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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	Sat		Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Charleston West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	5.0 NNW	0.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.5 W	0.7 NE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	10	8	10	10	9	9	11	13	11	10	12	14	13	12	12	9	12	8	14
Energy(?)	5597	2419	437	672	865	494	614	812	504	6391	123	1108	961	2237	1571	3166	784	708	811	799	101	1399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:42AM 1.32	9:32AM 1.77		9:18PM 2.97	9:41AM 2.95		1:56AM 1.79			10:26PM 2.61	4:47AM 1.43	5:06PM 1.34		4:40AM 1.77	6:06PM 1.27		4:32AM 1.69	4:29PM 2.27	7:14PM 1.30	7:30AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		8:31PM 0.20		3:43PM 0.65	3:30AM 1.11		3:51PM 1.10	7:35PM 0.32	9:04AM 0.36	4:29PM 1.05		11:03AM 0.30		11:49PM 0.27	10:52AM 0.40		10:07PM 0.98	10:43AM 0.40		1:23AM 0.28		1:52PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	13	17	12	15	17	14	23	16	12	15	16	15	21	19	14	17	17	17	24	14
Low °C	12	8	12	17	11	12	17	13	20	16	11	14	15	13	19	19	12	16	16	16	20	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	16	9	14	16	13	23	14	10	14	16	14	21	19	14	17	16	17	24	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 E	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 NNW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.5 W	0.7 NE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	13	11	8	7	10	12	9	9	13	10	11	9	12	14	13	12	12	9	12	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	1.5 W	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	14	12	8	12	9	8	11	13	10	10	-	9	-	8	7	12	18	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	-	5.0 NNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	8	7	10	7	-	11	8	4	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	8	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.6 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.0 E	2.0 NNE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Energy(?)	625	609	7209	3049	2043	1624	1248	726	412	690	694	533	619	563	828	1041	876	1188	1031	1389	1530	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86	12:53PM 1.76	1:54PM 1.76		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40				2:01PM 2.27					4:34AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)					2:45AM 1.16										8:40AM 0.35				8:12PM 0.97	10:27PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	10	9	10	8	11	12	13	12	11	15	14	12	15	21	20	19	18	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	8	8	10	7	11	10	11	12	10	15	14	11	14	21	20	19	18	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.6 E	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	12	6	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	6	9	-	20	19	19	11	11	18	18	10	10	8	10	12	8	8	13	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	2.0 NNE	1.3 NE	-	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	6	6	6	-	10	10	10	10	8	8	8

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	8	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.6 E	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 SW	1.1 E	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 SW	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	13	11	11	11	8	12	11	13	11	11	10	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	614	676	5597	5344	1998	1926	1926	1425	408	1762	2466	493	498	451	667	491	1508	258	256	396	409	409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)														2:59AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:03AM 0.96		9:07AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	7	8	8	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	9	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	10	5	7	6	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.1 E	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	-	-	-	13	12	11	13	11	11	10	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	20	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	13	13	11	11	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	12	-	-	4	-	-

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