About Owaka

Owaka is a town in Southland Region, New Zealand. From Owaka you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Long Point, a surf spot 13 km from the centre. The nearest airport is DUD, 74 km away.

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Staying in Owaka

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Nearest airports: DUD, 74 km, IVC, 100 km, ZQN, 174 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Owaka. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Owaka too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Sun 25

Long Point13.2 kmabout 25 min by car

6 ft463 kJ

7 ft703 kJ

4 ft270 kJ

4 ft197 kJ

5 ft399 kJ

5 ft359 kJ

4 ft451 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Long Point, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	26, poor	6 ft8 shollow	463kJ	wind from the south-west, 12 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	38, fair	7 ft9 shollow	703kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	4 ft9 shollow	270kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	4 ft9 shollow	197kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	15°C
Fri 23Oct	23, too small	5 ft9 shollow	399kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	25, too small	5 ft10 shollow	359kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	32, too small	4 ft11 shollow	451kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	18°C

Papatowai16.2 kmabout 30 min by car

6 ft427 kJ

7 ft743 kJ

5 ft295 kJ

3 ft168 kJ

5 ft376 kJ

4 ft318 kJ

4 ft399 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Papatowai, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	28, poor	6 ft8 ssoft	427kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	7 ft9 ssoft	743kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	5 ft8 ssoft	295kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots, offshore	18°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	168kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots, offshore	15°C
Fri 23Oct	24, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	376kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	29, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	318kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Sun 25Oct	29, too small	4 ft11 ssoft	399kJ	wind from the north-west, 14 knots, offshore	21°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Owaka, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Owaka. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Sun 25

Porpoise Bay44.2 kmabout 1h 20 by car

6 ft516 kJ

7 ft677 kJ

4 ft276 kJ

3 ft154 kJ

5 ft337 kJ

4 ft273 kJ

4 ft348 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Porpoise Bay, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	29, poor	6 ft8 ssoft	516kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	25, poor	7 ft9 ssoft	677kJ	wind from the west, 14 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	18, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	276kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	17°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	154kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots, offshore	14°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	337kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	19°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	273kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots, offshore	18°C
Sun 25Oct	27, too small	4 ft11 ssoft	348kJ	wind from the north-west, 19 knots, offshore	19°C

Owaka, New Zealand