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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	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	1	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2352	1347	1031	825	140	2048	1896	1345	606	1166	541	1194	1459	645	1386	2465	209	575	1099	1132	979	781
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:29PM 2.28	1:47AM 3.36		3:23PM 2.21		4:04AM 2.12	4:19PM 2.11	2:45AM 2.80		3:11PM 2.91	3:41AM 2.64	5:53AM 1.86	4:52PM 2.98		5:12AM 2.36	5:51PM 2.88		6:21AM 2.76	6:50PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31PM -0.02	7:02AM 0.64		7:28PM 0.58	7:55AM 0.74		9:47PM 0.07	10:12AM 0.32		8:38PM 0.28	8:56AM 0.39		9:32PM 0.43	12:02PM 0.48		10:58PM 0.53	11:20AM 0.66		12:09AM 1.22	12:33PM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	17	21	20	16	15	17	14	20	20	17	17	15	14	13	14	10	13	15	13	15	15
Low °C	15	14	20	19	10	14	16	12	15	20	15	17	15	12	12	14	9	10	15	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	21	20	15	15	17	14	20	20	17	17	15	14	12	12	8	11	14	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:28	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	14	13	12	-	-	10	9	8	8	12	12	11	11	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	1690	1398	1293	1347	1192	1050	1031	895	1054	1077	782	764	828	827	2637	2347	1836	1653	1487	1345	1130	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10				1:52PM 2.99				2:41AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)							8:24AM 0.19								9:12AM 0.25				8:23PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	16	14	16	16	20	20	22	20	17	16	16	17	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	15	13	15	16	20	20	22	20	17	16	16	17	13	15	15	15	14	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	18	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	15	12	15	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06										Sunday 07
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2132	1901	928	2160	952	982	1935	1794	1659	1632	1345	1236	1198	1215	156	1174	1154	1136	1096	1080	1079	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:10AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34PM 0.51	7:58PM -0.06											6:49AM 0.07	7:02AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	15	15	11	12	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	13	10	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	14	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa
Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu

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