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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	Thu	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNE	0.2 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.3 NNW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	7	7	8	9	10
Energy(?)	623	10	962	1128	1093	8705	3890	1425	1877	2483	580	1202	537	165	193	294	259	390	299	1102	1186	949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:58AM 2.71		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		12:54AM 1.22	8:14AM 1.78		7:47PM 1.88	7:57AM 2.89		11:00PM 2.40	10:04AM 1.99		10:37PM 2.12	11:01AM 2.14		12:50AM 2.59	10:37AM 3.33		3:18AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44PM 1.14	11:07AM 1.18	6:21PM 0.25		5:10AM 0.37				1:35PM 0.49	2:07AM 0.37		2:08PM 0.90			3:27PM 0.29		4:54AM 0.21	5:19PM 0.10		4:23AM 0.58	6:12PM -0.00	8:56PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	6	2	2	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	12	2	1
High °C	18	21	14	13	11	13	12	16	15	13	12	16	10	20	22	19	24	18	15	14	12	13
Low °C	17	20	13	11	11	12	12	16	15	11	11	15	10	19	19	16	20	16	14	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	21	13	12	9	13	11	16	14	11	12	15	8	20	22	19	24	17	15	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.4 NE	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 NW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.3 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	10	11	11	10	10	9	5	9	7	7	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	2.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 N	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	8	12	8	-	-	10	13	12	9	9	12	7	8	10	11	7	7	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	1.4 SW	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	-	6	-	5	4	4	6	7	-	-	8	9	-

	Thu	Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	7
Energy(?)	527	546	545	914	627	419	297	1428	1347	1386	1032	1054	3099	6772	1514	5289	4486	3890	3139	1829	2165	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)						11:56AM 1.37		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78	8:19AM 1.81	11:11AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 1.14		4:21AM 0.41						12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	17	19	23	23	15	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	17	19	23	23	14	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	11	11	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	11	10	9	10	10	12	8	8	8	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	2.0 NNE	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	11	4	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	0.6 SW	1.6 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	551	568	620	758	695	595	411	47	899	849	628	658	1022	70	830	1271	1264	1330	1387	602	1476	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:10PM 1.52									7:43AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	23	18	17	20	20	12	14	14	15	15	11	11	14	13	14	15	14	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	23	17	16	20	20	10	14	14	15	15	7	8	13	10	12	13	11	17	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	-	0.6 SW	1.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	-	8	9	13	13	-	-	9	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.3 SW	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	10	11	10	10	11	11	13	9	9	12	12	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.2 NNE	2.2 NE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	9	9	9	10	-	10	8

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