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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	8	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 W	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	15	17	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	10	12	12	14	12	12
Energy	3114	3732	3162	1021	1314	1155	1192	1089	2216	10404	7586	3703	1543	1264	3013	4412	1172	1737	3332	1394	2180	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		1:56AM 2.01			1:38AM 2.54	11:26AM 3.45			4:02AM 1.93	4:37PM 2.07	1:54AM 2.24	4:41AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 0.55			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15	7:47PM 0.13	8:07AM 0.01	5:18PM 0.28	7:37PM 0.35	5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	9:59PM 0.09	10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19	10:59AM -0.00	12:27PM -0.03	11:35PM 0.14	9:18AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	13	14	14	13	14	11	11	12	9	10	11	10	7	9	10	11	11	8	7
Low °C	12	10	9	11	14	13	13	13	11	10	12	7	8	10	6	6	8	7	10	10	5	6
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	13	13	14	13	14	8	10	10	8	10	10	7	3	6	8	8	10	5	6
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:32
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	16	15	14	13	13	11	13	10	12	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	17	-	8	8	6	18	17	5	-	9	-	-	-	14	13	13	16	-	11	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.3 NW	1.9 W	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	3	12	12	-	-	-

	Friday 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	14	14
Energy	3114	1216	3732	3281	3133	3162	1021	1145	1021	2332	1314	1184	1213	1155	1335	1170	1192	1181	1089	1654	1867	2216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:17AM 1.91					10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21	10:02AM 2.12				9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)							2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23					3:14AM 0.17				3:42PM 0.15	7:47PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	1
Temp. °C	12	12	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	13	8	8	10	10	10	6	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	8	8
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	17	9	-	-	9	9	8	22	8	7	7	6	7	7	18	18	17	16	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	6

	Friday 12																	Saturday 13
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy	3352	3199	3114	3490	3817	1216	1169	3681	3732	3839	3688	3281	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1021	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 1.91		10:26AM 2.41												10:52PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)											4:51PM 0.55										2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	18	17	17	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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