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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	Mon		Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	0.3 E	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 S	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	11	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	12	13	13	9	11	14	12	13	12	13	10	9
Energy(?)	966	93	815	2146	1820	619	216	260	184	2028	3774	2933	2914	1667	1342	2938	887	1979	1477	1400	1232	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:22AM 2.02	2:04PM 1.80	2:28AM 1.83			10:03PM 3.27	10:18AM 3.42		11:18PM 2.12	11:00AM 3.49			6:18AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						3:15AM 0.31		8:19PM 0.21	8:43AM 0.20	4:16PM 0.08		4:09AM 0.50	4:31PM 0.40		4:50AM 0.44	5:38PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	4	-	9	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	13	1	43	4	23	6	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	13	13	13	12	13	15	13	16	13	11	13	15	15	13	13	10	14	16	13	9	10
Low °C	17	11	11	13	10	11	13	11	14	12	9	11	13	13	13	11	9	10	12	12	8	8
Chill °C (?)	19	13	13	11	11	12	14	11	15	11	9	11	14	13	13	11	7	14	16	11	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	5:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 N	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 ENE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	12	10	10	5	10	11	12	13	13	9	11	14	12	13	12	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.5 E	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	15	13	13	9	8	10	11	-	15	-	-	14	8	8	16	9	9	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	3.0 W	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	5	3	5	5	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 WNW	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 S	0.8 E	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	14	12	9	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1014	1247	1040	1211	1197	1471	1107	705	565	2263	2082	1820	1478	3056	2372	1403	685	214	350	206	221	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)									1:20PM 1.73		8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11	9:22AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)							7:09AM 0.34						2:50AM 0.80	3:25AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	2	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	14	16	10	11	11	13	13	10	12	11	10	10	12	12	14	13	9	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	12	14	16	10	11	10	13	13	9	11	11	9	9	12	12	14	12	6	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:50	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 WNW	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	9	12	9	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	5	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	16	-	15	14	16	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	16	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	4	3	3	10

	Monday 13											Tuesday 14
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.0 W	0.5 SW	2.3 E	2.3 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.9 E	0.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	14	12	10	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	12	14	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	872	1895	1208	963	85	3490	102	1716	1715	3051	3184	3186	3040	2513	2938	1603	1239	718	877	524	516	601
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							6:38PM 0.35								2:07AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	2	1	1	-	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	17	17	17	13	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	11	12	11	10	15	9	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	18	14	16	16	16	12	12	13	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	13	8	9	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 E	3.0 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.4 W	0.4 NW	2.3 WNW	1.9 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	12	10	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	9	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.1 NW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	-	17	16	15	13	14	14	14	12	15	16	16	8	16	13	14	14	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 WSW	3.0 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	-	0.6 W	1.8 NW	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	3	-	-	5	12	-	4	4	-	-	14	14	14	-	13	-	4	6	-	3	-	5

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