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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	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	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	Airport Rights Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	9	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	19	8	12	12	11	12	10	8	11
Energy(?)	1040	5939	2286	951	5838	3917	90	1378	1507	752	744	847	344	115	408	1159	666	198	67	486	198	179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:48PM 2.71	10:24PM 1.57	4:19AM 1.88	4:05PM 3.07		4:18AM 2.69	4:43PM 2.73		10:16AM 1.60			6:52AM 2.82		12:03AM 1.77			2:43AM 1.79		3:03PM 1.94	2:16AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				10:28AM 0.50		10:26PM 0.40	10:31AM 0.54		11:22PM 1.04	4:12AM 0.36	6:59PM 0.35	12:31AM 1.12		5:40PM 0.27		8:19AM 0.13	6:40PM 0.19	8:28PM 0.53	8:53AM 0.43		8:00PM 0.75	10:09AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	16	13	13	16	19	12	13	15	10	19	19	16	17	16	16	17	15	13	22
Low °C	13	16	14	14	13	12	16	17	11	13	15	9	16	19	14	14	15	15	16	15	11	19
Chill °C (?)	12	17	15	16	11	11	16	19	10	11	15	10	19	19	16	16	16	16	17	14	13	22
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.4 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	13	12	9	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	8	12	12	11	12	10	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	10	9	12	12	16	11	16	13	11	19	7	16	16	4	7	13	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	6

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Airport Rights Wellington	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	8	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	5300	2021	2053	4039	3013	4147	3204	3183	1547	7266	1583	1576	1407	3917	3447	3474	3104	1033	1415	2950	2764	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)							3:27AM 2.79					4:05PM 3.07					9:11AM 1.61	11:43AM 1.61			9:56PM 2.25	12:12AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 0.45				9:35PM 0.86				9:53AM 0.95						3:09AM 0.34	5:27AM 0.17				5:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	14	19	15	14	13	14	16	13	17	17	15	12	12	14	12	18	16	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	19	15	13	13	14	16	11	17	17	15	10	10	13	10	18	16	15	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	0.4 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 S	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	5	10	12	13	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	12	12	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	10	10	12	10	-	10	10	10	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Airport Rights Wellington	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 S	0.7 E	2.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	13	13	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	12	9
Energy(?)	5420	1462	1040	5222	4560	6548	6410	6085	3993	2351	2959	3669	3456	3347	3340	1686	4287	607	97	2234	16141	1833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)								3:00PM 2.96	3:16PM 3.18							10:22PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 0.86																				4:48AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	13	14	13	17	17	16	16	16	17	11	14	17	16	11	11	14	10	14	12	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	17	17	16	16	15	17	8	13	17	16	8	8	12	6	13	10	9	6	12
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 NNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.5 E	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.9 SSW	1.2 E	2.0 S	0.7 E	2.5 SSW	5.0 S	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	9	13	13	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 E	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	9	10	11	10	11	12	12	10	10	9	12	12	13	13	9	13	9	9	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	-	-	11	11	9	11	-	3	8	12	9

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