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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 NNW	4.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 W	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	13	12	7	12	11	10	12	13	12	13	17	16	14	16	13	13	13	12	12	15	10	9
Energy	240	134	335	4995	1784	1173	1655	2793	3863	3396	7997	3369	3608	1098	1379	1206	592	542	397	524	2223	1149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:47AM 3.29		3:02PM 1.97	2:49AM 3.17				8:31AM 2.28		8:40PM 1.86	8:47AM 2.03		11:43PM 1.57	11:29AM 1.73		12:37AM 1.51		1:07PM 1.44	8:53PM 1.86	7:53AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 0.82	7:45AM 0.22		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28		3:23PM 0.25		5:09AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.25	6:23PM 0.16	5:49AM 0.24				2:06PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	1	1
High °C	14	10	15	14	14	14	11	11	11	12	9	8	10	12	12	13	14	13	14	10	13	13
Low °C	12	9	13	13	13	14	9	9	11	11	7	7	8	12	10	12	14	11	14	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	8	14	14	14	14	9	10	8	11	8	8	10	11	12	13	14	12	14	8	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	4.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 NNW	2.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	6	7	12	11	10	12	13	13	13	17	16	14	16	13	13	13	12	12	15	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 W	1.7 W	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	20	12	12	17	12	10	7	13	7	6	-	-	12	5	11	6	6	10	10	9	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	12	13	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	1.1 NE	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	8	8	7	5	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	240	238	126	134	284	485	335	80	4995	3059	2165	1784	1525	1502	1173	1036	1655	3696	3578	2793	2520	4040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:47AM 3.29					3:02PM 1.97			2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			7:34PM 0.82				7:45AM 0.22				8:34PM 0.96						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44	1:59AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	1	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	9	10	10	10	13	16	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	11	9	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	10	7	8	8	8	12	16	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	9	8	7	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 NNW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 W	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	6	8	8	7	5	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 NNW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	20	11	5	12	12	12	12	8	17	12	14	12	11	11	10	10	7	-	-	13	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	13	13	6	12

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons 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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy	237	240	240	281	239	238	238	127	126	126	134	134	165	228	284	302	375	485	566	655	335	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														1:47AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)								7:34PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	14	14	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	10	11	11	11	5	5	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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