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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.5 N	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	14	12	9	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	12	7	11	11	15
Energy(?)	2008	882	2422	939	680	1063	1824	410	1662	1603	877	1434	710	1382	5287	745	1295	828	255	560	431	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	on	cross	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 2.03		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		2:04PM 2.58	2:20AM 2.89		2:40PM 2.44	3:36AM 1.70		4:10PM 1.63	3:47AM 2.27		6:13PM 1.61		5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51		6:53AM 1.52		7:34PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.34		9:13PM 0.42	9:25AM 0.39		8:16PM 0.97	8:36AM 0.57		9:31PM 0.60	9:52AM 0.64		9:37PM 0.82	10:14AM 1.29		11:19PM 0.76	12:03PM 0.77		12:24AM 0.73		1:19PM 0.74	1:49AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	18	14	17	13	17	17	17	16	14	20	19	14	14	13	15	14	15	12	14	15	14
Low °C	10	15	13	15	9	16	14	16	15	13	18	19	12	13	13	14	13	15	11	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	18	12	17	11	17	17	17	14	12	20	19	14	12	11	14	14	15	10	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.5 N	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	14	14	12	9	10	9	14	13	9	10	10	10	13	7	13	12	13	6	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.6 N	-	0.8 N	-	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 E	1.3 E	0.4 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	5	-	6	-	12	12	12	11	-	9	13	14	15	-	14	14	14	6	11	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NE	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3058	3642	3366	3768	1127	1336	1070	1614	1091	1534	1297	1094	555	353	509	1446	1223	1824	1134	1537	1437	1478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				2:20AM 1.88				3:42PM 1.91				2:45AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36				7:56AM 0.42				8:51PM 0.51				9:08AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	10	19	20	17	17	15	14	15	17	20	16	16	17	17	16	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	8	8	19	20	17	17	14	13	14	17	20	15	16	17	17	16	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	6	8	-	12	-	12	12	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	10	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 04	Sunday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	14	15	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2121	3600	3058	3424	1985	543	445	836	533	2264	2452	2486	787	782	3151	2858	2906	2715	1075	2706	2422	2308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:12AM 3.12												1:56PM 1.98	2:06PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)													7:21AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	2	2
High °C	12	11	12	11	11	15	14	16	17	14	14	14	17	15	10	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	10	14	13	16	16	13	13	13	17	14	8	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	15	11	10	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.8 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	14	13	5	13	6	16	16	5	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 NE	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	6	6	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	6	6	6

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