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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	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	9	9	10	12	11	9	10	10	12	14	10	14	14	13	13	12	13	10	10
Energy(?)	249	548	672	535	655	260	403	1505	695	10	1419	566	1013	1113	1884	1494	1531	2434	1368	1065	227	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 1.85		7:24AM 1.65			10:40AM 1.42		8:10PM 1.78	9:27AM 2.12		9:25PM 1.58	10:37AM 1.56			11:11AM 1.64		1:42AM 1.35	10:16AM 2.04	2:25PM 1.43	2:53AM 1.41	8:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 0.67		10:23PM 0.51		4:48PM 0.47	11:11PM 0.53	4:23AM 0.31	2:17PM 0.62	2:37AM 0.53		3:43PM 1.05	3:50AM 0.40	4:25AM 0.35	4:55PM 0.36	12:44AM 0.99	4:59AM 0.31	5:46PM 0.27	7:30PM 0.17	4:06AM 0.36		8:39PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	14	20	24	14	25	24	19	21	15	12	18	16	13	16	12	11	13	15	12	20
Low °C	17	14	13	17	17	13	24	23	18	21	15	8	15	15	11	15	12	9	12	14	11	17
Chill °C (?)	19	13	13	20	24	11	25	24	19	21	13	10	18	15	13	16	10	9	13	13	12	20
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	-	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	7	12	9	8	8	11	10	11	-	6	14	10	14	14	13	13	12	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 W	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	9	11	10	12	10	12	12	15	10	-	12	11	14	8	8	5	-	9	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	0.5 NW	3.0 W	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	3	7	9	-	-	-	11	9	3	10	4	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	13	-	2

	Tuesday 25							Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 NNW	1.8 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	12	7	11	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1168	1074	627	809	228	516	630	560	558	560	687	1326	2025	672	551	1011	854	260	878	698	1505	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 1.92				4:01PM 1.79	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:10AM 1.38		4:19PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 0.63					12:53AM 0.56					2:36PM 0.48		9:45PM 1.16		2:46AM 0.43	4:35AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	1
Temp. °C	8	7	10	14	19	12	19	12	14	14	18	23	22	19	15	12	14	20	13	23	24	17
Chill °C (?)	8	5	8	13	19	11	19	11	13	13	18	23	22	19	15	11	14	20	11	23	24	17
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	7	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	7	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	5	-	10	7	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	0.9 SSW	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 NE	0.3 NNW	2.3 ENE	1.1 NE	2.0 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	3	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	-	9	9	3	8	7	11	-

	Tuesday 25
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.1 E	1.2 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	5	11	11	15	11	11	12	6	11
Energy(?)	1243	1243	715	1049	253	702	144	620	609	357	357	813	7	67	138	251	7	186	784	140	276	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)													1:48PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	6	7	11	6	14	9	11	10	11	15	14	14	17	17	14	18	11	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	3	6	9	3	13	8	11	8	9	14	12	12	17	16	12	17	9	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	5	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	17	12	12	12	9	13	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	4	3	4	5	-	5	5	6	-	5	6	-

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