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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	3.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.0 SW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 E	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.9 SW	2.2 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	11	13	10	12	12	12	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14
Energy(?)	2351	489	214	2457	635	913	1468	1122	819	547	1668	1724	1213	1342	1444	728	242	325	1256	1499	1650	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 1.66	5:56PM 1.51		6:50AM 1.69			7:47AM 1.71	5:30PM 1.90			3:18PM 2.17			4:19PM 2.11	4:00AM 2.02	5:01AM 2.01	3:55PM 3.12		4:29AM 2.96	6:17PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	11:34PM 0.02	11:49AM 0.01		12:32AM -0.01		1:05PM -0.01	12:49AM -0.03			11:46PM 0.02	8:20AM 0.27		12:45AM 0.07	8:48AM 0.86		9:45PM 0.35	11:09AM 0.41		10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13		12:40AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	9	-	9	4	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	24	23	14	14	16	16	16	19	20	15	16	15	15	20	16	25	17	12	13	13	16
Low °C	11	19	19	11	13	16	12	15	18	11	15	16	14	13	19	16	23	15	11	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	24	23	13	13	16	15	16	19	20	14	16	15	14	20	16	25	16	10	13	11	16
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.0 ENE	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 E	-	0.2 ESE	1.9 SW	0.2 ESE	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	10	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	8	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	-	13	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 NW	-	0.8 NW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	5	9	13	14	-	-	13	14	13	12	12	10	-	9	7	-	-	12	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	-	2.2 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	12	-	13	6

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	8	11	10	11	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6767	1400	1100	1539	1294	1069	593	745	1051	2457	1027	4295	3902	961	608	1544	1837	1298	1231	1066	1122	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 1.64				6:19PM 1.54						12:20PM 3.47	1:37PM 2.31			12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02			9:51PM -0.02							6:59PM 0.10	7:58PM -0.06				8:24AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	3	5
Temp. °C	13	11	11	13	19	23	26	21	15	14	13	10	15	16	15	13	12	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	12	19	23	26	21	14	13	13	8	14	16	14	12	11	15	16	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	7	11	10	13	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 W	0.9 SW	0.6 N	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	15	12	9	14	13	18	-	17	16	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.7 NW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	8	11	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04				Friday 05
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	3.0 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 W	3.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	12	12	9	6	11	11	9	12	12	12	9	9
Energy(?)	4179	2323	1804	6489	6307	2086	685	2080	160	144	456	161	135	229	164	459	3174	544	536	573	2060	1947
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:18AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)					11:34PM 0.02						5:41AM 0.13	6:34AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	12	12	11	14	11	10	10	12	13	14	14	21	15	21	16	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	11	10	11	11	10	14	10	9	9	11	11	13	14	21	14	21	16	17	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	3.0 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	12	12	9	6	11	11	11	12	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	15	-	9	9	9	9	7	7	19	18	7	12	17	19	17	19	19	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	1.8 SW	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNW	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	11	8	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	2	-	9	-	-	-	9	9

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