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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	4	5	9	3	3	5	9	9	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.2 SW	0.4 S	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	9	10	9	9	10	9	11	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	18	14	14	15	15
Energy	583	527	726	753	764	671	658	1050	75	1665	4874	8845	745	595	4204	12602	10758	5193	3234	3037	4580	3855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91			9:23PM 1.41		4:02PM 1.69		9:37AM 1.53			5:21AM 1.72		10:29PM 1.68	9:45AM 1.68		9:02PM 2.22	9:29AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13	1:01PM 1.01		9:16AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.64	3:35AM 0.42	3:47PM 0.41	10:28PM 0.85	11:43AM 0.56	12:23PM 0.48		3:42AM 0.40	2:56PM 0.65		3:25AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	15	8	5	6	2	3	5	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	14	13	15	13	13	12	11	11	10	12	14	16	12	8	13	12	13	13	13	11
Low °C	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	9	7	8	9	11	11	11	9	8	11	10	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	14	13	12	14	12	12	10	11	10	10	12	13	15	9	7	12	12	11	12	12	10
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 E	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	4	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	18	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 N	1.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	9	9	11	8	8	11	11	10	9	8	8	-	-	-	18	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	11	-	2	3	-	16	15	-	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11
Energy	583	560	527	503	547	726	809	756	753	744	764	1002	744	671	504	746	658	939	1050	203	250	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)							1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:03AM 2.48						8:30PM 1.66	9:23PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		9:34AM 0.48			7:15PM 1.11				7:37AM 1.12				6:56PM 0.59				8:24AM 1.13		1:01PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	5	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	12	13	13	14	13	12	10	12	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	14	11	13	12	13	13	12	7	10	8	10	11
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.3 N	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	-	11	8	8	8	17	8	11	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	9	5	-	-

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	464	250	583	583	560	560	519	767	527	501	700	503	604	547	547	547	726	726	774	790	809	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										3:54PM 1.96										1:21AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)				9:34AM 0.48										7:15PM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	9	9	9	11	12	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	7:56	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 NNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	13	7	13	13	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	1.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	8	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.9 N	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

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