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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	9	5	5	4	3	3	1	3	2	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	2.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 NE	0.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 NW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	11	8	10	9	8	9
Energy(?)	539	953	889	409	577	758	10	1419	130	1597	6370	4667	1888	937	1925	42	1805	422	401	145	362	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:26PM 1.40	8:56AM 1.52			10:36AM 1.67		9:25PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.67		1:04AM 1.28			7:22PM 2.92		2:27PM 1.42	1:39AM 1.84		3:17PM 1.45	3:32AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 1.07	2:46AM 0.43		3:03PM 0.48	10:44PM 1.14	4:21AM 0.41	4:11PM 0.41	3:50AM 0.40		4:41PM 1.01		7:18AM 0.24	1:10PM 1.03	1:42AM 0.87	8:14AM 0.20		7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19		9:14PM 0.09	7:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	1	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	24	13	23	22	19	21	15	11	13	12	11	19	12	17	18	14	11	20	16	20	22
Low °C	20	22	12	23	21	18	20	15	8	11	10	10	17	12	13	17	14	9	16	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	25	24	11	23	22	19	21	13	9	11	9	11	19	10	16	18	12	11	20	15	20	22
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	2.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.2 SSW	1.2 NE	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 NE	1.3 NW	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	10	7	11	10	11	-	11	14	-	14	14	14	9	7	10	8	10	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	12	-	10	-	12	14	-	-	8	4	14	14	-	8	8	12	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	2.2 NNE	0.5 NW	3.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	-	-	1.0 ENE	2.5 NE	1.3 NW	2.1 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 NE
Period (s)	8	-	10	-	-	9	3	10	-	-	14	-	-	10	9	6	11	-	3	-	-	9

	Wednesday 26							Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	790	672	553	903	1168	566	505	506	699	672	722	396	577	614	574	546	534	1623	711	371	312	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:08AM 1.53				9:23PM 1.51				8:32AM 2.12	11:05AM 1.37		4:19PM 2.79		11:34PM 1.23				11:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49				2:14PM 0.51				2:05AM 0.49									4:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	16	21	24	17	18	14	13	14	16	24	23	17	16	20	20	18	20	24	22	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	21	24	17	18	14	11	13	15	24	23	17	16	20	20	18	20	24	22	14
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 NW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	10	9	8	9	10	10	7	8	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	12	8	12	11	16	16	9	11	12	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	0.9 NNW	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	11	-	4	-	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	3	3	-

	Wednesday 26
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	2.4 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	7	7	11	11	8	9	12	12	8	6	6	8	9	6	6	8	8	7	7	10
Energy(?)	814	404	207	246	340	40	857	528	807	807	803	154	176	1688	701	233	246	795	700	312	204	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:08AM 1.53							3:24PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49															4:54PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	17	17	16	19	20	22	24	21	17	17	21	21	21	20	21	20	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	12	13	16	16	15	19	20	22	24	21	16	16	21	21	21	20	21	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	11	11	9	9	11	11	8	8	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	10	10	12	-	-	8	8	12	12	13	13	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 N	2.4 NE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 NE	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	8	-	6	6	4	4	6	3	-

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