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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	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Riversdale Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	7	9	6	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 NE	0.7 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	9	9	12	8	11	16	9	9	10	13	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	14
Energy	528	1625	1173	791	79	706	621	286	496	118	5436	4040	4219	3502	6325	2485	3104	1603	4954	2822	4041	6337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 1.73	6:20PM 1.84	3:02AM 1.69	3:40PM 1.62		4:56AM 1.65	4:07PM 2.57		5:55AM 1.64		6:33PM 1.63	6:54AM 1.68		10:48PM 1.57	5:42AM 2.01		6:09PM 3.30		2:01PM 1.30	2:16AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 0.57		12:44AM 0.69	9:23AM 0.68		9:48PM 0.71	11:23AM 0.64		10:17PM 1.27		12:22PM 0.61	12:45AM 0.69		4:30PM 0.37			12:23PM 0.59	12:16AM 1.27	6:26AM 0.30		8:02PM 0.22	8:23AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	11	19	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	14	14	17	12	16	12	17	13	8	10	10	11	10	12	8	11	13	11	10
Low °C	12	15	16	12	13	14	11	14	11	13	12	6	6	9	9	9	11	8	9	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	14	12	16	10	15	12	16	10	4	8	8	8	10	11	6	9	11	8	10
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:38	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	12	8	11	10	9	9	13	11	12	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	14	14	-	13	-	16	14	9	10	-	-	11	11	11	10	11	23	9	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.5 WNW	1.7 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.7 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 S	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	-	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	2	6	6	3	-	4	13	14	-	-	12	-	4	-	13	12	12	12

	Thursday 07					Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.2 N	1.5 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	9	9	11	13	17	16	10	10	11	10	10	9	13	13	13
Energy	692	617	579	1488	1320	1142	805	817	730	981	1153	1417	1826	1057	1009	918	964	1231	1856	982	820	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)												4:36PM 1.63										10:58PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 0.57	12:10PM 0.61		8:54PM 0.67				8:48AM 1.23	10:26AM 0.62					2:46AM 0.51		8:37AM 0.77			5:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	3	2	1	-	3	8	-	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	15	14	14	12	16	16	14	15	11	10	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	15	14	14	11	16	15	14	15	11	8	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.2 N	1.5 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 N	1.8 SW	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	9	9	11	13	17	17	10	10	19	18	10	8	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	6	14	14	14	5	14	14	18	16	17	16	13	17	14	14	16	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	11	10	10	9	4	4	3

	Thursday 07																	Friday 08
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 N	3.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 N	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	14	9	9	14	14	14	14	7	7	8	9	8	13	7	7	7
Energy	692	692	528	2355	3866	1905	617	1568	1868	543	557	249	252	117	117	66	83	477	159	371	146	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:11PM 2.74	3:50PM 1.73				7:32PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																						3:56AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	13	9	3	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	15	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	17	16	18	18	17	13	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	13	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	17	16	18	17	16	13	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	8	9	-	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.1 N	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	15	8	8	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	14	14	15	14	-	13	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	3.5 N	3.5 N	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	0.7 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 NE	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	2.0 N	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	5	9	9	-	-	9	9	-	4	4	4	7	-	4	4	8	3	7	-	7

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