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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 N	3.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	2.1 W	1.6 ENE	2.3 NW	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	10	10	9	13	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	15	12	10	12	9	10	12	12
Energy(?)	413	1003	1026	1420	1657	2872	102	1803	1554	1355	726	1083	551	789	880	258	286	1316	374	1147	7027	6722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 2.79	1:20AM 2.89		2:22PM 1.72	2:36AM 1.70		4:13PM 1.69		3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		4:00AM 2.51	5:23PM 1.51		3:48AM 2.45		12:07AM 1.40	10:48AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 0.97	7:58AM 0.48		8:31PM 0.60	8:52AM 0.64		9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		9:44PM 1.34	10:28AM 1.35		10:59PM 1.37	10:16AM 1.11	5:43PM 0.41		4:40AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	25
High °C	18	17	17	18	18	15	18	20	15	17	15	13	18	17	13	17	21	14	19	17	18	18
Low °C	14	16	15	17	15	14	14	18	11	14	15	11	16	15	12	13	19	13	14	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	18	18	13	18	20	14	17	15	12	18	17	12	17	21	14	19	16	18	18
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	2.1 W	1.6 ENE	2.3 NW	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	7	14	14	15	12	10	12	9	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	14	15	13	13	14	13	14	14	7	14	9	9	13	13	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	0.9 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.0 NNE	-	-	3.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	-	-	12	-

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.4 SW	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.8 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNE	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 NE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	642	507	343	552	1071	1026	1226	796	1420	1652	1657	635	532	1565	823	1270	1156	1130	1171	2040	1008	1006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:07PM 2.92				1:55AM 1.79				2:22PM 1.72				2:01AM 2.75			9:26AM 1.31			7:39PM 1.51	9:01PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55				7:56PM 1.11						1:25PM 0.54	4:09PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	7	6	16	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	21	21	16	16	15	16	10	17	18	18	14	14	14	14	16	16	21	18	20	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	16	15	14	15	8	17	18	18	13	13	13	14	16	16	21	18	20	14	17
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.4 SW	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.8 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNE	1.9 N	1.8 NNE	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	8	12	12	12	12	7	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	-	9	10	13	10	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 N	-	1.6 NNE	-	3.0 NE	-	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	-	9	-	4

	Monday 06	Tuesday 07
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	9	12	6	10	6	12	10	6	6
Energy(?)	651	673	413	396	982	921	985	575	1003	1007	1039	284	263	1107	292	14	95	219	112	561	380	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 0.42													7:51PM 0.51					12:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	17	19	19	18	15	17	17	17	19	17	16	15	15	13	15	13	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	17	19	19	18	14	17	17	17	19	17	16	14	14	12	14	11	14	11	13
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 N	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 N	2.1 NNE	1.0 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	6	10	10	12	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	13	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	5	9	9	12	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	10	6	6

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