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

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	8	5	5	3	5	9	9	5	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.0 NE	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	10	8	9	9	18	18	17	13	15	19	14	15	14	14	18	16	16	15	14	14	16
Energy	750	789	512	234	560	7559	3378	3303	609	3619	11064	8384	3649	1229	3015	7448	4374	3270	1256	1267	3377	4396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 2.91			8:30PM 1.66		4:02PM 1.69		3:49AM 2.30			11:17AM 1.31			5:47AM 2.84		10:14PM 1.72	9:29AM 2.30		7:09PM 2.56	11:40AM 1.90		9:29PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 1.13	1:05PM 0.44	2:52AM 0.44	8:30AM 0.69		9:36PM 1.16	10:10AM 0.60	3:47PM 0.41	10:58PM 0.57	5:09AM 0.27	12:23PM 0.48	12:08AM 0.60		4:06PM 0.35		3:25AM 0.65	5:00PM 0.29	1:19AM 0.46	5:23AM 0.24	3:16PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	21	3	-	4	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	10	12	10	12	13	15	11	12	14	10	11	14	13	13	14	12	10	13	13
Low °C	12	12	10	9	11	9	11	12	11	7	8	11	9	10	13	12	13	13	11	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	15	8	10	13	9	11	12	11	12	14	12	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.0 NE	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 S	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	7	9	9	18	18	17	13	15	19	15	15	14	14	18	16	16	15	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.1 N	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	6	10	10	9	9	16	11	20	12	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	15	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	14	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	5	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NE	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	20	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16
Energy	846	750	754	780	789	1659	512	254	216	234	278	1157	560	3253	7559	8782	3367	3378	3225	3091	3303	5164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 2.91													4:02PM 1.69				3:47AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:53PM 0.63				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	1:05PM 0.44		7:28PM 0.66		2:09AM 0.93		8:30AM 0.69	9:51AM 0.62				9:36PM 1.16				10:07AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	6	4	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	10	8	8	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	12	12	9	11	12	13	9	5	5	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NE	0.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	9	6	10	9	10	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	9	17	8	-	-	6	9	10	10	20	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	5	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Energy	882	761	846	819	819	750	750	754	754	754	1391	780	754	789	789	673	1890	1659	1564	1149	512	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)															8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	10	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	8	9	9	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	12	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	17	17	17	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	8	8

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