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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	1	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.8 SW	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	6	7	11	10	12	13	12	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	8	11	11	14	14	15	14	14
Energy	246	97	1840	1040	1754	3720	4837	7484	8190	5559	3266	3008	1091	1026	1071	1048	924	1765	1482	1099	3127	3729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		9:41PM 1.82		12:14PM 1.46	7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		8:53PM 1.86		1:08PM 1.74	11:56PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36PM 0.10	8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:47PM 0.82	2:58AM 0.28		4:34PM 0.28		6:03AM 0.11		2:08AM 0.46		2:41PM 0.42		7:00AM 0.29			6:16AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	8	9	10	9	15	16	12	12	11	11	10	12	13	17
Low °C	11	10	14	14	8	8	9	10	6	6	10	8	13	15	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	14	14	9	9	10	8	6	9	8	8	15	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.6 ENE	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	11	10	12	12	13	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	12	11	11	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 W	1.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	12	10	7	13	-	21	-	11	19	10	10	5	19	16	15	15	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	2.5 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	4	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.8 W	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.8 SW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	8	16	6	7	7	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14
Energy	269	1569	246	397	97	663	2517	1840	1405	1353	1040	1076	1754	1041	3570	3720	4076	4084	4837	3167	7484	5968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 3.29	4:38AM 2.39							2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			6:54AM 0.24		12:36PM 0.10		8:59PM 0.44						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:47PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	11	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	9	8	9	10	11	9	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	8	14	11	12	9	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	9	8	6	7	8	9	8	9	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.5 N	1.0 N	1.2 N	0.6 ENE	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	8	4	6	7	6	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	16	8	12	7	12	11	11	10	12	7	-	-	13	13	12	-	6	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	16	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	-

	Thursday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 NW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 N	3.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	12	8	8	8	16	16	8	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	12	8	12	12	11	11
Energy	153	212	269	308	1674	1569	460	500	246	545	534	397	397	215	97	131	3978	663	3063	2971	2517	1936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:47AM 3.29			4:38AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)								7:45AM 0.22													8:59PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	10	10	10	10	15	15	11	13	11	13	14	12	13	11	11	14	13	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	13	14	9	12	11	12	13	12	13	8	9	14	13	14	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.6 NW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	3.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	4	4	8	12	6	12	15	7	7	6	6	15	12	8	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	-	12	15	-	15	12	16	16	16	8	-	12	12	12	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 N	1.5 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	-	7	-	-	-

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