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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	Wed		Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	3.0 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	13	16	14	13	9	10	13	13	8	10	10	10	9	10	11	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1214	190	1137	604	2428	1327	313	237	524	5245	2243	597	532	421	503	622	487	2153	2736	1832	1873	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:20PM 1.99	9:59AM 2.02		7:10PM 1.77	9:56AM 2.16		9:04PM 1.82		2:13PM 1.35	9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90	1:34PM 1.76	1:56AM 1.79	10:00AM 2.76		11:55PM 1.92		5:39PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM 0.34		4:33PM 0.34	1:30AM 0.67		1:21PM 1.28	3:23AM 0.43	8:22AM 0.22			4:12AM 0.42	4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41		7:35PM 0.32		4:08PM 0.50		8:37AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	3
High °C	16	14	23	13	11	17	9	15	16	12	11	15	15	12	21	21	15	17	18	16	15	16
Low °C	14	12	21	13	9	15	8	15	13	12	9	14	14	11	18	20	14	16	17	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	23	13	11	16	7	13	15	9	9	14	13	10	21	21	14	16	18	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	8:49	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	7	13	16	9	13	9	10	15	13	8	9	10	10	7	10	11	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	-	1.1 E	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	7	11	8	16	14	-	7	7	10	-	10	-	9	10	10	9	13	-	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	-	0.8 SE	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	3	3	3	3	13	-	5	10	5	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 W	1.3 ENE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	9	13	16	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	12	9	10
Energy(?)	534	643	574	681	508	290	210	566	1567	1060	1081	2428	2020	2027	2009	1406	2380	1382	1336	2762	600	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:20PM 1.99								8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81	11:17AM 1.78			7:16PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)										6:51PM 0.10			2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	11	12	10	13	11	21	16	11	11	9	9	15	17	20	14	12	6	7	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	10	11	9	13	11	21	15	11	11	7	6	14	16	20	14	11	3	4	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	12	12	6	12	8	9	13	16	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	12	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	-	1.0 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	7	16	16	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 NE	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	3.0 W	1.6 W	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	2	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	12	6	4

	Wednesday 12										Thursday 13
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	8	12	12	11	12	6	6	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	12	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	373	207	534	1190	510	213	267	314	89	164	324	377	376	429	424	444	415	236	239	121	385	1162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:19AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	15	14	18	15	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	10	12	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	13	14	18	15	14	12	13	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	12	12	10	11	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	6	6	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	12	12	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	13	7	8	8	9	12	8	9	10	10	10	8	12	12	6	6	6	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	12	-	-	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	3	8

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