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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	9	5	9	4	5	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NE	2.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 S	4.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	18	17	14	16	16	16	19	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	13
Energy	710	813	750	741	695	217	1295	1201	1434	525	575	1044	8116	6427	9422	1715	4709	3127	3480	1281	1294	3519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 2.58	2:05AM 2.91		1:47PM 2.65	8:30PM 1.66			7:59PM 1.55	9:37AM 1.53		10:36PM 1.74	5:21AM 1.72		6:38PM 1.74	5:47AM 2.84		6:57PM 1.73	7:21AM 1.82		7:09PM 2.56	8:59AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13		2:52AM 0.44	9:16AM 1.12	2:42PM 0.39	2:26AM 0.46	3:35AM 0.42	3:47PM 0.41		11:43AM 0.56	5:10PM 0.40	12:51AM 0.54		4:06PM 0.35	1:08AM 0.55		1:03PM 0.89	1:19AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	8	12	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	12	15	10	11	12	15	14	16	11	11	12	11	11	15	12	12	13	13	14
Low °C	13	14	12	12	14	8	9	12	13	12	14	8	8	12	10	11	14	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	12	14	10	11	10	14	14	16	8	9	12	9	11	14	12	12	13	12	13
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:29
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NE	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.0 SW	2.0 W	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	17	14	16	16	16	19	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 W	-	1.4 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 NNW	1.1 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	-	0.2 E	-	-	1.0 S	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	-	9	10	6	10	18	10	17	4	8	-	12	-	-	11	17	-	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	3	-	-	14	-	6	-	-	-	-	13

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	1	4	4	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.8 SW	1.0 NE	0.6 S	3.0 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	6	9	9	18	18	18
Energy	758	756	710	759	813	824	802	750	754	777	741	1339	695	248	668	217	57	2086	1295	5710	1201	9167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.99				1:32PM 2.58				2:05AM 2.91				1:47PM 2.65		7:07PM 2.12							4:02PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49									2:42PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	3	3	3	5	4	10	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	15	13	8	10	11	8	9	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	8	14	12	4	10	11	4	9	7	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 SW	1.0 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	6	21	9	18	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	-	9	9	9	17	10	-	8	6	10	9	10	13	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	-	9	-	10	-	-

	Friday 05
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	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	2	3	2	1	4	4	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.2 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Energy	716	742	758	756	756	756	731	725	710	710	1099	759	800	823	813	813	857	824	658	658	802	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:21AM 2.99												1:32PM 2.58						7:46PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)								7:37AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	-	-	3	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	2.2 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-

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