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

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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	9	9	5	4	4	4	8	5	7	4	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	17	15	15	15	14	16	13	16	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	16	15
Energy	3732	3162	1020	1301	1160	3564	1068	888	12153	8250	3924	1814	1380	1474	7790	3655	6295	1077	5689	4195	4049	3066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85			9:54PM 2.97			1:38AM 2.54	11:26AM 3.45		11:43PM 3.38	4:02AM 1.93	4:59PM 2.04	1:54AM 2.24		5:32PM 2.01		7:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51PM 0.55			2:46PM 0.23		6:12AM 0.34	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	5:18PM 0.28	7:37PM 0.35	5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61		10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19	6:57AM 0.59		11:35PM 0.14		1:13PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	5	1	4	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	14	14	15	13	15	10	11	9	10	10	12	7	10	9	10	11	9	8	10
Low °C	10	9	11	14	13	11	13	13	10	11	6	8	9	10	5	8	7	6	9	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	14	14	13	13	15	8	9	8	10	10	10	3	8	7	10	9	7	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 W	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	17	15	15	15	14	16	13	6	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 W	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	17	-	8	6	7	16	17	16	-	8	-	-	-	-	13	13	16	16	-	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	-	13	-	-	4

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	14	18
Energy	3732	3281	3133	3162	1021	1132	1020	1329	1301	1228	1238	1160	1254	1422	3564	1183	1068	1013	1016	888	3429	14820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91				9:54PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)					2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23					3:15AM 0.17	6:12AM 0.34			3:30PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-
Temp. °C	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	12	8	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	8	13	13	13	12	15	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	13	6	16	6	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.8 NW	-
Period (s)	17	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	16	18	17	13	-	16	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	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
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy	1169	3681	3732	3839	3688	3281	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1021	1021	1144	1132	1105	1049	1020	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:52PM 2.39										8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)					4:51PM 0.55										2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	18	17	17	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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