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

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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	1	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 SE	1.2 W	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 NW	0.9 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	10	10	8	16	14	9	10	10	11	8	10	11	12	11	12	10	14	10	12
Energy(?)	457	827	536	400	232	132	219	94	2793	1293	791	544	622	1719	1288	400	888	788	3605	382	1383	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:52AM 3.04		3:32AM 1.51		4:22PM 1.48	10:02PM 3.19			11:01PM 3.42	11:28AM 3.43		11:20PM 3.23	11:45AM 3.32		12:51AM 3.43		1:13PM 3.46	2:22AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 0.36		3:02PM 0.76	9:14PM 0.09	7:25AM 0.13			8:19AM 0.09	4:47PM 0.54		5:16AM 0.55	5:35PM -0.03		5:32AM -0.03	6:01PM -0.02		7:02AM 0.64		8:03PM 0.25	7:55AM 0.74		11:18PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	1	-	-
High °C	9	15	15	14	14	18	13	16	16	14	20	17	14	14	14	13	21	18	16	14	19	13
Low °C	8	13	14	13	14	17	13	15	15	10	18	17	10	14	14	11	21	17	15	10	18	11
Chill °C (?)	9	15	15	13	13	18	11	16	14	12	20	17	13	12	13	12	21	18	15	14	19	12
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:28	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 E	0.4 SW	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SE	1.2 W	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 NW	0.9 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	7	13	11	12	11	12	10	14	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.3 W	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.1 W	-
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	8	7	14	9	15	9	18	9	9	-	9	16	10	13	7	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	9	-	-	-	8	10	-	5	3	-	-	5	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.9 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	11	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	13
Energy(?)	1591	568	336	252	527	203	622	423	329	257	222	239	232	223	218	211	321	509	1050	521	647	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 2.22								9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02					10:07PM 3.33			9:27AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)			2:37AM 0.75				2:57PM 0.43	6:53PM 0.14			3:30AM 0.64				3:24PM 0.22					4:23AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	17	11	22	15	12	12	10	10	13	14	14	14	17	13	11	12	11	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	12	16	11	22	14	12	11	9	8	12	13	14	13	17	12	10	11	10	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	15	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	13	12	13	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	7	16	16	17	15	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	1.0 N	0.4 N	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 W
Period (s)	11	-	6	3	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	7

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1428	686	724	230	466	247	651	465	407	444	439	714	712	749	735	574	652	652	430	536	542	390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 2.22	8:19PM 3.05												8:21AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	13	16	9	15	14	9	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	13	13	14	13	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	14	8	15	13	8	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	11	11	13	11	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	18	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	13	9	13	8	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	8	10	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 W	0.9 N	-	1.0 N	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 W	-	2.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	3	-	3	5	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	-	8	9

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