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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	Tue		Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	1.2 NW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	11	13	11	8	9	11	10	11	15	10	14	14	10	13	12	10	8	11	11
Energy(?)	338	691	513	702	250	361	600	767	399	1553	1137	623	1074	2087	1991	302	251	442	1775	465	314	305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:56AM 1.43		7:20PM 1.78	8:32AM 2.12		8:31PM 1.54	9:24AM 1.56	5:20PM 2.78		9:57AM 1.67		12:50AM 1.29		1:27PM 1.39	1:57AM 1.34	7:49AM 2.52	2:20PM 1.42	8:12PM 2.67		3:24PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.51		4:19PM 0.31	1:44AM 0.56		2:47PM 1.06	2:57AM 0.46			11:44PM 1.08		4:21PM 0.42		6:57AM 0.22		7:47PM 0.18			2:29AM 0.31	7:50AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	14	25	19	20	25	18	18	22	16	13	16	16	14	18	16	12	11	15	12	21	25
Low °C	22	12	20	18	19	24	17	16	20	15	9	16	15	11	14	16	11	10	14	9	17	25
Chill °C (?)	23	13	25	19	20	25	18	18	22	14	12	16	16	14	18	16	11	9	14	12	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	-	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	1.2 NW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	12	8	7	8	8	10	11	-	11	15	10	14	14	14	5	12	10	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	10	11	13	11	12	15	10	-	-	-	14	9	8	-	13	6	13	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 NW	-	2.2 NNE	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	6	7	8	4	7	3	-	9	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	6

	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NW	1.4 NE	2.0 NW	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	11	12	7	11	9	9	8	10	9	13	8	11	11	8	11	8	11	11
Energy(?)	693	520	632	545	558	610	730	1304	996	695	569	766	690	276	288	537	1313	501	509	559	1002	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:05AM 1.37		4:07PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)									2:14PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16		2:05AM 0.49	4:35AM 0.30						10:30PM 0.67		5:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	19	18	15	14	18	23	24	17	16	12	13	20	22	25	25	18	22	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	19	18	14	13	18	23	24	17	16	10	11	20	22	25	25	18	22	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	2.0 NW	1.4 NE	2.0 NW	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	7	7	11	7	7	8	9	9	8	11	10	8	8	11	11	8	11	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	3	10	10	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	16	16	13	12	8	12	11	11	11	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	2.1 NE	-
Period (s)	4	3	6	6	-	7	7	8	11	-	-	10	9	3	2	7	11	-	2	-	11	-

	Tuesday 25										Wednesday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.2 N	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 WSW	1.6 NE	2.5 NNW	2.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	11	11	6	6	6	6	11	6	8	8	6
Energy(?)	809	525	338	352	530	369	352	807	283	83	210	877	843	216	219	411	402	76	358	892	874	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.10														9:03AM 1.67	10:29AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)													1:15AM 0.49		3:52AM 0.31	4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	23	23	14	13	13	12	13	15	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	17	16	17	18	21
Chill °C (?)	13	13	23	23	13	11	11	10	12	14	14	11	12	13	13	12	12	15	16	15	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	6	6	6	6	11	6	11	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	11	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 N	1.6 NE	2.5 NNW	2.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7	-	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	-

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