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

	Sat	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14
	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	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SE	3.5 W	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	12	11	12	14
Energy(?)	2858	2198	3282	3742	1152	1107	1328	625	482	389	255	298	421	133	436	1066	1010	778	392	3519	268	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 2.31	5:37PM 2.27		7:25AM 1.62	3:45PM 1.78	3:31AM 2.53	4:11AM 1.67		8:53PM 1.56	4:30AM 2.58	5:50PM 1.54		6:16AM 1.52	6:29PM 2.47	7:04PM 1.51	6:46AM 2.07		7:29PM 2.06	8:02AM 2.16		8:44PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17PM 0.61	11:35AM 0.66		11:59PM 0.75			9:26PM 0.80	10:27AM 0.66	2:40PM 0.58	3:17AM 0.64	10:51AM 1.34		11:57PM 0.80	12:43PM 0.81		1:17AM 0.83		6:35PM 0.48	1:42AM 0.99		2:20PM 0.89	3:01AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	7	3	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	14	17	11	15	16	11	16	13	15	14	17	18	15	17	23	20	22	23	10	12	18	16
Low °C	13	17	10	14	15	11	14	12	14	11	15	17	14	17	22	17	21	21	9	12	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	8	15	16	8	15	13	14	14	17	18	14	16	23	20	22	23	7	10	18	14
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW	1.0 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	12	22	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	0.8 SSE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	11	7	11	11	14	10	10	13	5	8	11	10	15	7	12	6	7	7	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.1 SW	3.5 W	0.2 NNE	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	2	7	-	4	3	7	-	5	5	6	7	8	11	5	4

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3826	3371	3155	3601	3312	1466	1976	3419	3580	3284	1292	4324	4093	3534	1641	3069	2016	1023	1652	1437	1119	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 2.31			2:34PM 2.76		7:04PM 1.71		2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 0.61											9:42AM 0.55				9:25PM 0.65				9:48AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	15	17	17	17	10	9	15	14	15	17	17	18	16	10	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	13	15	17	17	17	8	7	15	14	15	17	17	18	15	10	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	11	7	7	11	17	17	16	11	16	10	14	10	10	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	4209	3879	3826	3594	2821	1886	2456	3936	2564	2876	1743	3458	3456	3280	1743	3222	2013	949	2014	1976	1976	1429
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:54AM 1.86												2:33PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	17	16	16	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	13	17	16	16	13	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 NW	0.2 N	0.9 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 N	0.7 NW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	6	11	7	9	9	11	7	7	7	11	7	11	7	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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