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

	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	1	6	5	9	3	3	9	9	9	6	5	5	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WSW	0.5 ENE	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	11	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	15	16
Energy	527	701	710	773	1052	726	1032	56	5175	3837	9258	685	540	12953	10223	8961	5379	3924	3898	6126	3601	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	12:55AM 2.38			9:17PM 1.73	4:15AM 1.72			9:15AM 1.54		8:28PM 1.64	6:06AM 1.76		6:38PM 1.74	8:32AM 2.21		10:14PM 1.72	9:29AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	8:24AM 1.13	12:46PM 0.47		10:38AM 0.51	1:52PM 1.01	10:11PM 0.64	3:17AM 0.44	3:47PM 0.41	2:53AM 0.46		12:23PM 0.48	12:51AM 0.54		2:56PM 0.65		3:25AM 0.65	1:03PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	12	8	10	9	1	2	1	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	13	11	11	8	12	12	14	16	8	9	13	10	13	14	12	12	12
Low °C	13	12	12	13	14	12	9	8	6	11	9	10	13	6	6	11	10	12	13	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	13	13	8	10	5	10	11	13	16	4	7	12	8	11	13	11	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	4.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	11	18	17	16	16	12	15	15	11	14	14	17	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	10	9	10	8	15	6	19	9	9	14	4	-	-	11	15	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 W	5.0 SW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	11	3	-	3	4	16	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Westport 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Delaware Bay (East end) Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	6	10
Energy	527	502	536	701	559	700	710	759	773	804	828	1052	757	776	726	1627	1032	248	257	56	211	2154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91						8:30PM 1.66	9:17PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			7:15PM 1.11				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47				2:09AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	13	10	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	9	8	13	10	10	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	8	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.1 W	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	10	13	10	10	13	10	9	9	12	12	10	19	8	8	17	15	-	6	6	9	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	-	1.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	10

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	13	13	13	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	519	767	527	417	330	502	527	716	536	666	701	701	701	558	559	559	838	700	686	725	710	662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														1:21AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)								7:40PM 0.55												7:37AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	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	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
High °C	11	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.8 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.3 N	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.4 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	8	10	11	8	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.6 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	-	-	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	8	7	7	7	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	3	3

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