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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.8 E	4.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	14
Energy(?)	2720	2351	1323	223	4886	1607	926	1530	1045	919	1379	2470	1813	1102	599	2049	2492	539	2000	1946	1391	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:52AM 1.64	5:56PM 1.51		6:50AM 1.69		7:10PM 1.54	7:47AM 1.71			6:04AM 2.02	2:42PM 2.12	3:59AM 2.08		2:53PM 2.76	8:45PM 1.70		3:55PM 3.12		4:29AM 2.96	4:52PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.10	12:12PM 0.02		12:05AM 0.01		1:12PM -0.01	1:21AM -0.02		1:48PM -0.02	11:47PM 0.02	12:25PM 0.15		9:41PM 0.07	10:06AM 0.32		2:40AM 0.18	10:06AM 0.46		10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	10	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	22	23	12	13	16	15	17	19	17	17	16	15	20	20	16	14	15	12	14	16
Low °C	14	11	19	19	10	12	16	13	15	18	15	14	15	11	15	19	12	12	15	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	22	23	10	12	16	14	17	19	16	17	15	14	20	20	16	13	15	9	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.8 E	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	-	1.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	9	14	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	15	9	9	5	12	9	14	-	-	13	15	15	12	15	-	-	-	5	13	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	-	-	1.1 SW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	2.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	5	3

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	11	10	11	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	551	6754	6767	1400	1100	1539	1323	1180	1046	507	1351	2493	1995	4492	3238	863	1256	1544	1295	1298	1213	1169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 1.42				5:52AM 1.64				5:56PM 1.51						12:18PM 3.00				12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02			9:51PM -0.02				7:26AM 0.15			6:59PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	13	11	11	13	19	23	23	23	15	14	12	10	13	17	12	13	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	10	10	12	19	23	23	23	14	12	11	8	13	17	11	12	15	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	11	10	13	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	15	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	14	12	13	14	9	18	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04										Friday 05
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	4.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	12	12	12	7	9	12	6	6	12	12
Energy(?)	539	3814	5167	2720	5014	4179	4179	7269	6767	1698	118	122	260	131	213	217	191	456	221	229	255	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	14	16	15	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	12	12	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	12	12	10	11	10	10	8	9	14	10	11	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSE	-	-	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	-	-	11	11	10	9	9	7	12	12	7	9	12	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	-	-	15	9	-	-	9	-	15	7	7	12	19	19	13	7	19	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	4.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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