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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 N	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	13	10	14	13	8	9	9	15	15	13	13	14	12	10	10	10	8	11
Energy(?)	777	1059	1060	680	293	1448	1466	826	1086	1073	875	1157	1360	2540	2036	784	844	422	433	559	1072	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 2.01	2:10AM 1.92		1:07PM 2.92	1:20AM 2.89		1:40PM 2.44	2:36AM 1.70		2:24PM 2.29	2:36AM 2.43	4:28AM 1.65	4:01PM 1.59		4:00AM 2.51			5:53AM 1.52		8:39PM 1.76	7:05AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.42	7:03AM 0.42		7:16PM 0.97	7:33AM 1.03		8:31PM 0.60	8:17AM 0.73		8:26PM 0.84	10:55AM 0.71		10:19PM 0.76	10:28AM 1.35	12:03PM 0.74	11:24PM 0.73		1:13PM 0.70	2:56AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	12	21	17	15	16	16	19	19	14	15	14	14	16	17	15	19	17	13	20
Low °C	15	17	16	9	18	16	12	16	15	17	18	11	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	10	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	10	21	16	14	16	14	19	19	14	14	13	14	16	17	15	19	16	11	20
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 N	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.2 SSW	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	12	13	10	14	13	12	9	9	9	10	13	13	14	12	10	10	13	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	0.8 N	1.1 SW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	8	12	-	8	10	13	13	15	15	8	13	14	14	6	11	-	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.5 E	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	2	5	14	-	-	-	6	-	10	8	12

	Sunday 05							Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 N	2.2 NNE	1.6 N	1.4 SW	2.2 N	2.5 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	9	13	10	10	14	13	9
Energy(?)	3366	3768	1122	1336	1082	1006	1029	1060	1327	651	555	508	509	554	1126	517	655	1001	1755	855	1779	1828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 2.03				12:31PM 3.05				1:20AM 1.88				2:42PM 1.91				2:53AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48AM 0.29				6:40PM 0.84				6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55	9:12AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	10	10	19	20	17	15	17	15	16	17	21	16	17	17	15	10	16	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	19	20	17	14	17	14	16	17	21	15	17	16	14	8	16	15	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 N	2.2 NNE	1.6 N	1.4 SW	2.2 N	2.5 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	9	13	10	10	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	1.5 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	-	1.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	6	8	7	7	8	-	12	12	12	7	11	14	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 E	2.0 E	3.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	8	9

	Sunday 05
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	-	13
Energy(?)	3219	3316	1235	943	692	779	794	787	2795	901	901	830	2491	1075	2430	1095	2067	780	1977	1682	0	1658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:40AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)							6:22AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	17	13	18	18	19	12	12	13	20	13	15	16	11	11	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	16	13	13	13	17	12	18	18	19	10	10	11	20	12	14	15	9	8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.9 NE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 NE	-	0.8 N	-	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	-	6	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.1 NE	-	0.5 E	-	1.2 NE	0.6 E	1.4 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	3	-	6	3	5	3

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