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

	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whareama Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	12	8	12	13
Energy(?)	1232	3232	1281	1152	2489	1385	1215	837	389	254	265	103	653	731	1625	867	842	343	328	787	367	1277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:14PM 1.82	7:04PM 1.71		4:55PM 1.79		8:18AM 1.53			4:30AM 2.58	5:15PM 2.51		5:41AM 2.48		7:04PM 1.51	6:48AM 2.06		7:29PM 2.06	8:02AM 2.16		8:07PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.66		1:22AM 0.48	9:42AM 0.55		9:56PM 0.54		2:40PM 0.58	10:54PM 0.71	10:51AM 1.34		11:57PM 0.80	12:08PM 1.42		1:17AM 0.83		1:09PM 1.00	1:42AM 0.99		2:34PM 1.29	2:17AM 0.88	8:45AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	8	3	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	11	15	17	17	16	18	16	15	18	18	14	21	23	17	21	23	17	16	12	16	20
Low °C	12	10	14	15	16	13	15	15	12	15	17	13	16	22	16	21	20	12	14	12	13	18
Chill °C (?)	11	8	15	17	17	16	18	15	15	18	18	13	21	23	16	21	23	16	16	9	15	20
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	13	13	12	8	8	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	7	11	11	11	14	10	5	5	11	11	9	10	7	9	7	9	6	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NNE	0.5 N	1.7 N	0.3 NNW	2.1 SW	-	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	4	-	7	5	9	6	4	7	2	8	-	13

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	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	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3155	3369	3468	3455	1262	1300	3384	3089	3721	1153	1152	3756	1603	3069	3032	2314	1122	1399	1261	529	897	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:04PM 1.71		3:30AM 1.77				3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39				3:23PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)											9:07AM 1.03								9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	15	17	11	17	10	10	15	15	15	17	16	18	13	14	13	13	14	14	18	14
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	17	9	17	8	8	15	15	15	17	16	18	11	14	13	12	14	13	18	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.4 E	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.6 N	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	9	11	-	11	7	7	11	11	11	16	11	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4

	Sunday 08
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	6
Energy(?)	3371	3936	2564	3700	1014	1556	3133	3121	3262	1719	1562	3455	1562	3497	3497	2449	1863	1888	1888	1429	1917	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:54AM 1.86													3:14PM 1.82							10:13PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 0.44											8:51PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	13	16	14	17	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	16	14	17	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.5 E	0.9 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	7	9	7	-	7	9	9	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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