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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	6	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	6	4	4	3	4	3	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.5 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 S	5.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	8	9	13	10	11	11	9	11	10	7	7	7	11	11	11	12	15	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1479	1673	2644	129	678	1083	501	198	121	336	313	738	339	746	7055	4270	2036	241	2842	438	2647	953
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:19AM 1.81		7:22PM 2.92	7:57AM 2.89		8:19PM 3.05			9:48PM 2.00					2:30PM 2.01	10:56PM 3.02	11:28AM 3.43		11:20PM 3.23	11:45AM 3.32		2:15AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 0.44		4:00PM 0.64	1:42AM 0.87		1:45PM 0.52	2:37AM 0.75	8:31AM 0.18			10:11AM 0.11	3:50PM 0.29	10:10PM 0.06	8:19AM 0.09			5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		5:32AM -0.03	6:34PM 0.51	7:58PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	-	12	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	3
High °C	15	18	15	18	10	14	13	18	10	10	12	17	13	12	16	12	21	17	14	17	15	15
Low °C	13	17	14	17	10	14	11	16	10	10	11	16	12	12	16	11	19	16	10	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	13	17	8	13	12	18	10	9	11	17	11	9	14	10	21	17	11	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 E	0.4 NE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.9 W	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	9	13	10	11	11	9	11	8	16	7	8	9	11	11	6	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.2 NW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	5	9	10	8	7	12	9	10	8	16	15	-	14	14	12	15	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 NNE	0.5 N	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	2.2 S	5.5 S	2.0 SW	-	-	2.5 W	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	6	-	-	4	-	3	3	7	-	7	11	8	-	-	15	-	10	-

	Sat	Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	6	2	5	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	4.0 W	1.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	9	6	12	10	12	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	7	10
Energy(?)	4606	3774	3041	1943	1673	1663	976	265	477	5840	248	3607	237	567	891	1039	648	501	622	549	323	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78							2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05				8:52AM 3.04	10:09AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66	1:10PM 1.03						7:51AM 0.18						2:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1
Temp. °C	14	13	12	13	17	16	15	20	12	13	17	13	20	10	11	14	13	12	13	14	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	17	16	14	20	12	13	17	12	20	8	10	14	12	11	13	14	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	4.0 W	1.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	9	6	12	10	12	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.2 N	1.0 NW	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	2.2 NNW	0.1 SW	2.1 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	10	7	15	10	10	14	13	13	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNE	-	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	6	-	3	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Saturday 29				Sunday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	6	2	5	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	1.0 ENE	2.3 W	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	10	10	14	9	14	9	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	5896	10502	4606	1305	1436	1137	1709	136	274	4155	178	2192	150	1431	1315	1931	1327	1310	1528	1554	976	1599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:40PM 1.78		9:07PM 2.17									6:54AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)						12:20AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	1
High °C	16	15	14	15	15	13	14	16	9	15	13	14	17	13	13	17	19	18	15	16	15	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	8	13	12	13	16	13	13	16	19	17	14	16	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	1.0 ENE	2.3 W	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	12	12	13	13	10	10	14	9	14	9	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 N	0.4 NW	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	16	14	-	6	9	5	10	10	8	8	8	10	8	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.0 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	3	-	2	-	-	-	5	5	8	6	6	4

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