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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	1	4	8	9	8	3	9	9	6	7	4	4	7	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 NNW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	18	17	16	14	16	18	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	13
Energy	710	827	750	1920	671	193	1024	7263	8628	7918	541	14650	8521	5875	6226	1554	1223	6247	3801	1315	1174	1783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91	3:29AM 1.75		1:55AM 2.88		4:02PM 1.69		4:22AM 1.73			10:37AM 1.60	5:57PM 1.69	6:38PM 1.74	5:47AM 2.84		10:14PM 1.72	10:42AM 1.78		7:09PM 2.56	10:26AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47	7:39PM 0.67	9:16AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60	3:47PM 0.41	11:55PM 0.60	4:01AM 0.36		12:51AM 0.54		12:06PM 0.98		4:32AM 0.33	1:03PM 0.89	1:19AM 0.46	4:21AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	8	21	20	-	2	2	-	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	13	10	11	13	11	9	11	13	15	9	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	13
Low °C	13	13	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	14	6	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	8	9	13	10	8	11	11	15	6	11	10	9	11	12	11	13	12	11	11
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NNW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	18	17	8	14	16	18	15	12	14	14	17	16	16	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.1 N	0.5 S	-	0.2 E	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	11	8	-	10	10	9	11	16	-	12	-	15	-	-	10	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	0.4 W	5.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	16	3	16	-	-	14	-	-	-	4	-	-	4

	Friday 05					Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 SW	1.1 NNW	0.7 S	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	9	10	18	18	17	17
Energy	710	739	827	824	878	750	754	1202	1920	1567	671	229	259	193	58	1272	1024	1976	7263	8761	8866	8628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91						7:12PM 1.56							4:02PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	7:37AM 1.12				7:53PM 0.63					9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47											10:11PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	10	9	12	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2
Temp. °C	13	14	13	13	14	12	12	11	8	10	11	13	9	11	10	9	9	11	9	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	14	12	12	9	5	8	9	13	6	10	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	11
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.7 S	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	18	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	9	-	9	8	11	17	8	-	14	-	10	10	10	19	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	6	3	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	731	725	710	710	1083	739	729	729	827	716	720	824	824	811	878	802	819	750	750	754	754	754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:32PM 2.58													2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.12												7:57PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	-	-	5	6	4	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	16	15	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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