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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 W	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	6	16
Energy(?)	806	2720	2221	499	1112	1562	1079	926	1530	1027	220	270	2456	1592	1079	792	1807	2035	1705	1354	597	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:01PM 3.42	4:25AM 2.14			6:50AM 1.69	6:54PM 1.52		7:47AM 1.71		8:07PM 1.54	8:07AM 1.80	6:27PM 1.85	9:11PM 1.53				7:59AM 1.85			4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 0.07	4:47PM 0.54		10:43AM 0.07	5:05PM 0.07	12:20AM 0.07			1:03AM -0.00		2:03PM -0.02	2:19AM -0.02			3:24AM -0.00	9:23AM 0.44	1:24PM 0.19	10:37PM 0.18		2:03PM 0.27	10:01PM 0.40	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	5	3	-	29	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	16	14	15	23	15	16	17	16	15	19	23	13	17	19	13	19	19	16	15	15	12	12
Low °C	15	14	10	19	15	11	16	15	12	16	21	9	14	19	11	15	18	12	14	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	23	13	15	17	16	14	19	23	11	16	19	12	19	19	15	15	15	11	11
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	7	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.5 N	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	15	9	9	16	9	15	14	-	-	11	-	15	14	15	12	-	-	8	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	3.5 SSE	-	-	0.8 NNE	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	10	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.1 W	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 SW	1.6 SSE	2.3 W	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	11	12	12	13	10	11
Energy(?)	683	639	594	549	402	6589	6962	1444	1182	1710	1226	1050	595	1381	521	1616	3892	5749	5128	3683	1084	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						5:10PM 1.42				5:52AM 1.64						12:31AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		4:23AM 0.58						11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02								10:11AM 0.09		6:34PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	10	9	15	15	17	15	13	11	11	13	19	22	26	19	19	13	12	9	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	7	15	14	17	13	12	10	10	12	19	22	26	19	19	12	10	7	13	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.1 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.3 W	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	12	13	12	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 W	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	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	10	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	15	9	12	9	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	3.0 SW	0.6 W	-	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	9	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	3	-	11	12	12	13	-	-

	Thursday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 SE	3.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SE	0.3 SSW	4.5 S	1.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	7	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	11	6	8	13	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	327	346	465	195	1505	3718	4655	3275	3325	5295	4875	4868	1193	13	4841	279	12	75	12	158	602	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:46PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)											11:05AM 0.06							6:06PM 0.00		8:39PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	9	10	13	11	12	13	13	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	14	17	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	8	10	7	9	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	0.6 ENE	0.4 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	6	9	21	9	13	9	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	16	9	-	9	-	-	8	-	15	9	-	16	6	8	6	13	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 SE	3.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SE	-	4.5 S	1.8 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	-	11	6	-	7	-	5	8	8

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