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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	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	3.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.8 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	9	8	9	10	8	7	10	8	8	14	8	13	12	20
Energy(?)	1699	1519	834	155	643	500	150	331	207	1320	932	1534	943	215	1012	184	515	487	45	475	395	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.45		4:52AM 2.58	5:28PM 2.52		6:51AM 1.76	6:43PM 2.96		11:21AM 1.76		7:42PM 2.57	8:18AM 2.58		8:51PM 3.11	9:26AM 3.11		9:49PM 3.05	10:25AM 3.25		10:54PM 3.30	11:55AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 1.06		10:02PM 0.49	11:03AM 0.62		12:36AM 0.52			1:02AM 0.96	5:13AM 0.32	3:01PM 0.40	1:59AM 0.45		2:30PM 0.44	3:09AM 0.87		3:33PM 0.30		4:11AM 0.81	4:32PM 0.16		5:43AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	23	12	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	13	13	17	16	22	20	18	17	11	11	15	12	11	23	15	11	13	17	12	13
Low °C	17	14	9	13	17	13	18	19	14	16	11	11	11	12	9	21	13	11	13	17	9	12
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	13	17	16	22	20	18	16	9	9	14	9	10	23	14	9	13	17	11	12
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSE	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	19	16	12	16	7	6	12	12	10	10	8	7	13	8	16	14	7	8	22	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SW	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	8	7	7	3	-	-	3	4	5	5	4	-	-

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28	Monday 29	Tue
	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	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1642	1342	1204	1285	1062	1414	1152	690	659	345	122	666	579	500	204	221	257	226	116	123	74	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:43PM 2.23	4:18PM 2.73				5:16AM 2.85				5:28PM 2.52				6:16AM 2.85				6:33PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)		10:26AM 0.56				11:38PM 0.53								11:50PM 0.50				12:23PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	16	15	14	11	11	9	15	13	14	17	16	14	11	11	18	20	23	20	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	16	15	14	9	9	7	15	12	13	17	16	13	9	9	18	20	23	20	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	21	11	12	6	6	13	5	-	6	8	15	16	16	16	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	2	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	2

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	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	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1872	1755	1699	1931	1872	1704	1678	1259	1125	419	206	1341	1198	1062	836	836	938	957	812	945	805	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			9:22AM 0.52	10:06AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	17	15	14	13	13	15	15	14	13	15	15	15	13	12	13	11	10	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	15	13	11	11	14	14	14	11	15	15	15	13	11	12	10	8	11	7	8
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	21	-	13	21	21	13	13	13	13	7	18	20	20	6	11	11	6	6	19	13	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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