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

	Tue	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.3 SW	4.0 W	2.3 W	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 ENE	3.0 W	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	9	13	12	11	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	11	12	10	11	8
Energy(?)	414	529	884	250	261	679	538	10	765	976	919	6744	2222	1373	1657	1161	365	1962	288	405	466	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:56AM 1.43		7:59PM 2.09	8:32AM 2.12		8:53PM 1.45	4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78	10:08PM 1.44	9:57AM 1.67		12:50AM 1.29		1:11PM 1.39	7:22PM 2.92	7:49AM 2.52	2:27PM 1.42	3:00AM 1.40		2:02PM 1.84	3:49AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40AM 0.32		1:51PM 0.55	2:24AM 1.00		3:24PM 0.46	3:16AM 0.42	11:07AM 1.18				4:21PM 0.42		7:13AM 0.23		1:42AM 0.87			8:46PM 0.14	9:12AM 0.16		9:32PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	14	25	24	20	23	23	18	23	15	12	18	14	13	12	12	11	21	18	12	16	18	19
Low °C	12	20	22	19	22	22	18	20	14	9	15	13	11	12	11	9	19	17	12	13	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	25	24	20	23	23	18	23	14	10	18	12	13	11	11	10	21	17	10	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	2.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.3 SW	-	2.3 W	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 ENE	-	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	11	12	9	7	8	12	9	11	10	10	14	-	14	13	13	13	10	-	12	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 NW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	12	13	12	9	10	10	8	12	10	-	9	10	5	10	14	-	14	9	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 NNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	4.0 W	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.5 NW	3.0 W	-	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	7	8	-	3	8	11	4	5	-	-	4	14	-	5	-	-	3	11	-	4	6	8

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	11	12	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	12	11	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	653	545	790	610	764	783	736	553	577	506	699	754	261	1190	514	660	558	595	534	523	561	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:05AM 1.37		4:19PM 2.79		11:34PM 1.23				11:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 0.49				2:14PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16		2:05AM 0.49									5:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	15	14	19	21	24	17	16	13	12	13	22	25	23	18	17	20	19	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	19	19	14	13	19	21	24	17	16	13	10	11	22	25	23	18	17	20	19	19	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.8 ENE	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	11	7	8	12	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	12	10	12	8	8	11	16	16	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	10	9	8	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	3

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.4 N	1.8 NE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	11	11	11	6	7	11	7	8	11	11	7	6	7	8	9	6	6	6	9	6
Energy(?)	314	280	804	403	413	196	315	64	242	581	951	970	201	296	177	787	766	177	197	173	2087	166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:07AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)							1:36AM 0.46														3:27PM 0.46	4:48PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	18	19	22	17	17	22	22	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	21	19	10	10	10	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	18	19	22	16	16	22	22	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.3 WSW	2.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	11	7	6	7	11	9	11	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	10	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	2.5 NNW	1.7 N	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	7	6	7	-	-	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	9	6

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