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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Breaker Bay Wellington	Magnets Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	9	5	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	2	9	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 NNE	1.5 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	1.0 NNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	14	14	13	14	8	13	12	12	11	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	12	11	11	18
Energy(?)	962	1202	342	5861	1479	323	1181	894	3587	1794	410	932	614	129	356	71	939	147	3739	2623	1948	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:22AM 1.74	6:47PM 1.81		6:59AM 2.78		8:36PM 1.84	9:10AM 1.88		9:40PM 2.00	10:09AM 2.03		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		3:28AM 1.96		3:08PM 1.85		5:52AM 1.64	5:56PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	6:12PM 0.11	12:58AM 0.49			1:09AM 0.45		4:00PM 0.64	2:57AM 0.36		3:25PM 0.37	4:00AM 0.28		5:51PM 0.46	3:30AM 0.64		3:38PM 0.19	9:14PM 0.07	8:58AM 0.09		10:49PM 0.35	12:12PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	5	-	1	10	3	12	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	14	14	14	21	11	15	16	14	15	17	17	14	14	13	18	16	13	19	18
Low °C	14	11	12	13	12	14	19	10	15	15	12	14	16	16	14	13	13	16	15	12	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	14	14	13	21	9	14	15	13	15	17	17	12	13	11	18	15	11	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	-	2.1 W	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	1.0 NNW	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	11	14	-	13	10	15	13	12	12	11	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	-	-	9	14	-	10	-	8	8	10	10	4	9	10	9	3	-	15	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	3.0 NNE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	-	12	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	9	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	297	1461	1178	1410	1289	1047	3041	6075	8523	1064	4606	3774	3041	1970	1692	1604	318	514	221	634	294	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78							2:04AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				12:09AM 0.52					1:28PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66		5:49PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	15	13	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	12	11	11	12	16	17	14	19	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	23	14	12	10	10	12	10	13	13	14	11	9	10	11	16	17	13	19	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	6	8	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	6	10	13	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.8 NNE	0.4 W	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	8	2	4

	Friday 28										Saturday 29
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	348	130	1375	1056	1055	624	1354	1454	129	129	1164	1202	1113	926	964	751	116	115	111	157	201	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:45PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	15	15	14	14	16	15	13	11	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	16	20	19
Chill °C (?)	23	14	13	13	13	16	14	12	9	8	10	9	8	11	12	12	8	9	11	16	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	-	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	-	10	10	9	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	12	-	8	8	8	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	5	5	5	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	3	3	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	-

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