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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	9	15	12	14	13	13	17	16
Energy(?)	4471	4584	2690	1769	3282	3204	1152	798	1244	1210	616	328	393	343	158	243	376	1088	1037	584	880	3432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 1.80	2:54AM 1.86		5:37PM 2.27		5:50AM 2.19	6:23PM 2.16	7:54PM 1.62	4:11AM 1.67	4:07PM 2.17		4:30AM 2.58			10:27AM 1.47		7:04PM 1.51	7:03AM 2.48		7:29PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.39	8:29AM 0.87		10:24PM 0.49	12:18PM 0.77		2:17AM 0.58	10:27AM 0.66		10:54PM 0.71	10:51AM 1.34	3:40PM 0.62	11:22PM 1.40	4:18AM 0.66		1:17AM 0.83		1:27PM 1.41	1:42AM 0.99	7:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	2	5	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-
High °C	15	16	14	16	11	15	16	11	15	12	16	14	17	17	13	17	22	15	22	12	11	15
Low °C	15	15	13	16	10	14	15	11	14	9	16	11	15	14	12	15	21	13	19	12	8	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	16	8	15	16	8	15	10	15	14	17	17	12	17	22	14	22	12	9	14
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	9	12	12	14	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	9	11	7	11	11	14	10	12	14	5	10	10	10	5	16	8	9	7	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	-	6	9	-	7	6	6

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tue
	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	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	5016	3606	4587	1959	3826	3371	3155	3553	3469	3688	1601	3419	1281	3284	1292	3050	3759	3534	1603	1113	1342	1023
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			2:44PM 2.52				2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31											8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55				9:25PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	14	4	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	19	15	17	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	8	15	8	15	17	17	17	15	10
Chill °C (?)	14	19	14	17	14	14	13	14	15	17	17	16	15	6	15	5	15	17	17	17	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	11	11	7	11	15	17	16	11	14	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	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	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5084	4177	4471	1625	4949	4949	4584	4584	3430	4566	2000	4657	1973	2945	1972	2822	4289	4547	1943	1943	2412	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				2:19AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 NW	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	8	12	8	12	9	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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