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

	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.6 NNW	1.1 SW	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	12	7	7	11	10	12	13	12	13	16	16	14	14	13	13	11	11	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	125	335	249	1896	1095	1754	2793	4329	4833	8050	5025	3558	1259	1230	1120	1675	1689	1876	3436	3533	4074	10199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 3.29			2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		9:19PM 2.22	8:25AM 1.86		11:10PM 1.99	11:53AM 1.77		12:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:45AM 0.22	12:43PM 0.72	8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28		3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25			2:41PM 0.42		5:33AM 0.31	3:23PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	11	14	14	11	11	12	12	8	9	10	9	11	12	13	8	8	8	9	10	8
Low °C	9	13	10	14	14	8	8	10	11	7	6	8	9	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	14	8	14	14	9	10	11	11	6	9	10	8	11	12	12	5	6	5	9	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	2.5 NW	1.7 NNW	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	-	2.1 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	6	7	6	11	10	12	13	12	13	16	16	14	14	13	13	-	11	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	-	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	16	12	10	7	13	-	6	-	12	11	18	11	6	-	16	15	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	13	12	13	-	-	-	4	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	14	13

	Wed	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.4 W	1.6 NNW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	8	16	7	6	7	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12
Energy	126	125	269	977	335	65	249	3277	1997	1896	1424	1320	1095	1078	1754	1467	3395	2793	1009	4076	4329	3746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 3.29	4:38AM 2.39				3:02PM 1.97			2:49AM 3.17									5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	7:34PM 0.82				7:45AM 0.22		12:43PM 0.72		8:34PM 0.96						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	14	13	9	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	8	8	9	15	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	13	12	7	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	7	9	5	6	7	15	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 W	1.6 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	8	16	7	6	6	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SW	1.1 NNW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	12	12	18	12	8	16	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	7	7	-	13	9	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	2	-	-	4	-	3	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	13	-	12	12	12

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	16	8	8	7	7	8	6	16	7	7	6
Energy	238	127	126	126	213	125	153	212	269	308	382	977	540	655	335	335	566	65	128	251	249	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								1:47AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 0.82																	12:43PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	9	9	13	9	10	10	10	10	11	14	11	11	13	14	14	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	7	7	12	7	8	8	8	8	9	13	9	9	12	13	13	7	7	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	6	7	8	8	8	8	16	8	8	7	7	14	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	15	12	12	12	8	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	8	3	5	7	7	6

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