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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	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NW	2.0 ENE	1.9 NNW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	11	9	10	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	254	528	1644	675	726	1687	2693	1129	2368	1167	1427	1082	990	1660	553	1259	334	461	924	3190	1469	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 1.69	4:34AM 1.32	2:50PM 1.62		10:36AM 2.83	5:21PM 1.27		5:43AM 1.37		10:38PM 2.62	11:56AM 2.70	6:51PM 1.27		7:12AM 1.40				1:48PM 1.92	2:13AM 1.87		3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29		11:11PM 0.27	4:26AM 0.42		11:29PM 0.26	12:03PM 0.28	4:57PM 0.43		5:48AM 0.40		12:57AM 0.29		6:47PM 1.04	10:55PM 0.41	8:38AM 0.53		7:59PM 0.58	7:47AM 1.10		9:38PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	23	17	20	16	15	12	20	21	15	12	16	14	15	16	10	13	14	11	12	14	10
Low °C	14	20	17	17	15	15	11	17	19	14	11	16	13	13	15	8	13	13	7	11	12	8
Chill °C (?)	15	23	17	20	16	15	12	20	21	14	11	16	13	14	15	9	13	13	9	10	13	8
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NW	2.0 ENE	1.9 NNW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	11	9	10	10	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	14	-	13	13	9	9	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.5 NNE	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.5 N	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	5	7	9	10	9	-	18	-	8	10	7	7	10	-	9	9	15	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	0.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	3	12	12	12	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.6 NNW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	8	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1456	1386	1337	1059	1437	1030	1075	1440	1082	1026	1012	1774	2073	2231	502	2113	3228	3425	3284	1565	1901	1960
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 1.66	4:41AM 1.32	10:00AM 2.76			4:35PM 1.28	9:49PM 2.90			4:59AM 1.35						11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 0.30	10:21PM 0.24				10:29AM 0.28								11:17AM 0.28						5:23AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	14	13	17	24	23	23	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	15	12	13	13	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	18	12	13	12	17	24	23	23	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	14	12	12	12	15	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 NNW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	7	9	12	8	5	8	16	11	11	9	9	14	10	-	-	9	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 NW	2.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	4.5 N	4.5 N	4.0 NNW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	7	7	7	9	8	7	7	11	9	9	9	11	10	12	12	12	11	6	6
Energy(?)	1480	361	440	432	254	333	382	319	215	331	771	531	520	502	2830	852	210	5794	5794	4088	265	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:38AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 0.30			10:27PM 0.25					3:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	2	-	-
High °C	19	14	17	14	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	17	19	14	17	14	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	12	17	13	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	17	19	12	16	13	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	13	13	11	9	9	9	11	13	12	11	11	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	7	10	14	10	9	9	15	10	8	8	8	8	-	14	15	-	-	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	2.0 ENE	1.2 W	4.5 N	4.5 N	4.0 NNW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	10	5	12	12	11	6	6

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