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

	Sat		Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Campbells Bay Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	1.6 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.9 N	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	2.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	13	13	14	12	9	10	10	7	8	9	9	14	10	15	12	10	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	15	2008	777	1059	868	680	1028	1134	717	377	1011	3214	1284	1330	1361	757	1297	716	577	822	43	889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 2.03		4:11PM 2.09	3:15AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.87	2:26AM 2.48		2:42PM 2.42	2:59AM 2.41		4:10PM 1.63			6:13PM 1.61		5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51		6:53AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 0.31	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		8:20PM 0.52	8:33AM 1.03		8:52PM 0.67	9:17AM 0.73		10:18PM 0.69	10:14AM 1.29		12:28AM 0.84	12:03PM 0.77		12:34AM 0.78		1:19PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	17	18	15	12	17	17	16	15	16	16	18	15	14	15	14	13	16	14	19	15
Low °C	12	10	15	17	13	9	17	15	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	10	16	14	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	16	18	15	10	17	17	16	13	15	16	18	15	12	14	14	12	15	13	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.9 N	0.2 S	0.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	13	13	14	12	9	10	10	14	12	9	9	10	10	15	12	10	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.5 W	0.5 N	0.8 N	1.1 N	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	13	5	6	7	-	12	12	11	9	13	13	14	14	13	-	6	13	13	13	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.4 NE	-	2.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	5	-	7

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	547	1103	3058	3642	3366	1254	1128	1336	1078	1614	1091	1060	1360	1177	529	585	500	1068	1061	1134	1552	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				2:20AM 1.88				3:42PM 1.91				2:55AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36				7:56AM 0.89				8:51PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	17	12	12	11	10	10	10	20	19	17	17	17	15	15	15	12	15	17	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	10	8	8	8	20	19	17	17	17	14	14	14	10	14	17	17	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	12	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.9 N	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	16	13	12	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3

	Saturday 04										Sunday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	0.1 SE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	16	13	15	15	11	10	11	11	10	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	547	581	1712	15	1935	1103	1184	628	441	588	395	423	2070	2042	708	3559	3662	2371	2677	2894	2942	2902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	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)		2:26PM 2.08											1:47AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:57AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	15	15	11	10	11	11	10	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.7 N	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 N	1.1 NE	0.7 N	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	15	14	-	7	-	16	16	14	5	14	5	5	11	6	5	-	-	16	16	16	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6

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