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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	0.4 SSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 SE	2.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	4	11	11	12	12	7	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	2593	2976	1267	4354	2598	1141	1267	716	12	489	421	370	290	518	1975	3901	1250	1687	1247	859	364	724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:52PM 2.15		4:57AM 1.84	5:09PM 1.86		7:10AM 2.17	6:02PM 1.84		9:19AM 1.69	6:05PM 1.90		6:11AM 2.67	6:43PM 2.96		7:20AM 2.89			8:19AM 2.82		9:26PM 1.94	10:01AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		10:43PM 0.37	11:04AM 0.52		1:11AM 0.57			12:24AM 0.42			12:01AM 0.98	12:23PM 0.74		1:02AM 0.96		3:01PM 0.40	1:34AM 0.53		2:30PM 0.44	3:44AM 0.44		3:39PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	6	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	8	5	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	15	12	18	14	13	17	17	15	13	21	15	16	17	13	14	17	12	19	16
Low °C	12	9	11	14	10	16	14	10	16	17	13	12	19	14	16	17	12	13	15	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	10	14	14	12	18	13	13	17	17	14	12	21	13	15	17	12	13	16	10	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:49	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	0.4 SSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	3.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 SE	2.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	4	11	11	8	12	12	11	9	9	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 SW	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 SW	0.6 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	12	12	13	10	11	13	7	6	12	6	13	-	12	13	9	16	13	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	9	9	7	9	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 25			Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Frentzes Southland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1640	2297	2454	2976	3197	3110	2733	2310	1030	3273	3083	3113	2166	1901	1504	196	776	1226	1091	1218	1077	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:20AM 2.17				4:14PM 1.95				4:21AM 2.89			3:43PM 2.23	4:36PM 2.80				5:16AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44			10:05PM 0.68				11:55AM 0.52				11:38PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	10	9	9	12	15	12	12	12	12	10	10	14	13	17	15	14	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	8	7	7	11	14	10	12	12	12	9	9	14	12	16	15	14	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	12	11	13	19	12	6	20	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25										Friday 26
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Frentzes Southland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.1 SW	1.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	11	14	14	14	15	10	14	14	15	14	15
Energy(?)	1956	4566	2593	2558	2329	2297	2488	2488	1280	2393	2593	2263	2800	2825	2930	551	526	3377	3535	7437	7336	4129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					5:52PM 2.15										3:32AM 2.95	4:57AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	2	2	1
High °C	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	9	11	14	14	14	14	13	9	17	14	15	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	11	12	11	12	11	7	11	12	14	12	13	11	7	16	13	14	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.1 SW	1.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	11	14	14	14	15	10	14	14	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.1 NNW	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	13	15	13	13	12	-	15	18	18	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.1 NNW	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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