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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	5	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	5	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 ESE	5.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	6	8	7	11	11	11	12	8	11	12	11	11	12	10	14	11	11	12
Energy(?)	954	577	260	286	612	378	441	5615	2260	1580	433	940	2471	1733	990	724	762	2592	150	2143	1006	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 1.45	1:11AM 2.00	9:40AM 3.04		10:02PM 3.19	10:37AM 3.33		11:01PM 3.42	11:20AM 3.07		3:56AM 2.21		4:18PM 2.05	1:16AM 2.26		1:48PM 2.17	1:47AM 3.36		6:09PM 1.97	8:18PM 2.02	7:54AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)					3:56PM 0.15		4:23AM 0.58	4:47PM 0.54		5:08AM 0.04	5:35PM -0.03	9:34PM -0.02	10:11AM 0.09			7:37AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.58	7:55AM 0.74		2:33AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	43	1	7	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	12	16	12	15	16	12	21	16	14	14	14	16	22	20	16	15	15	14	16
Low °C	13	13	13	11	15	10	13	15	10	19	16	11	13	13	16	21	19	12	10	14	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	11	11	15	11	15	14	11	21	16	12	13	13	16	22	20	14	15	14	12	16
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 ESE	0.3 NE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.0 W	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	16	8	7	9	11	11	7	8	13	12	11	11	12	10	6	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 NNW	1.5 W	0.5 ENE	1.4 N	-	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	7	16	9	9	15	14	12	10	12	-	13	-	13	13	7	7	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	5.0 S	-	-	-	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	1.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	11	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach 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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	9	9	9	9	13	9	9
Energy(?)	336	207	527	817	744	541	240	257	223	234	208	408	373	306	532	1398	1004	623	604	206	486	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							9:13PM 3.20				9:39AM 2.84		1:36PM 1.95			10:42PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 0.75				3:01PM 0.31				3:30AM 0.64									4:23AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	11	14	14	15	12	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	17	11	13	14	14	11	9	7	12	13	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	12	11	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Tuesday 02
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach 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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	13	13	8	8	11	10	10
Energy(?)	331	194	457	643	786	787	482	938	688	936	817	452	445	483	222	424	423	335	330	400	151	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:53AM 1.41						8:52AM 3.04				12:42PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)															3:27PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	8	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	14	7	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	9	19	19	19	8	10	10	8	11	12	11	11	9	10	10	7	7	9	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5

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