16	13
Low °C	17	16	14	16	16	17	18	13	19	16	13	17	11	13	18	9	11	14	10	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	16	17	17	17	12	21	18	16	20	16	16	21	14	9	17	11	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	2.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	10	15	15	11	9	12	12	12	16	11	11	7	-	10	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	15	-	-	13	14	7	9	18	7	17	19	11	-	12	9	9	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	-	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.6 NW	-	1.1 E	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	10	11	10	3	6	-	5	-	-	2	4	-	9	14	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 NW	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	9	10
Energy(?)	1512	1327	1238	1204	1043	1897	5078	2665	3477	3582	3811	3121	2729	1612	1504	3852	3037	3030	3353	1412	1107	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49				6:32AM 2.29		10:28AM 1.97				12:05AM 1.77			7:57AM 2.86	12:26PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		11:30PM 0.65				11:36AM 0.60				12:10AM 0.73						6:54PM 0.43				6:18AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	17	18	14	15	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	17	19	16	16	15	16	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	18	13	14	15	15	15	16	15	18	17	17	19	16	16	14	16	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 NW	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 NNW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	15	14	16	14	14	13	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 25				Thursday 26
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	6	10	6	7	7	13	7
Energy(?)	1497	1530	1512	1509	507	506	1339	741	540	568	666	509	838	593	606	270	50	385	708	565	229	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:10AM 2.36				9:15AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)					11:20PM 0.59																	4:34PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	13	12	13	14	14	12	11	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	2.5 NNW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	8	8	14	13	13	11	10	11	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	7	13	8	7	7	14	14	9	12	12	13	11	13	11	11	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.6 SE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	3	7

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