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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	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	5	6	4	4	4	7	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.2 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	9	9	13	12	11	8	10	9	11	14	11	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	9
Energy(?)	248	514	695	535	1005	224	400	1615	541	10	1238	1253	597	857	1637	1323	1036	2939	1242	1112	435	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 1.85		7:24AM 1.65			10:40AM 1.42		11:29PM 1.23	9:27AM 2.12		9:53PM 2.14	10:37AM 1.56	5:41PM 2.60		6:59AM 2.78		1:42AM 1.35		2:20PM 1.42	2:53AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 0.67		10:23PM 0.51		4:48PM 0.47	11:11PM 0.53	4:23AM 0.31	2:17PM 0.62			3:43PM 1.05		4:25AM 0.35		12:44AM 0.99		1:10PM 1.03	7:30PM 0.17	7:51AM 0.18		8:39PM 0.13	9:05AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	14	20	17	20	25	24	19	21	15	13	13	16	13	16	16	11	13	15	12	20
Low °C	17	14	13	17	17	19	24	23	18	21	15	9	11	15	11	15	14	9	12	14	9	18
Chill °C (?)	19	13	13	20	16	20	25	24	19	21	13	12	11	15	13	16	15	9	13	13	12	20
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:17	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	2.5 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	-	2.3 W	1.2 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	7	12	9	7	8	11	10	11	-	11	14	11	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 N	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 S
Period (s)	5	9	11	10	12	13	12	12	-	10	-	-	-	9	8	8	10	-	9	9	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	0.3 NNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.6 NE
Period (s)	3	3	7	9	-	-	-	11	8	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	6	-	-	6

	Tuesday 25							Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.7 NE	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	3.0 NE	1.8 NW	2.0 NNW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	12	7	12	9	9	8	8	8	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1168	1074	627	809	231	516	640	564	521	514	675	537	2256	726	551	500	376	287	257	385	1615	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 1.92				4:01PM 1.79	9:35PM 1.28				7:41AM 2.13						4:00AM 2.75			11:05AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 0.63					12:53AM 0.56					2:36PM 0.48		9:45PM 1.16			4:35AM 0.30				5:30PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	10	14	19	12	19	12	13	14	18	22	22	17	15	14	14	20	22	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	8	5	8	13	19	11	19	11	12	13	18	22	22	17	15	14	13	20	22	25	24	23
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 NW	2.0 NNW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 N	0.2 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	6	-	10	7	11	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	13	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	2.0 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	3	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	11	-

	Tuesday 25
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 E	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6
Energy(?)	1243	1243	715	1049	257	702	144	620	225	357	354	354	7	276	138	146	157	186	148	308	287	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.82						9:40AM 1.39					2:04PM 2.70								10:02PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)													1:48PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	6	7	11	6	14	9	16	10	11	11	14	19	17	18	18	18	17	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	3	6	9	3	13	8	15	8	9	9	12	19	17	18	18	17	16	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	5	-	9	9	12	9	9	9	12	16	17	17	5	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 E	-	1.0 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	5	-	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6

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