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	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.1 N	2.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	12	10	10	7	13	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	7	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	777	1059	1060	722	500	1241	933	529	65	972	1566	1337	623	920	1004	515	821	254	253	559	1428	1319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:34PM 2.65	12:45AM 3.02		1:07PM 2.92	1:19AM 2.56		2:22PM 1.72	1:59AM 2.41		4:13PM 1.69	2:52AM 2.61	3:27AM 1.61	5:13PM 1.61		4:25AM 1.58	5:23PM 1.51		5:43AM 1.56		7:31PM 1.61	11:35AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.84	6:56AM 0.89		7:13PM 0.51	9:12AM 0.51		7:52PM 0.67	8:06AM 0.77		8:43PM 1.24	9:49AM 0.72		10:09PM 0.71	10:53AM 0.72		11:24PM 0.73		12:09PM 0.70	1:46AM 0.77	5:23AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	12	15	17	17	15	14	19	18	14	14	13	10	16	13	11	16	19	16	15
Low °C	15	17	16	9	15	15	17	15	13	17	15	11	13	12	9	15	11	10	13	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	10	14	17	17	13	11	19	18	14	12	11	8	15	11	8	16	19	15	14
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 NNE	2.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	12	12	10	10	9	13	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	7	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	-	-	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	12	11	14	9	11	14	14	16	-	10	7	-	13	9	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	8	9	-	-	6	7	-	6	9	7	3	3	3	-

	Sunday 05					Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wed
	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	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.4 SW	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 NNE	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	9
Energy(?)	1121	1336	1081	1004	1006	1060	1000	1163	555	507	500	286	1040	562	1144	1052	1669	1049	1099	1166	660	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			12:31PM 3.05				2:15AM 1.95				2:42PM 1.91				1:45AM 1.86				2:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	7:48AM 0.29				6:40PM 0.84				6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	19	20	17	15	17	9	14	16	21	15	19	16	11	16	17	17	17	16	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	19	20	17	15	17	7	13	16	21	14	19	15	9	15	17	17	17	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 N	2.0 NNE	1.4 SW	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 NNE	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	8	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	-	1.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	7	6	-	8	7	7	-	12	12	7	12	11	12	14	14	14	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	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	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1124	1156	777	891	896	1011	2491	2692	1059	1111	2067	1004	1922	1682	651	651	1514	555	468	468	1000	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								1:06PM 1.90												1:10AM 1.96	2:15AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	17	15	15	16	18	12	12	17	19	13	17	16	11	15	15	16	14	14	14	9	12
Chill °C (?)	9	17	14	14	15	18	10	10	17	19	12	17	15	9	14	14	16	13	13	13	7	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.9 NE	0.8 N	0.6 W	-	0.9 N	1.2 NE	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	16	-	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	-	4	6	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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