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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	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga 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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	3.5 ESE	1.7 E	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	2976	1808	4354	2598	2142	1383	721	370	716	449	153	98	147	3948	695	1662	1817	1332	1098	967	519	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 1.84	5:09PM 1.86		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84	7:36PM 2.18	5:41AM 1.83	6:15PM 1.82		6:16AM 2.85	6:43PM 2.96			6:57PM 2.12	7:50PM 2.50	8:18AM 2.58		9:26PM 1.94	10:01AM 1.94		1:56AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	10:43PM 0.37	11:04AM 0.52		11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		2:04AM 0.59	11:51AM 0.51		11:56PM 0.67	12:28PM 1.05		1:02AM 0.96	7:55AM 0.18		2:06AM 0.45		3:12PM 0.47	3:44AM 0.44		3:39PM 0.81	7:32PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	6	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	3	3	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	15	12	17	14	13	13	18	15	23	23	18	18	12	13	13	12	12	16	16	14
Low °C	9	13	14	10	16	14	10	12	17	13	19	20	14	17	11	12	13	12	12	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	9	16	14	11	16	13	13	12	18	15	23	23	18	18	10	11	12	9	10	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	3.5 SE	1.7 E	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 SW	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	1.1 NE	0.6 SE	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	8	12	12	13	13	11	9	6	6	6	6	5	9	7	-	16	14	13	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	3.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	9	6	8	9	-	-	-	-	3

	Thu	Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.6 NE	1.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	2650	2976	3197	3066	2733	2310	1311	3273	3914	3113	2133	1901	1519	50	1533	1486	1073	1311	1180	1059	576	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 1.84				4:14PM 1.95				4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40	3:43PM 2.23	4:37PM 2.47				5:51AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52				10:05PM 0.68								11:38PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	9	9	13	15	13	12	11	12	11	10	14	21	17	15	14	11	11	11	16	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	7	12	14	12	12	11	12	10	9	14	21	16	15	14	10	10	9	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.6 NE	1.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	12	20	20	13	13	13	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	14	14	14	14	9	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2488	2488	2650	2688	2935	2976	1904	3548	6480	3147	3021	3021	3436	70	464	4681	4042	6389	5992	5612	3944	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																					3:49PM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	15	13	13	14	19	21	15	15	13	13	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	14	12	11	12	19	21	14	14	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 S	1.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	14	14	14	14	9	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	1.4 W	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	14	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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