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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	Mon		Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ESE	2.5 S	2.0 W	1.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 NW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	8	8	10	10	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	12	13
Energy(?)	1075	457	765	731	460	227	746	456	100	1656	684	240	438	628	1155	1362	1051	1382	1166	2520	762	1572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 2.85	8:52AM 3.04		9:13PM 3.20	10:20AM 1.99	1:36PM 1.95	2:23AM 1.99	10:32AM 3.19		11:01PM 3.42	11:28AM 3.43		11:20PM 3.23	11:45AM 3.32		12:10AM 3.20	7:39AM 1.72	1:48PM 2.17	2:22AM 2.10		2:07PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)	6:02PM 0.23	2:18AM 0.32		3:02PM 0.76	3:30AM 0.64	4:05AM 0.30		8:02PM 0.05	4:18AM 0.23	4:42PM 0.19		5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		5:32AM -0.03	1:12PM -0.01				8:03PM 0.25	8:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	10	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	31	-	-
High °C	15	9	15	15	15	16	16	12	16	14	14	17	19	16	16	16	16	22	19	16	14	18
Low °C	14	9	14	14	12	13	16	10	13	14	12	16	18	16	16	16	16	20	18	15	12	18
Chill °C (?)	15	9	14	14	14	15	15	10	15	12	12	17	18	15	16	16	16	22	19	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.5 SE	2.0 W	1.1 W	0.2 S	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 NW	1.6 SW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	11	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	10	8	7	6	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	-	0.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.5 NE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	11	13	8	8	18	16	10	15	12	11	13	16	15	18	14	-	13	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 SW	2.5 S	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	5	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	715	1102	699	544	353	662	527	291	809	696	325	215	240	227	227	84	221	201	1769	1538	1142	827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 3.05					12:59PM 1.78			9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02			4:15PM 1.48		10:42PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)					2:37AM 0.75				2:57PM 0.43				3:30AM 0.64			10:11AM 0.11	3:24PM 0.22					4:23AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	2	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	13	12	13	9	12	9	15	14	12	11	11	12	13	17	15	16	14	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	9	15	12	11	12	7	12	8	14	13	11	10	10	10	12	17	15	16	13	11	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 WNW	1.0 E	0.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	6	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	5	16	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.8 WNW	0.6 N	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	10	8	8	8	8	12	11	10	13	7	6	9	10	8	7	12	9	17	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	5	9	5	9	-	-	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	744	1557	1075	948	846	877	534	161	649	649	569	544	480	684	680	198	628	194	662	490	488	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:27AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)														2:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	15	15	12	10	8	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	12	14	16	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	14	13	14	15	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	11	13	16	9	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 NE	1.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.6 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	9	9	8	9	5	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	5	11	5	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	10	5	5	8

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