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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	9	5	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	4.5 S	2.2 SE	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	12	10	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	16	16	10	12	22	18	15
Energy	774	543	518	337	397	557	714	653	678	717	202	232	3898	1381	866	808	545	215	9182	4242	13146	5187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 1.85		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91		1:23PM 2.67	1:55AM 2.88			9:14PM 1.64	8:19AM 1.47		10:50PM 1.39	11:23AM 1.28		11:43PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02PM 0.39	8:04PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		7:15PM 1.11	7:27AM 0.61		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13		7:39PM 0.67	9:16AM 1.12	3:01PM 0.43			3:00PM 0.39		5:16AM 0.26	4:06PM 0.66		5:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	8	5	2	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	12	15	14	15	15	12	13	15	12	11	10	11	15	17	13	12	15	14	14
Low °C	12	10	9	10	14	13	14	13	12	12	13	9	8	10	10	13	15	13	11	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	11	9	10	14	13	15	15	12	13	15	12	10	8	10	13	16	13	12	15	14	12
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	12	10	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	12	22	18	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	1.1 N	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	14	6	10	10	9	9	11	9	-	-	23	16	18	16	16	16	26	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.3 NW	-	4.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	3	3	-	12	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 NNW	1.0 SW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	12	11	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	8	13	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	774	573	543	343	260	518	560	470	337	864	397	798	524	557	794	735	714	744	653	680	1103	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:11AM 1.88				1:07PM 2.97	5:26PM 1.72			1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09				8:31AM 0.43	9:34AM 0.48			6:44PM 0.55				7:27AM 0.61				6:47PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	-	7
Temp. °C	12	14	12	12	10	9	9	10	10	12	15	12	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	12	9	7	6	8	8	11	14	11	15	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	15	12
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	8	7	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.3 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	14	14	13	6	7	10	13	7	10	10	9	9	13	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.7 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	7	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	10
Energy	973	1031	774	653	646	573	552	596	543	543	511	343	337	265	260	228	204	518	543	609	560	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:28PM 3.05														2:11AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)													6:36PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	11	10	10	12	11	10	9	9	9	7	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	10

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