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			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	8	5	4	5	3	5	8	9	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 SW	1.4 S	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 S	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 S
Period(s)	10	14	13	8	10	9	9	9	10	7	7	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	13
Energy	543	518	611	370	699	703	683	661	673	239	384	7476	4860	1353	3046	722	3383	7903	11614	4204	1292	1724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91			9:08PM 1.75	4:15AM 1.72	4:02PM 1.69	7:58PM 1.55	3:47AM 2.79			5:21AM 1.72		11:37PM 1.41	5:47AM 2.84	12:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04PM 0.55	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13	1:05PM 0.44		10:38AM 0.51		2:25AM 0.46	10:10AM 1.10	3:00PM 0.39	10:10PM 0.73	11:43AM 0.56	3:14PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	13	8	4	15	3	-	9	7	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	15	14	14	15	13	13	10	10	8	10	12	13	16	11	10	11	10	11	14
Low °C	10	10	11	14	13	14	13	12	12	9	7	6	10	11	12	15	9	9	11	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	9	12	14	13	13	14	12	12	8	10	5	8	9	12	15	10	10	8	10	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.5 ENE	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 S	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	10	14	13	8	10	9	9	9	10	8	7	9	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.2 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 N	1.2 N	0.4 SSW	1.1 NE	1.2 SW	0.5 NNW	0.8 S	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	2.5 S	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	14	10	10	8	9	9	8	9	11	9	13	10	8	-	10	-	-	12	19	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.7 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	12	12	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	543	343	260	518	817	470	611	560	370	506	540	699	539	682	703	656	683	703	666	661	646	702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:07PM 2.97				1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			6:36PM 1.09					9:34AM 0.48			6:44PM 0.55				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	2	2	3	4	5	2	2	2	8	2	4	1
Temp. °C	12	12	10	10	9	10	11	13	15	14	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	9	8	6	7	9	12	14	13	15	12	12	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.7 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	11	13	13	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	1.2 N
Period (s)	9	10	10	14	14	13	10	13	10	10	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	12	11	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	10	3	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	552	596	543	543	511	343	279	626	260	228	204	518	543	542	817	817	476	470	464	507	611	611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:28PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)							6:36PM 1.09	7:11PM 0.59														9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	10	9	12	10	9	9	9	7	8	7	6	6	6	8	7	7	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 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	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	3	3	10	10	3	3	3	6	6	6

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