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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Patiti Point Canterbury	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	2	5	4	4	9	7	5	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 SW	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	13	13	14	16	7	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	13	12	11	15	15
Energy	1027	1293	1158	1192	1119	610	18175	362	4213	1788	1245	8265	6673	3824	5634	1668	1092	4091	1285	1037	1006	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		1:57AM 1.90		3:22PM 2.47	10:48PM 3.04	11:26AM 3.45			4:02AM 1.93	12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24	4:59AM 1.91			7:14AM 1.75		7:47PM 1.84	8:08AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15	8:25PM 0.08	8:46AM 0.65			5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	9:40PM 0.10	10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19	11:17AM -0.00	1:15PM -0.04	10:17PM 0.36		1:13PM 0.10	1:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	13	14	16	10	8	12	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	12	9	7	9	11	14
Low °C	11	13	13	13	14	11	10	8	9	8	10	9	8	11	6	8	10	7	5	8	8	12
Chill °C (?)	11	14	14	13	14	15	7	6	10	10	11	8	8	10	6	8	12	7	6	9	9	13
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 SE	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	2.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	14	17	7	15	14	13	-	13	20	12	14	15	13	12	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 NE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	6	18	6	5	-	16	-	-	-	-	13	11	16	-	11	10	15	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	5.0 SW	1.5 S	-	-	-	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.7 NW	-	2.0 WSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	7	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	4	-	13	-	4	4	3

	Saturday 13							Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	1	2	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	0.6 S	1.5 S	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	17	16	11	7	15
Energy	1020	1137	1027	1329	1293	1181	1216	1158	1351	1181	1192	1180	1119	1022	1983	610	1142	21286	18175	110	362	6543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91					2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23					3:14AM 0.17				3:30PM 0.13	7:47PM 0.13				8:46AM 0.65	10:19AM 0.00		5:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	11	11	10	11	10	17	8	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	8	8	7	8	7	17	6	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SE	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	14	14	14	18	17	11	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 NE	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	6	7	7	18	18	6	13	-	5	-	18	-	13	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	0.2 S	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	3	7	17	16	3	7	-

	Saturday 13
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	1	2	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	3080	3021	1020	1021	1144	1137	1105	1083	1027	1022	1010	1329	1294	1307	1293	1263	1305	1181	1167	1167	1216	1180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:38AM 3.21													9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 0.78												2:46PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	24	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None