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

	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	1	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.6 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 NW	1.4 NNE	2.1 NW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	6	8	8	9	10	18	12	8	11	11	11	11	12	10	6	10	12	12
Energy(?)	827	536	400	232	561	509	46	2793	1293	219	392	1061	2039	1288	938	888	788	3605	163	1383	1012	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:11AM 2.00	9:40AM 3.04		10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33		11:01PM 3.42	11:20AM 3.07		11:56PM 3.45	11:45AM 3.32		12:51AM 3.43		1:48PM 2.17	1:47AM 3.36			7:43PM 1.73	8:17AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.23			3:50PM 0.29		4:23AM 0.58	4:47PM 0.54		5:08AM 0.04	5:09PM -0.00		5:32AM -0.03	6:34PM 0.51		7:37AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.58	7:55AM 0.74	2:26PM 0.04	1:45AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	43	-	7	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	16	12	11	16	14	21	16	14	14	14	16	22	19	16	25	15	14	17
Low °C	13	13	12	12	15	10	11	15	10	20	16	11	13	13	16	21	19	12	24	14	11	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	15	11	11	14	12	21	16	12	13	13	16	22	19	14	25	14	12	16
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:28	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	0.5 ENE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.0 W	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 NW	0.6 NE	2.1 NW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	16	8	9	10	10	9	7	8	13	11	11	11	12	10	6	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 E	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.2 S	1.1 W	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	8	16	8	9	15	12	12	9	-	-	14	16	10	13	8	13	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	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	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	336	430	527	797	622	372	329	257	222	239	232	202	218	211	321	1069	1050	521	572	224	44	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02					10:42PM 2.09					3:52PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 0.75				2:57PM 0.43				3:30AM 0.64				3:24PM 0.22					4:23AM 0.58		10:31AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	9	11	14	15	14	12	10	9	13	12	16	13	16	12	13	12	11	16	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	13	14	14	11	9	7	12	11	16	12	16	11	12	11	10	16	17	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	15	15	9	9	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	8	7	16	7	17	15	15	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	8	8	-	-	7	6	6

	Tuesday 02
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	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	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	2.0 NW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	13	13	8	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	331	478	457	648	770	461	461	788	574	827	802	652	749	536	536	459	465	372	351	71	78	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)															3:02PM 0.76					8:59PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	8	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	14	17	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	7	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	15	12	16	13	12	12	12	14	12	12	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 NNW	2.0 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	0.6 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	13	9	11	11	8	8	10	10	8	11	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	4	6	6	3	-	-

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