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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	5	5	3	3	5	9	8	9	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 W	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.5 W
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	19	18	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	13	17	16	15
Energy	789	859	1219	601	3263	3664	917	713	4468	10415	7060	8190	1257	6254	4831	4046	3081	3789	3510	6857	5368	1316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 2.12	8:28AM 1.52	3:52PM 1.75		9:37AM 1.53			8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	5:47AM 2.84		9:02PM 2.22	10:42AM 1.78		8:34PM 1.93	10:26AM 2.41		11:48PM 2.12	8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07			9:36PM 1.16	3:35AM 0.42	4:22PM 0.43	10:58PM 0.57		3:14PM 0.40			4:06PM 0.35		4:32AM 0.33	2:25PM 0.39	2:52AM 0.34	4:21AM 0.56	3:22PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	9	10	10	12	15	16	9	10	12	11	10	14	13	13	13	12	10	10	9	11
Low °C	12	10	8	9	9	11	12	10	7	9	11	11	9	13	11	12	13	10	9	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	6	8	10	11	15	16	6	7	10	8	9	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	10
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 W	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	3.5 SSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	19	18	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	-	-	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.5 SE	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	11	18	12	11	-	10	-	9	9	16	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 N	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	8	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	3	13	17	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Jacks Point Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	4	1	3	3	3	5	9	4	5	3	5	3	3	3	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 NNW	2.4 SW	0.8 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.0 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	9	8	9	19	18	17	18	16	17	16	15	15	15	17	16
Energy	789	1603	859	524	222	1219	69	1040	601	844	3263	9178	1600	3664	730	3965	917	646	713	315	1553	4468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)									8:28AM 1.52			4:02PM 1.69	7:59PM 1.55			3:47AM 2.79		9:37AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47		7:28PM 0.66									9:36PM 1.16						4:42PM 0.29		10:58PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	13	8	10	9	9	11	9	11	14	11	10	12	12	15	16	13	9	8
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	8	13	4	10	6	8	9	9	10	12	11	10	11	11	15	16	12	7	6
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.6 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	6	9	8	9	19	18	17	18	16	17	16	15	15	15	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NW	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	17	8	7	-	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	4	9	8	8	8	9	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.4 SW	-	2.4 SW	-	2.1 SW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.5 W	-	1.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	10	5	10	-	8	-	9	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	8	8	4	-	17	-

	Saturday 06																	Sunday 07
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	4	1	3	3	3	5	9	4	5	3	5	3	3	3	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	6	6
Energy	754	789	789	673	1828	1603	1542	1379	859	1151	675	524	227	222	222	259	230	1219	1391	1361	69	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24AM 1.13											7:28PM 0.66						1:19AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	10	11	12	12	11	12	9	10	13	13	13	10	10	8	8	8	10	8
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	8	10	11	11	8	10	6	8	13	13	13	10	10	4	4	4	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	17	17	17	15	8	8	14	7	-	-	-	6	6	9	23	23	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	5	10	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	6

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