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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Porangahau River Mouth Wairarapa	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	4	6	4	7	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NE	2.1 NNE	1.4 NE	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	4.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 SW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.4 NW	0.9 ENE	1.4 NW	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	12	9	13	13	11	9	11	10	11	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	9	11	7	10
Energy(?)	775	256	666	252	347	477	678	468	812	1043	457	6240	2299	2360	755	972	467	2118	566	271	357	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 1.65		7:59PM 2.09	8:32AM 2.12		8:51PM 1.45	4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78		10:37AM 1.56		12:50AM 1.29		1:22PM 1.29	7:12PM 2.53		2:27PM 1.42	3:00AM 1.40		2:02PM 1.84	1:39AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40AM 0.32		1:51PM 0.55	2:24AM 1.00		3:24PM 0.46	3:15AM 0.42	11:07AM 1.18		11:44PM 1.08	4:25AM 0.35	4:21PM 0.42		7:13AM 0.23		1:31AM 0.44	8:07AM 0.19		8:46PM 0.14	9:12AM 0.16		7:30PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	3	15	16	-	-	-	-	13	9
High °C	14	25	17	20	24	23	18	23	15	12	18	14	13	12	13	11	22	18	11	22	12	21
Low °C	12	20	17	19	22	22	18	22	14	9	14	13	11	12	13	9	18	16	10	19	11	17
Chill °C (?)	13	25	16	20	24	23	18	23	14	10	18	12	13	11	11	10	22	17	11	22	9	21
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	1.4 NE	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	4.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 SW	1.3 W	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.4 NW	0.9 ENE	1.4 NW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	7	12	9	7	8	11	10	11	10	11	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	9	11	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.3 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 N	1.0 WSW	0.7 ENE	-	0.9 NW	0.9 ENE	1.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	8	13	11	12	10	10	8	12	11	-	9	10	8	10	14	-	9	8	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 N	1.0 ENE	2.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.3 ESE	0.7 WNW	2.0 W	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	7	8	-	3	3	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	3	8	-	4	4	6

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	11	7	8	9	11	9	8	8	9	9	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	7
Energy(?)	664	886	856	670	802	723	650	541	511	301	776	827	302	1186	1280	506	509	657	583	533	587	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13									11:05AM 1.37		4:07PM 2.38		11:34PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 0.49				2:13PM 0.51		9:45PM 1.16		2:46AM 0.43									5:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	13	15	14	19	21	24	17	16	16	14	13	22	25	24	18	23	20	19	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	19	11	14	13	19	21	24	17	16	16	14	11	22	25	24	18	23	20	19	19	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	2.1 NW	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	11	11	7	8	12	9	9	8	8	9	10	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	12	10	12	8	8	8	11	16	12	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	-	-	-	9	9	8	11	11	-	3	3	4	3	4	7

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 N	0.4 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	7	11	8	11	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	8	9
Energy(?)	314	630	793	397	452	184	227	64	269	64	368	1081	193	364	343	931	224	182	199	172	1444	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:07AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)							1:35AM 0.46														3:27PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	16	14	15	18	19	21	17	23	22	22	21	22	20
Chill °C (?)	21	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	14	14	12	14	18	19	21	16	23	22	22	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.7 S	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	7	7	7	12	11	7	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	7	11	11	11	-	11	10	10	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 NNE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	6	7	-	-	-	8	7	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	8	2

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