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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	Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Frentzes Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 NE	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 S	2.2 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SE	1.8 W	1.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	12	13	10	11	11	10	9	9	16	6	8	10	10	10	12	15	9	10	13	13
Energy(?)	431	284	746	704	1113	516	424	716	267	100	498	192	845	4673	4880	1501	316	165	238	894	419	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:41PM 1.88	9:15AM 1.91		1:39AM 1.84			1:11AM 2.00		1:36PM 1.95	9:52PM 3.13	10:37AM 3.33		10:28PM 3.20	11:28AM 3.43		11:51PM 3.32	12:15PM 3.34		12:51AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.50	3:03AM 0.36		2:43PM 0.47	7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19	2:57PM 0.43		7:25AM 0.13			4:23AM 0.58	4:47PM 0.54		5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		6:04AM 0.23	6:29PM 0.16		6:49AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	16	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	8
High °C	12	18	11	10	14	12	16	15	10	19	16	13	14	17	12	22	17	12	24	18	15	16
Low °C	12	17	10	10	14	11	16	15	9	16	16	11	14	16	10	18	17	9	23	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	18	9	8	13	11	16	14	10	19	15	11	14	15	11	22	17	10	24	18	14	16
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 E	1.1 W	0.3 ENE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 W	0.5 SW	1.1 SE	1.8 W	1.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	14	12	13	10	11	11	10	9	9	16	9	9	9	10	10	6	15	9	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	5	9	10	8	8	8	12	8	8	7	11	10	15	9	12	3	9	16	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	2.2 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	10	10	-	-	11	5	4	-	-

	Sunday 30					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	12	12	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1673	1987	411	295	2476	747	516	2750	704	599	827	1020	660	516	650	331	820	781	723	584	232	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:57PM 1.81	12:44AM 1.73				11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05				8:52AM 3.04				9:13PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)			2:34PM 0.50												2:04AM 0.32				2:57PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	5	8	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	12	12	14	16	14	13	10	10	11	15	12	12	14	12	13	16	16	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	10	10	10	14	16	13	12	8	8	9	15	11	10	14	11	13	16	15	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 NW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	13	12	12	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	6	10	10	10	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	14	13	11	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	2.3 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	9	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30																Monday 01
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	2.4 NW	1.6 WSW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1916	2329	431	431	2583	296	290	1463	1163	1175	1183	1241	1208	1345	1374	1242	1362	1510	1590	1815	1968	2034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:19AM 1.81				12:15PM 1.73							7:22PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)											5:11PM 0.33								1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	15	20	19	15	11	11	11	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	11	13	20	19	13	9	9	9	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	2.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	14	14	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 N	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NW	-	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	10	10	5	4	4	5	7	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

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