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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	Fri		Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Magnets Nelson - Tasman Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	2	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 NNW	2.5 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	14	14	13	14	9	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	12	11
Energy(?)	962	1210	529	4813	1479	328	162	3035	2183	1224	376	174	423	242	169	617	1082	146	1029	875	2309	1662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:22AM 1.74	6:47PM 1.81		6:59AM 2.78		11:18PM 1.75	11:47AM 1.80		9:40PM 2.00	11:28AM 2.41		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		3:28AM 1.96		3:52PM 1.94		11:23AM 3.30	5:56PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	6:12PM 0.11	12:58AM 0.49			1:09AM 0.45		4:00PM 0.64		5:36AM 0.26	5:45PM 0.29	4:00AM 0.28	5:24AM 0.49	5:51PM 0.46	3:30AM 0.64		3:38PM 0.19	9:14PM 0.07	9:00AM 0.09		11:34PM 0.02	5:11AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	14	14	14	20	15	15	16	14	20	17	13	16	15	13	18	16	10	18	18
Low °C	14	11	16	13	12	14	18	13	15	15	12	18	16	12	15	14	13	16	16	9	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	13	14	13	20	14	14	15	13	20	17	12	16	15	11	18	14	10	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	14	14	13	14	9	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	16	8	9	9	8	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NNW	0.9 NE	0.2 S	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	8	12	11	-	9	10	6	-	-	8	8	7	8	10	8	8	8	3	9	12	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	8	-	9	8	12	11

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	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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	6	9	10	13	11
Energy(?)	297	1479	1180	1410	1289	1047	2816	1032	1504	1220	4355	3555	3092	1897	1651	1484	309	242	787	214	4108	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)				12:09AM 0.52						4:01PM 0.50			3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66		5:46PM 0.29			1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	15	13	10	11	12	12	17	13	12	12	11	11	12	16	17	14	14	19	19	13	17
Chill °C (?)	23	14	12	10	10	12	10	17	12	12	11	9	10	11	16	17	13	14	18	19	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	6	9	10	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.9 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	8	8	9	-	11	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	8	10	10	14	14	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	4	2	-	4

	Friday 28										Saturday 29
	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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 W	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	348	142	1553	1056	1055	624	1460	1075	771	222	1164	1210	1116	923	964	751	71	142	386	205	965	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:45PM 1.78				9:25PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	15	15	14	14	16	15	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	19	15	19
Chill °C (?)	23	14	13	13	13	16	14	10	9	10	10	10	8	11	12	12	8	11	12	19	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 W	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	-	10	10	9	-	12	12	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	8	8	8	-	10	-	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	5	5	6	5	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	3	8	10	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-

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