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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	14	13	10	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	9	10	14	10	10	10	13	14	13
Energy(?)	862	850	1182	1481	920	244	117	1292	3406	888	1164	1111	486	420	377	1265	685	1494	444	1004	679	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.55		6:51AM 1.54	5:57PM 1.76	7:19PM 1.56	7:42AM 1.52		8:08PM 1.58	8:32AM 1.51		8:40PM 1.40	9:22AM 1.33	5:01PM 2.26		6:51AM 1.60	5:45PM 2.15	7:21PM 1.64		3:35PM 2.64	8:19PM 2.11	8:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.51		12:44AM 0.44			1:36AM 0.50		1:57PM 0.58	2:29AM 0.54		2:44PM 0.59	3:02AM 0.23			11:20PM 0.81			1:45AM 0.60	9:17AM 1.16		2:31AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	15	20	20	15	11	12	11	17	17	17	18	17	15	16	19	16	22	17	15	15
Low °C	17	16	13	15	18	13	10	12	9	14	17	16	14	16	14	13	17	14	17	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	18	15	20	20	15	10	10	11	17	17	17	18	16	14	16	18	15	22	17	15	15
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 SW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	14	13	10	8	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	10	14	12	10	10	9	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	10	16	10	11	14	14	8	-	-	16	6	7	6	11	10	15	11	11	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	-	1.1 W	1.2 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	8	10	10	-	8	8	-

	Thursday 02							Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	13	15
Energy(?)	1194	1057	1041	1091	1521	1114	1108	1182	1400	1258	1049	1173	1026	1491	1731	765	803	591	614	711	1080	3251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:59AM 1.57				6:28PM 1.55				6:51AM 1.54							3:23AM 2.43	4:45AM 1.84		12:57PM 3.15		5:06PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				12:16PM 0.51				12:44AM 0.44				12:58PM 0.19	1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49	10:34PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	17	20	16	15	14	13	13	15	20	21	17	15	16	11	10	16	17	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	13	17	20	16	15	13	12	12	14	20	21	16	14	15	10	9	15	17	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	17	17	16	9	10	10	21	10	-	-	10	15	6	-	15	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	1.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	4	-	-	4	12	-	-	5	13	-

	Thursday 02
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 SSE	1.4 W	1.7 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	14	8	14	9	9	13	13
Energy(?)	1272	1235	1194	1297	1001	1297	1057	1057	1041	918	903	872	894	629	562	1622	247	2208	72	71	1038	1217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:27PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)												12:12PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	11	13	15	16	16	16	21	21	22	21	19	14	13	18	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	16	9	9	10	13	15	16	16	15	21	21	22	21	19	14	13	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSE	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	9	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	12	10	12	14	14	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	12	-	-	-	-

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