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

	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Nicks Point Southland	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	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	5	5	4	4	8	6	5	4	5	4	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	5.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	17	17	15	14	13	12	13	12	11	13	11	13	13	13	14
Energy	3162	1020	1289	1158	1193	1078	864	13468	3674	4503	1754	1264	7352	5274	3712	1102	3059	1211	5236	3052	3664	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91		9:54PM 2.97			10:48PM 3.04	11:26AM 3.45		1:00AM 2.26	4:02AM 1.93	4:20PM 2.18	12:31AM 3.07	5:11AM 2.48			7:14AM 1.75		8:31PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	4:43PM 0.61		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	6:54PM 0.18	10:18AM -0.03		6:18PM 0.09	11:30AM 0.59	1:15PM -0.04	11:35PM 0.14			2:55AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	7	1	-	-	19	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	14	14	13	14	15	10	12	12	10	11	9	9	8	11	9	10	7	7	9	12
Low °C	9	11	14	13	13	14	13	10	12	9	8	10	8	8	7	10	9	10	4	6	8	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	14	13	14	14	7	11	10	10	11	7	7	5	10	6	8	4	6	7	11
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	5.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	19	11	13	11	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	0.7 S	-	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	8	6	6	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	14	14	15	-	20	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	12	-	3	11	-	-	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	14	16	15	14	17	16
Energy	3133	3162	1020	1132	1020	1329	1289	1208	1210	1158	1230	1185	1193	1183	1078	1013	1956	864	1454	3736	13468	3792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 2.39			8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91				9:54PM 2.97	2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23					3:14AM 0.17				3:30PM 0.13	7:47PM 0.13			4:49AM 0.24	8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	11	14	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	8	14	8	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 NW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	14	16	15	9	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	18	18	17	13	-	-	-	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	8	14	-	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	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	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	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
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	3173	3173	3133	3093	3015	3162	3080	3021	1020	1021	1144	1132	1100	1049	1020	1015	1236	1329	1317	1320	1289	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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	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)									2:26AM 0.78												2:46PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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