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

	Fri		Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	4	8	9	5	3	5	9	9	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.0 NE	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	9	9	18	17	17	14	16	21	20	15	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	14
Energy	838	805	746	682	226	1285	7644	8636	3901	534	3931	10334	9712	3021	1402	1063	6129	4374	1129	1367	2357	2644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 2.91			8:30PM 1.66	7:31AM 1.45	4:02PM 1.69		3:28AM 2.58			11:17AM 1.31		11:37PM 1.41	5:47AM 2.84		7:39PM 1.84	9:29AM 2.30		7:09PM 2.56	10:26AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13	12:46PM 0.47	2:52AM 0.44			10:11PM 0.64	9:50AM 0.66	3:47PM 0.41	10:10PM 0.73	5:09AM 0.27	5:22PM 0.28			12:06PM 0.98	1:55AM 0.46	3:25AM 0.65	12:16PM 0.49	1:19AM 0.46	4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	12	3	2	4	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	11	10	13	10	11	13	15	11	12	12	14	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	13
Low °C	13	11	11	9	8	9	9	11	12	12	11	9	11	13	10	11	12	11	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	8	10	11	10	11	12	15	10	11	12	13	11	12	10	11	12	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.0 NE	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	18	17	17	14	16	21	20	15	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	1.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	-	1.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	9	8	6	9	10	9	9	16	-	21	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Friday 05			Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	9	9	20	18	18	17	17	17	16
Energy	838	804	858	805	754	780	746	1659	682	216	222	226	294	1249	1285	3001	7644	9202	8860	8636	8047	7860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91										7:31AM 1.45			4:02PM 1.69				4:22AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.13				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47		7:28PM 0.66		2:09AM 0.93			9:51AM 0.62				10:11PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	2	7	2	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	2	2	-	1
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	8	12	13	9	6	5	6	9	9	10	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NE	0.5 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	10	10	20	18	18	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	-	9	9	9	17	8	-	-	6	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	7	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	729	729	838	774	804	804	906	761	858	819	819	805	805	754	754	754	1404	780	780	754	746	1889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)																					8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	10

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