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

	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	6	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 SE	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.6 SW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	10	11	11	10	11	9	7	8	14	10	11	10	12	15	13	11	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	787	559	1131	735	421	838	375	133	311	152	209	2514	2714	794	239	408	537	907	1669	978	1476	1798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 1.33		2:27PM 1.42	8:14PM 2.89	12:42PM 1.88		1:11AM 2.00	9:29AM 3.02		10:07PM 3.33	10:06AM 3.18		10:56PM 3.02	12:03PM 2.15		11:51PM 3.32	12:10PM 3.11		12:10AM 3.20	12:35PM 3.30	5:13PM 2.03	1:47AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)		6:54AM 0.25		2:32AM 0.42	6:30AM 0.19	6:53PM 0.14			3:49PM 0.17			4:17PM 0.08		5:51AM 0.23	5:35PM 0.14		5:59AM 0.03	6:34PM 0.51		6:22AM 0.01		7:28PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	16	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	12	1	-	40
High °C	11	10	15	14	16	15	10	17	17	14	15	16	13	20	17	14	15	17	15	18	19	11
Low °C	10	10	14	13	15	15	9	15	16	14	13	14	10	17	17	12	13	17	11	17	19	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	14	13	16	14	9	17	16	13	15	14	11	20	17	12	14	16	14	18	19	10
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	3.0 S	1.9 SE	0.9 W	0.9 E	1.3 SW	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.6 SW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	10	11	11	10	11	9	7	6	8	9	11	10	6	10	13	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	5	9	10	8	8	8	9	8	16	9	9	10	9	7	12	15	-	18	13	7	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 NW	-	2.1 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	10	9	4	-	6	-	4	13	-	-	6

	Sun	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	2.5 NNE	1.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	9	10	8	9	8	10	8
Energy(?)	204	1668	341	2831	559	947	830	1062	639	538	655	571	421	942	770	664	543	254	324	210	297	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.73	2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:12PM 2.67				8:45AM 2.68				9:09PM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.18										2:04AM 0.32				2:57PM 0.43				2:58AM 0.18		7:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	18	13	10	10	10	15	14	12	14	15	15	12	16	15	13	11	15	15	11	17
Chill °C (?)	17	14	18	12	8	9	9	15	13	10	14	15	15	11	16	14	12	10	15	15	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	12	13	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	8	10	9	10	8	9	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	2.2 NW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	10	9	10	11	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	2.5 NNE	0.4 NW	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	5	9	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 30				Monday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	2.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10
Energy(?)	189	939	204	1244	798	787	751	1460	2214	2291	2667	2232	2831	4122	2884	2451	2194	1517	2041	1845	830	974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					11:18PM 1.75								7:49AM 2.52	8:32AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.18																		1:31PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	17	15	11	11	11	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	15	14	14	16	16	10	14
Chill °C (?)	18	15	17	14	10	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	14	13	13	15	15	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	2.1 NW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 NW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	9	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.7 WSW	1.8 NW	-	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	4	14	14	13	5	5	5	12	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	8	10	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	10	8	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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