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

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	5	3	3	4	9	9	6	4	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 SW	1.0 NE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	4.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	19	18	16	14	19	14	15	14	14	13	17	15	16	15	16	16	16	14
Energy	767	682	233	1231	3263	3664	718	675	1182	8018	9046	5328	1402	3007	5676	3243	1135	1174	3055	3114	1201	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.66		3:52PM 1.75		9:37AM 1.53		9:31PM 1.99	8:50AM 1.60	5:57PM 1.69	6:44PM 1.77	5:47AM 2.84		10:14PM 1.72	9:29AM 2.30		7:09PM 2.56	8:17AM 1.91		8:15PM 3.07	8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46PM 0.47	2:52AM 0.44	9:16AM 1.12		9:36PM 1.16	3:35AM 0.42	3:47PM 0.41				12:58AM 0.55		2:56PM 0.65		3:25AM 0.65	1:03PM 0.89	1:19AM 0.46		3:22PM 0.33	2:26AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	3	6	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	10	12	15	15	10	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	9
Low °C	12	10	9	10	9	11	12	10	9	10	10	11	10	14	11	11	12	12	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	10	10	11	15	15	8	10	12	10	12	13	10	11	12	11	10	7	10	8
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 SW	1.0 NE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	19	18	16	14	19	14	15	14	14	13	17	15	16	15	16	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	8	6	10	10	9	8	16	7	-	-	-	-	21	9	-	-	-	-	-	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	2.0 S	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	-	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NE	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	9	9	20	19	18	17	18	16	17	16	15	14	15
Energy	754	1282	767	1603	682	266	222	233	332	1032	1231	3253	3263	3565	1600	3664	749	824	718	639	675	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 2.91													3:52PM 1.75	7:59PM 1.55					9:37AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49	12:46PM 0.47		7:28PM 0.66		2:09AM 0.93			9:51AM 0.62				9:36PM 1.16		3:35AM 0.42				4:35PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	11	13	13	11	8	9	10	10	9	10	14	11	11	11	12	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	10	8	12	13	11	6	6	8	8	9	10	12	11	11	10	11	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NE	0.5 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	1.6 SW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	9	20	19	18	17	18	16	17	16	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	0.6 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	9	17	8	-	-	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.6 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	10	6	-	-	-	7	9	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	8	-	-

	Saturday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	750	754	754	754	1350	1282	754	789	767	789	1828	1603	1605	588	682	1208	743	266	227	222	222	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)									8:24AM 1.13											7:28PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	12	11	12	9	13	13	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	12	12	8	10	9	10	8	10	6	12	13	13	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	17	17	17	8	8	8	14	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	6	10	7	-	-	-	-	-

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