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

	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	4.0 S	5.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	10	9	10	8	12	20	18	16	16	12	11	7	13	10	12	16	15
Energy(?)	3229	1792	1333	1671	714	160	4400	7444	2071	1920	696	1152	1645	1223	131	107	83	639	246	4031	2756	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 1.78	10:29AM 2.98		11:25PM 1.88	11:07AM 3.14		11:29PM 3.15	11:38AM 3.13		10:55PM 2.74	12:03PM 3.15		1:15AM 2.07	12:53PM 3.42	2:14PM 2.20		5:42AM 2.42		8:03PM 1.45	8:48AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:38PM 0.39	4:21AM 1.16	5:15PM 0.58		5:01AM 1.00	5:18PM 0.91		5:32AM 0.53	4:44PM 0.07		5:53AM 0.19	6:15PM 0.08	7:05PM 0.30	6:46AM 0.66		11:34PM 0.14	11:54AM 0.71	2:24PM 0.66	2:17AM 0.14		3:07PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	3	6	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	15	20	21	14	12	13	14	16	12	13	14	15	13	22	22	17	17	20	11	15	19
Low °C	14	10	16	18	13	12	13	13	15	12	12	12	15	12	19	22	14	13	19	8	12	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	20	21	13	10	10	12	16	11	12	14	15	13	22	22	16	16	20	8	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.4 E	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	12	8	12	11	10	12	11	10	16	16	12	7	7	13	10	12	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	1.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	14	12	12	10	10	14	8	11	20	7	9	9	7	11	11	9	10	18	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	4.0 S	5.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SE	0.8 ESE	-	1.3 SE	-	0.6 W	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 W	0.2 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	10	8	7	4	-	8	-	3	3	-	4	2	12	16	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	4.5 SSW	2.5 E	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	10	12	10	8
Energy(?)	1547	1593	1517	3734	3227	1174	1157	1392	1646	1710	1050	1132	1009	1047	505	698	1230	1021	3725	3304	4630	3031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.98			9:40PM 2.50	10:31PM 2.70				12:23PM 1.99	3:23PM 1.65					5:37AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)						4:21AM 1.16								5:36AM 0.53						11:04PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	13	12	10	15	20	21	19	17	13	14	15	13	13	13	12	15	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	12	11	8	14	20	21	19	17	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	15	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	12	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 E	1.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	5	13	21	21	20	12	18	12	12	11	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.3 SE	-	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	-	10	9	10	8

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	13	8	13	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1271	1546	1642	3229	3728	1559	1538	1538	1965	1159	1829	1792	1768	3276	1961	1857	98	369	1626	686	2190	1499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			3:58PM 1.23	4:33PM 0.69																	10:00AM 0.71	10:24AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	17	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	16	14	14	16	16	15	14	16	16	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	11	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.2 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	6	15	14	14	15	7	15	15	14	13	14	13	8	13	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.2 W	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	9	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	15	5	13	13	12	13	23	13	9	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	7	8	8

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