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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSE	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 E	1.9 SW	2.2 W	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	11	8	9	11	10	7	9	8	10	9	6	12	10	11	11	12	10	14	11	14
Energy(?)	818	1088	457	841	900	375	301	692	584	638	2982	1076	198	265	398	995	1169	380	19	190	1750	671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:15AM 1.87	12:42PM 1.88		8:58PM 3.00	9:45AM 3.19			11:12AM 2.09	2:30PM 2.01		11:23AM 3.30	3:06PM 2.34	11:56PM 3.45	12:20PM 3.47		12:39AM 3.01	4:52AM 2.19	1:13PM 3.46		5:47AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 0.58		6:30AM 0.19	6:53PM 0.14	3:13AM 0.18		3:55PM 0.63	9:56PM 0.04	4:58AM 0.25		10:51PM -0.00	5:11AM 0.20			6:09AM 0.57	6:27PM -0.04		11:08AM 0.12		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	6	-	12	11	-
High °C	10	14	9	15	15	10	12	17	13	15	14	12	17	18	15	13	16	16	22	13	17	16
Low °C	10	14	9	14	14	10	11	16	10	13	14	11	17	17	11	13	15	12	19	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	13	9	15	14	8	12	16	12	15	12	11	17	18	14	12	16	15	22	11	16	16
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	2.5 SSE	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 E	1.9 SW	2.2 W	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	11	8	9	11	10	7	9	15	-	9	6	7	10	11	11	12	8	14	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	11	10	9	9	17	16	15	-	15	11	12	15	9	18	-	10	10	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 SSE	4.0 S	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	10	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	6	6	-	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	0.7 E	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	9	11	8	8	8	9	10	9	16	16
Energy(?)	262	2978	818	760	715	1102	699	544	200	629	527	329	919	254	302	242	245	240	301	180	408	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05		2:25AM 1.51						9:13PM 3.20						1:36PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)													2:57PM 0.43	6:36PM 0.18			3:24AM 0.19		7:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	10	10	10	15	13	12	15	11	9	21	15	12	11	10	13	13	12	19	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	8	9	9	15	12	10	15	9	9	21	14	12	10	9	12	13	12	19	10	10
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	10	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.3 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 NW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	9	10	9	10	8	8	6	10	12	6	10	11	7	6	10	9	9	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Monday 01
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 ENE	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	12	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	310	2189	626	634	640	2606	2957	2513	128	1742	813	138	1868	322	1088	948	1166	1010	534	661	519	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:57AM 2.89				11:47AM 1.80									8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)					5:36AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	10	10	10	13	13	14	18	12	10	19	14	10	14	15	14	14	10	13	10	9
Chill °C (?)	19	11	8	8	8	12	12	13	18	11	9	19	14	9	13	14	14	13	10	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.5 SW	-	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	12	-	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	2.2 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	1.4 NW	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.6 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	14	9	10	10	10	11	-	-	4	9	10	11	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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