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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 ESE	6.0 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 W	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	6	8	8	12	11	11	10	15	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	885	577	322	286	576	387	327	9184	2607	1662	1070	456	1541	1040	1008	205	777	4167	2484	1753	1068	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 1.88		9:08PM 3.05			10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33		10:28PM 3.20		3:23PM 2.05	3:56AM 2.21	12:20PM 3.47		1:26AM 2.15		1:13PM 3.46		7:16AM 2.13		9:07PM 1.40	9:39AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57PM 0.43	3:25AM 0.30	7:25AM 0.13	3:55PM 0.63		4:23AM 0.58	4:43PM 0.04		9:15AM 0.08		9:34PM -0.02	6:09AM 0.57		7:09PM 0.20	7:02AM 0.64		10:22PM 0.23		2:40PM 0.01	3:12AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	2	-	-	48	5	2	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	11	16	12	15	17	12	22	24	14	16	17	16	22	20	16	17	15	14	19
Low °C	14	14	12	11	16	10	13	16	10	19	21	11	16	16	16	22	19	13	17	15	11	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	10	15	11	14	15	11	22	24	12	15	17	16	22	20	14	16	14	14	19
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 ESE	-	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.8 E	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 SW	1.6 W	4.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	16	8	8	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	10	7	9	8	16	15	-	15	14	9	15	15	18	13	15	13	15	15	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	6.0 S	-	0.5 W	0.6 NW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	12	-	3	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 ESE	3.0 SE	4.5 S	4.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	10	16	16	16	7	9	9	9	10	13	9	10	11	12
Energy(?)	527	803	750	423	304	257	240	234	221	421	354	285	236	1441	1098	626	691	258	630	1530	9910	4294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02		1:36PM 1.95			10:42PM 2.09					3:52PM 1.94	4:49PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			2:57PM 0.43	6:53PM 0.14			3:30AM 0.64									4:23AM 0.58						11:34PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	15	13	12	10	10	12	13	11	12	11	12	13	12	10	15	15	16	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	13	11	9	8	11	12	10	10	9	11	12	11	8	15	14	15	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 SW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 ESE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	7	15	9	9	10	13	9	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	16	17	15	15	15	-	9	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	4.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	11	-

	Tuesday 02																Wednesday 03
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 SW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	469	1395	885	518	811	799	799	755	680	465	427	423	357	342	360	298	279	254	162	126	90	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 2.88													9:48PM 2.00						3:36AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)								2:54PM 0.32				6:53PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	12	13	13	14	14	17	12	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	11	10	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	16	12	13	13	14	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	13
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	12	13	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	12	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-

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