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 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	5	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	4.5 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	15	14	14	11	9	12	12	8	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1258	4553	758	1601	2576	2693	2091	1295	1605	1337	967	1673	1795	588	284	100	224	2655	478	1395	1568	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 1.28		10:12AM 2.99		11:12PM 3.12	11:20AM 2.69				6:51PM 1.27	12:58AM 1.95		1:13PM 1.95	1:35AM 1.92		2:38PM 1.91	3:10AM 1.88		3:18PM 1.85	2:20AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 0.28		10:45PM 0.27		4:21PM 0.48		5:12AM 0.40	5:39PM 1.00	12:12AM 0.29	7:22AM 0.44			8:00AM 0.48		7:22PM 0.56	8:38AM 0.53		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		8:05PM 1.11	8:28AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	12	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	16	19	20	15	12	20	16	17	10	16	11	15	15	11	20	17	10	12	11	11	22
Low °C	21	16	17	18	15	10	16	16	11	10	16	10	13	15	11	18	14	8	11	11	10	20
Chill °C (?)	24	14	19	20	15	11	20	16	17	9	16	9	14	13	10	20	16	7	10	7	8	22
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	2.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	16	14	13	11	6	12	12	9	9	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.6 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	16	9	9	9	-	-	8	9	9	7	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	4.5 NNW	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	-	-	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	15	-	14	3	-	-	12	8	12	-	4

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1258	1006	1179	1487	1219	1696	1105	1034	1601	3293	1773	4068	3275	3802	3127	2224	2091	2233	2460	2610	1131	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:49PM 2.90	10:36PM 3.08				12:13PM 1.96				11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98				11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		10:29AM 0.28						4:47AM 1.03				5:40PM 0.54				6:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	24	25	17	17	16	17	16	18	14	19	15	12	15	14	10	16	20	19	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	24	25	17	17	15	17	16	18	14	19	15	11	15	13	8	16	20	19	17	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.1 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.4 N	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	16	11	11	11	9	-	12	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18																Wednesday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	4.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	2.2 ENE	2.0 W	2.2 ENE	3.5 N	0.4 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	11	9	6	9	11	14	11	11	8	10	10	10	8	10	10
Energy(?)	520	1275	1258	881	983	5109	3569	4636	1179	337	1299	2835	82	2525	2321	311	143	121	125	485	1286	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	12:00AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:47AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	18	19	21	16	16	15	16	16	25	16	24	14	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	21	15	15	13	14	14	25	14	24	14	14	14	14	10	10	9	8	8	15	16
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.9 ENE	3.5 N	0.4 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	11	13	13	12	9	10	9	11	14	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	16	11	16	16	8	-	8	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 N	1.8 N	4.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	2.2 ENE	2.0 W	2.2 ENE	-	2.1 W	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	7	7	12	12	11	9	6	9	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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