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

	Thu		Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	11	11	7
Energy(?)	866	836	919	972	4682	1603	4584	2707	2856	3259	3374	1717	1009	1603	529	798	327	413	237	208	1326	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:59AM 1.44				3:28PM 2.01				7:04PM 1.71	7:25AM 1.62	4:55PM 1.79		5:11AM 1.74			4:30AM 2.58	6:48PM 1.59		7:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 0.13		2:36PM 0.14	11:47PM 0.25	9:20AM 0.26		11:17PM 0.61	9:04AM 0.44		1:22AM 0.48			11:06PM 0.64	11:32AM 0.64	2:40PM 0.58	10:19PM 1.27	10:51AM 1.34		1:06AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	14	20	15	17	15	13	18	11	15	18	18	10	14	16	15	18	15	17	20	20
Low °C	18	16	14	17	13	15	14	13	18	10	15	17	18	6	13	15	13	16	14	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	13	20	14	17	14	13	18	9	15	18	18	9	13	15	15	18	14	17	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	7:51	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	13	13	13	10	11	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	12	15	10	-	12	-	9	11	8	11	11	10	-	14	14	5	10	12	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.2 W	0.6 NE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	2.4 W	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	7	3	11	7

	Thursday 05			Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	14	12	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	706	604	533	528	713	922	1308	1494	1604	1477	2314	3411	5084	5084	5016	3606	1959	1959	3879	3371	3371	3464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:34PM 1.41						2:03PM 2.01	5:35PM 1.89			3:15AM 2.06				2:03PM 3.09				3:51AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.44						8:43AM 0.17	10:14AM 0.41				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31			9:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	2
Temp. °C	19	21	14	13	16	18	20	19	14	17	15	13	13	13	14	18	17	17	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	21	13	11	16	18	20	19	13	16	14	13	13	13	14	18	17	17	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	14	12	14	14	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	12	12	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	0.2 WNW	0.8 N	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.8 NE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	4	4	6	6	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05										Friday 06
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	893	784	792	845	814	148	150	756	654	571	660	661	766	510	510	705	294	294	721	816	794	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:39AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.44										11:04PM 0.15									8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	20	20	21	19	19	14	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	11	11	17	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	20	20	21	19	19	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	18	10	10	16	17	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	12	11	13	13	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	13	16	16	9	8	13	11	11	9	9	9	14	8	8	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 NE
Period (s)	5	6	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	3	3	4	-	-	3	3	4	3

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