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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	5	4	9	8	4	7	9	9	6	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	11	9	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	12	15	16
Energy	583	532	777	746	748	677	727	222	54	4790	1511	9647	7021	4783	6897	10455	9370	5898	1257	1021	4402	4267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91		1:23PM 2.67	9:17PM 1.73	4:15AM 1.72			4:22AM 1.73	4:20PM 2.25		6:06AM 1.76		8:06PM 2.14	5:47AM 2.84		9:02PM 2.22	9:29AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13			10:38AM 0.51	1:53PM 0.43	10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		11:08PM 0.63		12:23PM 0.48	2:27AM 0.72		5:22PM 0.30		3:25AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	14	7	5	9	9	-	3	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	14	15	13	12	15	10	8	12	11	13	13	11	8	11	12	10	15	14	12
Low °C	11	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	6	6	12	9	12	13	10	6	9	11	9	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	13	13	13	14	13	12	15	8	5	10	10	11	12	9	6	11	10	10	15	13	11
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 E	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	11	9	17	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 N	1.0 N	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	9	9	11	8	-	4	19	18	12	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	16	15	14	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period(s)	10	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	872	470	583	586	532	711	559	777	563	745	746	738	748	718	722	677	703	768	727	1221	222	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91				1:23PM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)				9:34AM 0.48			6:44PM 0.55				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	11	13	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	15	13
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	10	13	13	15	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	11	13	13	7	8	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.2 WSW	1.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	10	13	13	10	7	10	8	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	8	8	8	17	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 E	-	-	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Thursday 04
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	543	542	872	872	476	470	464	396	583	583	586	586	521	849	532	745	503	711	756	539	559	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	1
High °C	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	13	13	12	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	8	7	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	10	10	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	1.6 N	1.6 N	-	-	1.2 N
Period (s)	4	3	10	10	4	4	4	4	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	7	8	8	8	-	-	8

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