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 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	4.0 NNW	2.2 ENE	1.9 NNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	11	9	10	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	448	539	566	517	4349	748	759	2304	3228	2053	1189	1183	1488	1083	1121	2271	846	603	574	423	1656	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 1.66	2:12AM 1.69		2:50PM 1.62		5:19AM 1.34	5:39PM 1.29	3:30AM 1.73	5:43AM 1.37	6:06PM 1.22	11:01PM 2.98	11:22AM 3.08		12:23AM 3.12			2:30AM 1.94		5:28PM 1.66	3:10AM 1.88	4:30AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 0.30	8:14AM 0.33		11:05PM 0.26	11:34AM 0.28		9:08PM 0.32	12:03PM 0.28			5:11AM 0.36	6:13PM 1.01		6:58AM 0.49	1:52PM 0.27	8:18PM 0.37	7:09AM 1.07		8:57PM 0.42	10:43AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	13	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	23	16	19	16	18	14	21	16	14	11	16	15	12	13	11	16	13	10	16
Low °C	16	17	13	20	16	17	15	17	11	15	16	14	10	16	14	11	13	9	16	12	7	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	23	14	19	16	18	14	21	16	13	10	16	15	11	11	10	16	12	8	16
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	1.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	1.9 NNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	7	9	11	9	10	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	-	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	13	5	16	9	10	-	-	-	8	8	10	7	18	15	-	9	13	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	4.0 NNW	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.6 SW	-	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	5	4	12	-

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu
	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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.6 NNW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	15	14	14
Energy(?)	529	1051	1217	1437	1219	1320	1493	1259	1787	1017	1111	1380	1309	1768	1286	1001	1044	1387	523	2287	3544	3228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 1.66					4:34AM 1.32					9:49PM 2.90	10:36PM 3.08				12:13PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	9:23AM 0.33				8:13PM 0.29	10:21PM 0.24			8:14AM 0.33	10:29AM 0.28						5:12AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	19	16	14	13	14	17	25	23	17	17	15	15	12	17	17	16	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	19	15	13	12	14	16	25	23	17	17	14	15	12	17	17	16	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.6 NNW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 S	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	14	8	5	16	16	11	11	10	9	-	10	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Monday 17																Tuesday 18
	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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 E	2.0 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.4 N	1.5 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	10	9	11	8	10	11	11
Energy(?)	577	448	448	438	1037	327	327	545	1217	362	1057	163	152	474	531	2002	537	48	820	674	46	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															9:59PM 3.03	10:24PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	20	16	16	15	14	15	14	16	13	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	20	16	16	14	13	13	13	15	12	16	15	13
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.9 NW	1.5 ENE	0.5 W	1.9 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	11	9	8	8	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	10	10	6	6	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.4 N	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	-	1.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	6	6	10	10	6	10	-	-	-	-	10	6	3	-	10	4	4

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