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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	Tue	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	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	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	11	11	10	7	18	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	802	139	634	424	400	240	349	305	3534	3301	1819	3337	2274	1475	1855	1331	648	983	580	626	1138	899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:23AM 2.10		1:16PM 2.38			1:01PM 2.32		6:48AM 1.87		7:14PM 1.53	7:41AM 1.71		7:56PM 1.60			9:25PM 1.54		3:16PM 3.17	3:58AM 3.03	5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 0.01		10:29PM 0.01	6:56AM 0.02		12:41AM 0.40		1:17PM 0.33	1:24AM 0.00		2:22PM -0.03	2:08AM -0.01	8:04AM 0.72	3:20PM -0.03	3:37AM -0.00	9:02AM 0.91		9:37PM 0.90	11:33AM 0.49		12:04AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	6	2	11	-	2	-
High °C	11	18	16	19	22	15	12	17	17	14	21	18	15	15	13	12	13	14	13	16	14	13
Low °C	10	15	16	18	18	13	9	14	16	12	19	18	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	18	15	19	22	14	10	17	16	13	21	17	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	11	11	11	10	18	16	14	13	-	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	14	6	15	22	18	11	-	-	10	-	-	-	9	8	9	9	9	5	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	1.4 NNE	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	-	0.8 NW	3.5 W	-	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	4	10	7	6	13	-	4	12	-	4	5	-	-	-	6	3	12	-

	Tue	Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	13	16
Energy(?)	1390	1229	1154	767	624	520	591	648	700	612	517	515	232	228	340	327	260	246	214	526	1675	6626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:52AM 2.41				12:14PM 2.27		5:25PM 1.71				6:05AM 1.60		11:44AM 3.46		6:33PM 1.55		12:07AM 3.52
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07PM 0.04									11:30PM 0.04											7:45AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	10	14	18	19	17	14	13	15	14	22	14	23	19	12	12	12	9	13	17
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	8	14	18	19	17	13	12	14	12	22	13	23	19	12	12	12	7	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	21	9	14	13	13	5	15	15	14	11	8	8	13	11	11	18	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	-	-	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	16

	Tuesday 04				Wednesday 05
	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	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1320	807	807	464	802	802	66	66	67	67	132	69	86	138	136	136	132	130	130	477	470	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:52PM 2.29					4:50AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	15	16	15	15	15	19	20	22
Chill °C (?)	7	6	7	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	13	12	15	16	15	14	14	19	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	8	12	12	9	9	9	9	14	9	8	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	12	12	13	8	-	13	13	13	13	11	13	14	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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