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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	9	14	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	6	16
Energy(?)	476	2720	2493	499	226	995	1776	926	1530	1027	949	934	2456	1682	1079	792	1807	1251	1705	209	597	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:37AM 3.33	3:52PM 1.94		5:32AM 1.59	5:56PM 1.51		6:24AM 1.71		7:17PM 1.55	7:39AM 1.72				6:26PM 1.85			4:14PM 2.08	3:35AM 3.10	9:17AM 1.79	4:20PM 2.03		4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM -0.00	11:57AM 0.05		12:05AM 0.01	12:49PM -0.02	1:12PM -0.01	1:29AM -0.02		1:34PM -0.00	11:47PM 0.02	7:40AM 0.16		12:45AM 0.07	10:06AM 0.32		9:20PM 0.84			10:01PM 0.40	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	9	6	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	23	23	12	12	17	14	17	20	17	13	14	14	20	20	17	15	17	13	12
Low °C	14	14	10	19	19	9	12	16	12	15	19	16	13	14	10	14	20	13	15	17	10	12
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	23	23	10	12	17	13	17	20	17	12	14	14	20	20	17	15	17	12	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.4 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	-	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	9	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	-	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.7 NNW	-	0.4 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	9	9	5	-	9	14	-	-	13	14	15	13	15	12	-	6	8	-	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	3.5 SSE	-	-	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	-

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	6	6	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 SW	1.4 W	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	11	11	11	12	12	10	13	13	11	13
Energy(?)	594	549	577	6589	1754	1444	1182	1710	1348	1050	595	1381	675	1562	3892	5749	5739	972	1387	1544	1061	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 1.42				5:52AM 1.64										12:20PM 3.47				12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)						11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02							7:26AM 0.15			6:59PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	15	11	11	11	13	19	23	25	19	16	14	11	9	13	16	12	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	13	10	10	10	12	19	23	25	19	16	12	9	7	13	16	10	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.9 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	11	11	12	13	12	10	13	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 ESE	0.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	15	15	9	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	5	9	16	9	9	12	13	14	10	18	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	3.0 SW	-	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04																Friday 05
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	6	6	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	0.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.9 E	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	11	7	7
Energy(?)	638	436	476	4155	5105	5042	4888	5046	4841	4008	2352	13	645	39	39	377	449	401	200	263	336	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	on	off	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52AM 0.07										8:55PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	15	13	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	12	12	11	14	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	12	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	10	13	11	12	13	14
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.3 SE	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.9 E	0.9 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	14	9	9	7	12	13	9	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	20	8	8	13	20	20	7	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SE	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	-	8	-	-	7	7	7	2	-	-	-

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