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

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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	11	10	12	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	15	14
Energy	216	1780	1040	1754	2946	3798	6276	7664	5355	3620	1380	1400	1033	1000	1171	1531	3603	1156	1019	1019	1087	2746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:49AM 3.17				8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		9:19PM 2.22	8:25AM 1.86		9:59PM 2.00		1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69	9:58AM 1.85	12:38PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44		2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30		5:09AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.31			4:51PM 0.37		7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32	3:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	26	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	11	-	-	1	18	-
High °C	17	14	14	11	11	11	12	9	9	9	9	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	15	15	11	12
Low °C	10	13	14	9	9	10	11	7	7	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	14	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	9	10	8	11	7	9	9	8	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	15	15	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	2.5 NW	1.6 W	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	12	-	14	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.0 W	1.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	10	7	13	-	6	-	11	15	19	9	15	19	16	5	10	11	11	10	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-

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	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui 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	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.7 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16
Energy	216	663	2044	1780	1405	1325	1040	1054	1754	1491	3570	2946	4148	4564	3798	3515	6276	6307	7138	7664	6647	5809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					2:49AM 3.17									5:10AM 1.93	8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:46PM 0.05		8:34PM 0.96						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18				2:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	12	8	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	14	14	14	13	14	9	11	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	13	14	13	14	7	9	6	7	8	10	9	8	9	11	8	7	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	1.7 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	12	10	13	-	13	14	14	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	7	7	-	13	13	12	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	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	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater 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	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	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s)	7	8	7	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	396	235	216	5075	3352	663	3073	2791	2044	2018	1877	1780	1645	1598	1405	1390	1324	1325	1325	1040	1040	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:02PM 1.97											2:49AM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)		1:46PM 0.05							8:34PM 0.96													9:11AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
High °C	13	17	17	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 N	0.3 S	0.3 S	4.0 NW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	7	11	11	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	15	12	12	17	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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