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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	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Mon
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	10	8	8	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1448	1119	1970	859	400	771	184	1587	1033	476	692	6848	1336	2848	4614	706	713	266	260	314	218	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:25PM 1.72	7:49PM 1.42		3:43PM 2.67	10:33PM 1.98	4:50AM 1.63	5:14PM 1.64		6:09AM 1.56	6:36PM 1.59	10:31PM 2.06	12:53PM 1.36		1:19AM 1.23		1:33PM 1.45	8:32PM 1.82	12:22PM 1.83		12:58AM 1.76	10:38AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			2:11AM 0.55	9:58AM 0.63			10:59AM 0.67		11:41PM 0.66	12:20PM 0.72			6:36AM 0.29		7:15PM 0.25	7:48AM 0.26		2:50AM 0.35	6:07AM 0.24	2:31PM 0.40		4:26AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	20	57	9	1	1	7	-	-	1	-	1	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	7	10	12	6	11	12	11	14	14	11	9	12	9	16	14	12	15	18	13	19
Low °C	11	6	4	9	11	5	9	12	10	13	13	7	9	11	7	15	14	10	13	15	10	17
Chill °C (?)	9	5	5	8	9	2	8	10	10	13	12	8	6	9	6	16	13	12	14	18	13	19
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	10	11	8	10	11	12	12	13	12	-	12	12	11	11	10	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	1.9 N	1.2 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	7	9	10	7	7	10	8	8	10	8	-	-	-	18	9	15	14	5	5	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	0.8 W	-	-	0.4 NW	-	4.0 SW	0.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	3	-	13	3	12	12	-	-	-	3	3	-	3

	Monday 27							Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	2.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 NE	2.3 NNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 SW	1.8 WNW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	11	11	6	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	11	10	9	8	12
Energy(?)	7097	6342	1637	1379	1324	213	1477	1309	1236	1422	1201	828	1660	1195	1066	1369	260	1592	1260	523	1041	3466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:28AM 1.55		2:50PM 2.79				3:49AM 1.71							11:23PM 1.23		4:50AM 1.63	8:53AM 1.57			6:09PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.07						9:31PM 0.60							4:50PM 0.36							3:43PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	13	15	2	11	-	2	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	5	10	6	9	11	11	6	6	5	4	6	7	9	6	6	7	9	6	8	12	13	8
Chill °C (?)	1	10	4	6	8	10	3	5	3	1	4	4	7	3	5	4	8	3	4	11	11	5
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	4.0 W	1.2 SSW	2.4 W	2.0 NW	0.7 NE	2.3 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.5 W	0.5 NE	0.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	9	11	8	6	9	9	11	10	10	7	10	8	8	9	8	11	11	7	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.1 NE	-	1.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.6 NNW	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	-	6	-	11	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	7	10	8	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SW	-	2.2 N	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	0.4 N	-	2.5 SW	1.8 WNW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	-	7	6	-	-	-	3	-	10	10	8	8	9	3	-	10	9	8	12

	Monday 27
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Paekakariki Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	4.0 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	4.0 NW	1.2 S	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	13	11	11	9	8	10
Energy(?)	1006	3553	2179	1802	1202	14	1969	1875	1750	2737	2386	1146	80	121	67	72	140	1342	522	2429	200	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:25PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.07								9:09AM 0.57							4:41PM 0.29						10:37PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	14	-	1	1	-
High °C	6	11	5	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	6	15	18	14	19	15	6	4	17	4	5
Chill °C (?)	1	8	2	8	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	4	13	18	12	18	14	2	0	15	1	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	1.6 SSW	-	1.1 WSW	0.1 SE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	2.2 N	1.1 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	-	12	-	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	6	13	8	11	-	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.7 W	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	15	9	11	9	11	8	-	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	4.0 W	2.5 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.8 NE	2.0 N	-	1.1 NNE	0.8 SSW	1.4 S	4.0 NW	1.2 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	3	11	11	10	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	6	6	-	6	4	8	9	8	7

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