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.

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	16	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	7	8	13	12	12	10	10	20	18
Energy(?)	3175	734	1622	1673	672	806	1216	764	1594	1447	1071	1284	342	128	1092	1816	1071	2515	1781	893	664	1211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 1.83		7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81			9:21AM 1.86		8:34PM 2.41	9:03AM 2.56		10:19PM 1.86	10:45AM 1.97		10:32PM 2.69	11:32AM 2.06		11:56PM 2.01			1:26AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 0.56		1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63		2:35PM 0.47	12:58AM 0.75		2:26PM 1.09	2:43AM 0.62		3:20PM 0.46		4:34AM 0.48	4:24PM 0.75		5:22AM 0.37	5:03PM 0.13		8:11AM 0.27		7:15PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	32	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	20	18	16	16	17	11	15	12	11	14	15	15	21	16	9	10	11	8	10	14	11
Low °C	10	18	17	16	16	16	10	13	12	8	11	15	12	17	15	8	9	10	6	9	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	20	18	16	16	17	10	15	11	11	13	14	15	21	15	6	8	8	6	8	14	11
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.2 N	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	0.9 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	17	16	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	7	10	13	12	12	10	10	7	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 N	0.5 WNW	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	-	-	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.9 SW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	13	5	-	12	-	-	9	9	4	9	15	-	-	12	12	11	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1317	2167	1048	1311	1018	1002	1725	1827	827	1111	1817	828	1828	1345	1389	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:45AM 1.83								6:28AM 2.37	7:18AM 1.71				8:02PM 1.72				9:21AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71					1:07PM 1.18				2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11	6	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	12	18	19	18	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	15	17	14	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	10	12	18	19	18	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	15	17	14	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	8	8	8	5	5	7	7	20	7	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	16	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1531	1670	1804	1804	3919	3175	452	3135	564	746	767	797	3544	3485	950	1422	3004	1483	2880	2197	2167	2167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:08AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)						12:36AM 0.56														2:51PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	11	11	17	10	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	17	18	17	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	17	9	16	17	17	17	16	16	18	19	16	18	16	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	16	9	16	9	9	9	9	16	16	8	14	15	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	-	11	-	17	17	17	17	8	8	13	16	8	8	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	1.0 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None