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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	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	6	4	3	9	7	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	6	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 W	1.3 S	2.0 S	5.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	1.8 SW	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	12	13	12	13	8	15	14	14	7	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	10	13
Energy(?)	2736	1707	1507	402	6825	598	1224	8654	1291	3469	1949	1171	605	7066	6190	1157	3662	2250	4819	2561	1538	2027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:04AM 1.55		10:07PM 1.40	10:40AM 1.51		12:59AM 1.23		12:23PM 1.60	11:47PM 1.51		1:44PM 1.82	9:34PM 1.78	9:29AM 1.77	1:09PM 2.24			3:20PM 1.53		10:19AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)	9:36AM 1.28	2:36PM 0.65	11:46PM 0.75		3:30PM 1.26		4:12AM 0.54	4:31PM 0.61	6:56PM 0.34	5:54AM 0.40			6:45AM 0.38			3:18AM 0.57		9:01PM 0.25	8:58AM 0.19		9:36PM 0.21	4:07AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	3	7	9	-	5	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	11	11	11	14	9	10	8	11	7	9	10	7	9	9	10	9	7	7	9
Low °C	4	6	6	8	10	9	12	9	7	5	11	6	7	8	6	8	8	9	6	6	3	7
Chill °C (?)	4	3	4	9	8	9	14	5	7	6	10	3	7	8	4	6	6	8	9	4	4	8
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.3 S	2.0 S	-	0.1 S	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 W	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	2.0 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	24	13	12	-	21	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	15	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 W	-	-	1.4 W	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	7	13	14	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	7	-	18	-	-	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	5.0 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 NNE	5.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	2.1 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	1.8 W	-	2.4 W	-	2.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	3	12	5	3	13	8	-	-	4	7	13	13	6	-	13	-	14	-	-

	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	8	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1174	4091	1718	1193	1892	1602	1200	1578	1543	2127	1268	1005	836	1090	5414	5106	1049	1079	1224	1045	708	3426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)												9:42AM 1.47			6:27PM 1.54						12:18PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				11:12AM 0.78	2:29PM 1.24					4:01AM 0.46				5:33PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	4	4	7	7	7	5	5	7	7	7	9	14	11	5	8	7	11	12	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	8	0	1	5	3	5	2	1	4	4	4	6	13	10	2	7	4	9	12	14	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 W	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	8	10	11	13	13	13	10	12	11	13	12	12	12	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	13	10	10	9	4	12	23	12	24	-	22	22	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	4.0 WSW	-	0.9 NW	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	8	10	-	-	4	-	12	-	5	-	3	3	3	11

	Sunday 31
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	3.0 SW	0.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	14	11	11	11	12	11	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1298	2230	2363	2418	3189	699	617	1828	199	1194	1237	1859	797	899	1026	836	1815	626	729	232	232	1552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)										9:56AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 0.60																5:10PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	7	9	5	5	5	9
Chill °C (?)	9	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	11	2	3	4	2	2	6	4	4	5	1	2	2	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	3.0 SW	0.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	14	11	10	11	12	10	10	-	10	9	10	11	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	6	-	-	10	7	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	11	-	-	-	3	-	11	11	-	11	10	9	10	12	12	6	6	9

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