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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	9	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 N	2.5 N	2.4 E	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.9 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 ESE	2.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	16	15	12	12	9	10	11	14	9	13	12	13	19	16	11	16	10	7	15
Energy(?)	801	693	618	1700	505	1428	2394	1396	1521	3250	55	813	825	688	550	899	3458	553	697	434	425	11641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:37PM 1.79	5:26AM 1.93	6:14PM 1.88		6:37AM 1.84		7:34PM 1.81	7:15AM 1.72		8:54PM 1.82	8:32AM 1.77		9:07PM 1.76	9:01AM 2.98		9:11PM 2.69	9:32AM 2.87		10:21PM 2.56	10:37AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 0.29	11:53AM 0.38		12:29AM 0.59		1:09PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		1:40PM 0.64	3:06AM 0.58		2:52PM 0.58	3:22AM 0.60		3:52PM 0.49	3:16AM 0.50		4:08PM 0.29		4:25AM 0.33	4:50PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	6	4	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	15	17	17	16	16	15	18	18	16	23	12	17	14	16	16	20	11	20	13	12
Low °C	17	11	15	16	14	15	15	14	15	17	15	19	12	14	12	16	14	19	10	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	17	17	15	15	13	18	17	16	23	11	17	14	16	16	20	9	20	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 N	2.5 N	0.8 SSW	2.3 E	0.3 SSW	3.0 E	1.9 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 S	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	15	12	12	16	10	14	11	9	13	12	13	12	16	6	16	10	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	19	18	13	7	14	13	12	15	-	14	14	10	13	12	19	12	11	11	6	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	2.4 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	1.5 NE	0.8 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.3 NNW	2.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	10	11	-	8	6	5	3	6	8	-	-	2	7	15

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fox River West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	325	251	941	693	730	1337	1459	1342	1700	1537	1090	1327	1238	1111	1525	3573	2322	3699	3828	5142	5351	5024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 2.60					5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49				6:32AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65				12:17PM 0.64				12:10AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	15	14	12	11	11	15	16	17	15	18	17	17	13	15	17	16	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	14	11	9	9	14	16	17	14	18	17	17	11	14	16	15	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	9	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	-	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24										Wednesday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fox River West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	416	194	801	801	801	920	920	941	484	498	714	475	472	471	128	466	147	147	106	122	120	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					5:05PM 2.00										4:00AM 2.96	4:35AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 0.24								10:20PM 0.53	11:19PM 0.47											10:23AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	-	-	19	14	14	19	14	14	14	11	13	6	6	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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