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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 E	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	20	18	16	16	11	8	14	11	8	9	12
Energy(?)	1125	3518	1792	1320	1627	681	143	5739	4908	2602	1309	758	2290	1845	1266	367	107	390	712	638	950	2199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.75		2:03AM 1.78			11:25PM 1.88	11:42AM 1.96		11:29PM 3.15	11:43AM 3.27		12:05AM 3.25	12:18PM 2.87		1:15AM 2.07			2:39AM 2.14	5:45AM 1.77	1:06PM 2.90		8:48AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.69	7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41	4:40PM 1.07		5:36AM 0.53	5:18PM 0.91		5:37AM 0.86	5:49PM 0.43		6:09AM 0.20	6:15PM 0.08	7:05PM 0.30	7:21AM 0.31		8:31PM 0.06	12:01PM 0.21		12:29AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	20	20	15	12	15	15	15	12	12	13	15	13	22	22	17	15	17	14	16
Low °C	14	14	10	16	19	12	12	14	15	15	11	10	12	15	12	19	22	12	15	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	20	20	14	10	12	13	15	10	10	12	14	11	22	22	16	15	16	12	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 E	1.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	13	12	10	11	9	9	11	11	18	16	9	11	8	14	11	14	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.9 SE	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.0 E	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.3 W	0.8 W	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	6	13	14	12	12	8	-	10	12	12	20	9	10	16	7	11	14	11	16	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	1.4 SE	-	0.5 W	-	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	2.0 W	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	2	4	10	10	9	-	4	-	8	-	3	-	7	7	8	-	6

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Aramoana Spit Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.3 E	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	14	8	13	10
Energy(?)	3027	3168	1547	1593	1517	3952	3227	1174	1157	1392	1603	1054	1417	1132	1276	1047	505	698	1341	2093	1860	5226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.98				10:31PM 2.70				12:23PM 1.99	3:23PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)								4:21AM 1.16				4:40PM 1.07				5:36AM 0.53				4:56PM 0.87	9:24PM 0.24	10:55PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	10	15	20	21	18	16	14	15	14	13	12	12	16	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	8	14	20	21	18	15	13	14	13	11	11	10	16	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.3 S	2.3 E	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	14	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	1.4 SE	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	20	20	12	18	8	8	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	3	9	8	8	10

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Aramoana Spit Otago	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 S	0.8 E	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	8	6	8	7
Energy(?)	3279	3147	1125	1201	1808	3168	3126	1710	1642	1602	2359	1559	2449	1732	4590	4590	1653	2376	119	604	87	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																10:42PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)									3:58PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	15	15	13	15	16	17	17	18	16	16	15	13	13	13	11	11	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	15	14	13	15	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	11	12	12	10	10	14	9	11
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.3 NNW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	13	7	7	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	6	6	13	-	14	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.8 S	0.4 SW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	7	14	14	-	-	3	6	3	7

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