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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.3 SSE	5.5 NNW	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 W	1.9 N	2.1 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	14	13	12	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	14	14
Energy(?)	1428	2246	494	1406	1120	29	6442	5439	2617	1662	2367	1374	1382	1196	1143	1142	734	1153	875	1799	715	2246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:48PM 2.35	9:43AM 3.07		9:59PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.14	4:30PM 1.42		4:53AM 1.34	5:17PM 1.40		6:00AM 1.35		6:22PM 1.38	3:40AM 1.85	4:38PM 1.62			12:21PM 2.73	12:43AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:10PM 0.97		3:32AM 0.85	3:51PM 0.84		4:10AM 0.76		10:49PM 0.20	11:06AM 0.19		11:34PM 0.21		12:13PM 0.20	12:39AM 0.20	9:49AM 0.29		10:49PM 0.32	6:21AM 0.77		6:35PM 0.82	7:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	9	2
High °C	7	12	6	14	15	10	13	11	10	14	13	10	15	13	12	14	14	13	14	10	7	7
Low °C	5	11	3	9	12	9	11	11	8	10	12	7	14	12	10	13	14	12	13	10	4	5
Chill °C (?)	6	11	4	13	14	8	10	9	10	13	12	10	15	12	12	14	13	12	13	6	4	4
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.6 S	-	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.9 N	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 N	1.0 W	0.9 E	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	13	12	9	14	13	10	-	11	11	13	13	12	8	13	13	13	8	14	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	-	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.2 S	1.9 NNW	1.2 NW	1.7 W	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	10	13	15	12	-	11	11	15	10	9	12	8	9	8	13	14	9	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	5.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 N	2.1 ENE	1.5 WSW	-	2.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	12	-	7

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 SW	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	15	9	10	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	3052	2630	1015	1897	1530	1256	1025	1300	1406	1247	1100	1141	1034	1101	651	1083	2532	1135	5558	4114	3116	6915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12		3:16AM 1.35				3:42PM 1.45										11:10PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)				3:10PM 0.97						9:26AM 0.17				10:19PM 0.19			8:25AM 0.15			4:15PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	7	11	9	11	9	8	8	4	9	14	14	11	9	9	8	9	14	15	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	4	10	7	10	7	6	7	1	7	13	12	9	8	8	6	8	13	15	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 ENE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	8	9	10	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.6 NW	0.8 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	-	9	10	13	5	15	5	14	6	6	15	10	15	14	14	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.4 NW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	3	8	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19	Saturday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.4 S	-	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	-	-	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3302	3251	1428	2859	2814	2630	2453	1814	1938	1853	1783	582	646	595	515	1727	0	0	1256	1265	1025	1067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:52PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	8	9	11	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	8	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	5	7	10	12	6	6	7	8	7	6	8	7	4	2	3	6	10	7	6
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	-	-	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-

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