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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	2	5	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	1.4 NE	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	5.0 W	1.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 NNW	2.3 NW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	9	7	12	10
Energy(?)	586	793	468	869	967	352	5227	1644	368	1463	7038	330	1261	689	525	379	228	136	372	153	2147	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78		5:58AM 2.72		1:04AM 1.28			7:47PM 1.88	8:22AM 1.86		8:44PM 1.98	11:28AM 2.41		10:33PM 2.08	11:01AM 2.14		11:33PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 1.14	11:07AM 1.18		11:44PM 1.08	12:09PM 1.13	5:43PM 0.34		7:20AM 0.23	2:27PM 0.49	2:07AM 0.37		2:33PM 0.39	3:02AM 0.28	5:24AM 0.49	3:27PM 0.29		4:54AM 0.21	5:19PM 0.10		7:16AM 0.40	4:47PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	8	6	1
High °C	17	18	24	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	13	20	14	14	16	17	11	25	25	13	13	14
Low °C	17	17	22	13	11	13	13	11	14	15	11	18	14	13	16	16	10	20	21	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	24	13	12	12	13	14	12	14	11	20	13	14	16	17	9	25	25	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:28	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NE	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	5.0 W	1.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	2.3 NW	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	11	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	8	7	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 ENE	-	1.8 N	0.2 SSW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 NNW	1.6 NNE	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	-	10	8	11	-	-	9	6	-	9	13	9	9	10	10	12	8	11	7	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 N	-	0.8 NW	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	6	9	3	-	5

	Thursday 27			Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1289	593	527	534	635	658	698	377	351	1439	1231	1280	1256	1068	2909	1104	915	5068	4425	3831	3293	1782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:19PM 2.79				4:58AM 2.71		11:49AM 1.37		6:32PM 1.70				6:23AM 1.73	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)				10:44PM 1.14								12:09AM 0.52				12:34PM 0.56	1:28PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	17	16	15	15	15	19	22	23	14	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	25	17	16	15	15	15	19	22	23	13	11	10	9	8	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	13	10	15	15	12	9	10	10	12	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 27										Friday 28
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NE	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 W	1.9 NW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	7	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	384	1311	586	584	547	607	758	590	620	359	960	960	960	899	615	814	61	1196	1169	1158	1214	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:19PM 2.79														6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											11:09PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	17	17	17	17	17	20	23	23	15	14	14	14	14	12	14	10	11	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	25	16	16	17	17	17	20	23	23	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	7	8	7	9	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.3 SW	1.9 NW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	-	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.2 W	-	1.2 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	11	11	9	15	15	15	9	-	9	13	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.1 NE	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	0.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	3	8	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	-

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