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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Pukerua Bay Wellington	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	2	5	4	4	3	2	4	8	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.9 NE	5.5 W	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 NW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	12	13	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	10	10	8	7	10	8	9	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2141	735	7669	1989	1810	1842	607	886	12605	4396	817	435	1348	395	485	625	844	1824	1742	1858	1507	350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 3.15	1:48PM 2.02	3:29AM 2.34	7:27AM 1.45		7:51PM 1.34	12:38PM 3.16		8:27PM 1.66		2:42PM 1.81		10:01AM 1.54		10:21PM 1.23	10:39AM 1.35		11:08PM 1.17	11:30AM 1.34		11:54PM 1.15	12:07PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 0.62			1:59AM 0.30	6:28AM 0.32	2:15PM 0.45	2:39AM 0.44	8:37AM 0.57		12:55AM 0.55		4:38PM 0.54		4:26AM 0.33	5:24PM 0.30		5:17AM 0.33	5:46PM 0.30		5:51AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	12	1	1	6	16	2	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	19	9	15	13	12	17	11	6	11	13	6	10	5	15	13	11	7	10	11	9	8
Low °C	16	16	7	14	13	11	15	8	5	7	9	4	9	4	8	12	10	4	9	11	5	8
Chill °C (?)	14	18	5	14	11	9	16	8	3	9	11	2	8	2	12	10	8	3	8	9	7	6
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 NE	-	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 N	1.8 NW	1.5 NNW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	-	13	13	14	12	8	14	14	13	10	10	8	6	10	9	9	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 S	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 N	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	12	-	5	9	-	14	7	-	11	8	13	-	11	8	8	-	16	11	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.4 WNW	5.5 W	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	1.7 SW	5.0 WSW	0.8 NW	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	-	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	7	6	12	-	3	4	3	12	14	5	-	4	-	8	7	-	8	9	10	10	11	-

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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	1	0	1	2	2	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 S	5.0 WNW	0.6 S	2.1 NNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	11	12	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2814	2726	2339	184	5670	106	587	435	2060	5522	4738	4283	2538	2364	2121	1701	1351	1036	580	544	276	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)															8:07PM 1.28				8:35AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			9:12AM 0.65					12:56AM 0.38	1:07AM 0.37		7:28AM 0.46	11:03AM 0.43	2:22PM 0.64				2:42AM 0.26				3:15PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	13	6	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	13	23	13	18	14	9	9	7	7	11	16	14	10	11	10	12	15	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	23	10	17	13	7	9	4	7	8	16	14	8	8	7	10	14	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	2.1 NNW	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	2.1 NW	3.5 WSW	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	7	-	7	8	11	15	11	12	9	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	-	0.7 NNW	0.2 WNW	-	2.0 NW	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	-	14	-	12	-	5	3	-	11	-	9	5	4	-	4	6	14	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NNE	2.5 N	5.0 WNW	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	4	4	8	11	-	-	11	12	12	-	12	9	3	4	4	4	6	3	6	2	3

	Thursday 23
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	1	0	1	2	2	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 NNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 NE	5.5 WNW	6.5 WNW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	15	14	15	6	14	6	10	11	13	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2997	3957	3680	314	1905	302	299	740	62	6803	11864	1419	296	286	209	200	197	245	130	235	120	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:42AM 1.45													7:29PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)													1:32PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	15	11	16	13	18	20	15	13	15	18	18	19	19	20	17	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	14	9	15	11	17	20	12	9	12	16	16	18	18	20	15	17	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.1 NE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	15	14	15	-	14	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	13	-	-	9	13	9	-	9	15	-	-	6	10	6	5	5	5	-	9	10	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 N	1.9 N	1.4 NNE	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNE	0.9 NE	5.5 WNW	6.5 WNW	1.1 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 NW	3.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	7	6	6	6	10	11	4	8	8	4	4	3	8	4	8	4	4

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