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

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	6	4	9	7	5	5	9	9	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 SW	1.0 NE	4.5 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14
Energy	546	634	532	671	724	671	714	703	1044	275	5156	1138	8775	6777	3664	3072	13111	9727	6376	1441	1106	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91			8:30PM 1.66	7:09AM 1.55			4:22AM 1.73	4:18PM 2.53		8:50AM 1.60		8:06PM 2.14	5:47AM 2.84		6:11PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:11AM 0.65	12:46PM 0.47	2:52AM 0.44		1:52PM 0.43	10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		10:10PM 0.73		12:23PM 0.48	2:27AM 0.72		12:06PM 0.98	12:19AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	14	7	3	5	2	3	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	14	14	14	15	13	13	10	10	8	11	11	13	13	11	8	10	10	11	12	12
Low °C	9	11	14	13	14	14	12	13	9	7	7	11	9	12	12	10	6	8	10	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	14	13	13	15	13	13	7	10	4	8	10	12	12	10	5	10	8	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	1.4 NNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	10	13	8	9	9	-	9	15	9	10	9	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	4.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	14	10	13	13	8	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Energy	260	546	790	470	634	983	532	789	1014	671	756	682	724	702	671	728	728	714	711	743	703	1606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)								5:26PM 1.72			1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.09					9:34AM 0.48			7:50PM 0.61				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:11AM 0.65	9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	2	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	11	12	14	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	6	7	8	11	14	11	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	11	13	13	7	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	8	10	10	9	9	9	14	12	-	8	8	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 E	1.9 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	10	3	6	8	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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	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 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 N	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	10	10	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13
Energy	299	610	260	228	204	546	543	542	790	790	476	470	464	236	634	634	561	983	943	822	532	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)																						3:54PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.09	7:11PM 0.59														9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	7	8	7	6	6	6	8	7	8	9	8	9	10	11	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 N	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	7	13	13	7	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	3	4	3	10	10	3	3	3	-	6	6	-	8	8	7	-	-

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