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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.4 N	2.3 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	14	14	10	12	8	18	16	16	14	15	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	65	5062	1903	1856	707	1030	633	643	417	382	568	472	482	704	954	1211	731	287	286	679	537	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:48PM 3.02	8:18AM 2.58	2:57PM 1.44	3:17AM 1.51		3:24PM 1.93	4:00AM 1.71		3:37PM 1.92		5:26AM 1.65		11:50PM 3.38	12:12PM 3.47	4:19PM 1.94		5:11AM 2.53	6:21PM 1.95		5:28AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 1.00	2:06AM 0.93			9:00PM 0.07	9:53AM 0.11		9:37PM 0.05	10:14AM 0.12		9:53PM 0.07	11:47AM 0.04	5:34PM 0.59		6:01AM 0.65		10:33PM -0.03	11:20AM 0.69		11:45PM 0.56	11:43AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	8	7	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	13	16	20	13	14	14	15	17	15	12	17	14	11	15	14	15	17	14	13	15
Low °C	13	16	13	14	19	12	13	14	13	16	15	11	16	14	10	13	13	12	16	14	12	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	11	16	20	13	14	13	15	17	15	12	17	13	9	14	12	15	17	13	13	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.4 N	2.3 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NE	0.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	7	7	10	12	8	11	7	16	14	10	12	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	14	8	15	10	8	8	14	14	12	21	12	18	16	11	10	15	7	-	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	4.0 ESE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 SE	-	-	0.9 NE	1.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	5	13	-	-

	Tuesday 30					Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Fri
	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	Smoothwater 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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 NE	1.9 E	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 NE	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.2 N	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.7 NE	1.1 E	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	8	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	14
Energy(?)	214	87	78	81	1027	1109	1120	1178	1224	1451	1185	1163	1502	1041	1117	1209	615	521	516	590	547	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:55AM 1.79						2:39AM 1.46				1:43PM 1.81								1:50PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			1:33PM 1.00		8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				9:10PM 0.09		3:09AM 0.87		7:27AM 0.20				8:09PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	14	19	16	16	16	12	14	16	16	13	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	19	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	19	16	16	16	11	13	16	16	12	18	15	16	15	14	14	14	19	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.2 N	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.7 NE	1.1 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	8	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	19	13	12	11	8	10	10	8	10	9	8	15	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	2.5 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	4	3	-	8	-	4	5	-	-	-	8	8	4

	Tuesday 30																Wednesday 31
	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	Smoothwater 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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 ESE	0.8 S	3.0 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.8 ENE	0.7 S	1.8 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	8	8	6	9	9	18	18	18	6	9	6	10	6	7
Energy(?)	160	47	65	91	2436	2256	2336	165	488	452	484	193	1285	152	141	140	427	169	455	2103	430	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:55AM 1.79																	12:13AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)												6:55PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	5	-	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	16	15	13	15	15	18	12	13	12	12	12	17	14	14	13	11	11	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	12	13	13	18	10	12	9	9	9	17	12	12	11	8	8	9	10	9	8
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	3.0 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	3.0 E	0.5 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	12	10	10	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	10	-	-	11	10	12	10	10	10	12	18	18	18	10	10	10	10	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 SE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	3	3	-	9	9	9	5	6	6	6	5	-	3	3	3	6	6	6	7	6	7

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