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 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	1.5 ENE	1.5 W	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 W	1.4 NE	1.0 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	8	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	7	9	9	11	11
Energy	1244	524	379	1263	2133	265	1470	1294	1511	1032	504	681	676	551	256	527	306	562	581	637	1811	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:16PM 3.14	10:15AM 2.78		12:13AM 1.96	10:53AM 2.78		11:13PM 2.84	11:50AM 3.10		1:31AM 1.92	5:52AM 1.61		12:41AM 3.06	5:41AM 1.49	2:44PM 1.84			4:38PM 2.10	2:40AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.46		4:08AM 0.49	4:25PM 0.46	6:12PM 0.47	4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		5:38AM 1.05	12:10PM 0.29	7:30PM 0.52		12:02PM 0.39	6:36PM 1.09	11:55AM 0.40		11:50PM 1.06	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	11	6	6	16	23	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	44	3
High °C	11	12	13	14	16	14	16	16	17	16	16	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	13	13	12	13
Low °C	8	11	13	14	15	13	16	16	15	15	15	8	11	10	9	10	11	10	12	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	13	15	14	16	16	17	16	16	10	11	11	10	9	10	9	12	12	10	13
Sunrise	8:12	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	1.5 ENE	0.6 SW	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 W	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.9 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	8	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	7	9	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 S	-	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	4	9	12	12	13	-	12	10	9	8	12	17	9	5	9	8	-	10	13	19	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.5 W	0.6 S	-	-	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	11	4	-	-	10	3	7	-	9	-	-

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	6	12	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1079	1180	1244	1139	524	621	759	379	610	987	1263	1863	2133	791	1956	265	1712	1610	1470	1427	1294	1391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)						4:13PM 1.46		10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78		3:17PM 1.69						10:53AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			7:38AM 0.34				8:05PM 0.40			4:28AM 1.04								4:47AM 0.48				5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	6	-	4	4	4	2	10	6
Temp. °C	7	7	8	11	12	15	9	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	11	12	15	7	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	15	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 NE	1.6 SSW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NE	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	6	12	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	4	5	9	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	13	9	13	-	12	12	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	1.9 NNE	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	12
Energy	1240	1108	1079	1014	1180	1180	1052	1007	1244	1079	1107	1139	1046	589	524	524	548	621	537	504	759	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								7:20AM 0.39												7:45PM 0.45	8:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	15	15	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	15	14	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	4	9	5	5	5	9	9	9	6	12	12	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-

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