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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Aramoana Spit Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	0.7 ENE	2.5 NW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	6	8	11	10	12	13	12	14	16	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	15	14	15	15	14	13
Energy	213	58	1780	1086	1754	2909	3761	6641	7992	5559	3880	1560	1078	1075	2397	1156	3310	3161	3084	3331	3094	1236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 3.17				5:10AM 1.93		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		11:02PM 1.77			7:57PM 1.81	11:04AM 1.76		11:10PM 1.99	11:35AM 2.00		12:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 0.07	8:34PM 0.96	9:11AM 0.93	1:22PM 0.17	11:00PM 0.44	11:35AM 0.31	2:40PM 0.18	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30		6:03AM 0.11	5:37PM 0.31	2:08AM 0.46	4:46AM 0.30	3:40PM 0.39		5:14AM 0.37	5:38PM 0.40		7:47AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	19	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	14	11	11	12	12	8	9	9	9	15	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	10	12
Low °C	11	11	14	14	9	9	9	11	7	7	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	12	8	14	14	9	9	11	11	6	9	9	8	15	10	10	13	11	13	12	13	10	12
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.7 ENE	2.5 NW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	11	10	12	12	13	14	16	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	15	14	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 W	1.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	1.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	10	12	10	7	13	23	6	-	11	14	18	4	11	19	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 NNE	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	4	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Aramoana Spit Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach 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	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.7 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	6	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16
Energy	213	397	58	535	2439	1780	1465	1353	1086	1054	1754	3820	3570	2909	4051	4627	3761	3264	6641	6676	7234	7992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							2:49AM 3.17					4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93					8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	6:54AM 0.24		12:58PM 0.07		8:59PM 0.44						1:22PM 0.17			11:00PM 0.44					2:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	1	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	11	15	13	14	14	14	14	9	11	9	9	10	11	11	9	11	12	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	11	13	8	15	13	13	14	14	14	7	9	7	7	8	9	10	7	9	11	7	6	5
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.2 N	0.7 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	10	13	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.2 SSE	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	10	14	7	12	11	11	10	14	7	14	-	13	13	12	23	6	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	-	-	-

	Thursday 21																	Friday 22
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Outer Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Aramoana Spit Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.8 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	4.0 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.5 WSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 SW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	7	8	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	12	8	8	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	292	500	213	529	610	397	397	222	58	5039	623	535	3026	2761	2439	1936	3016	1780	1637	3952	1465	1390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- 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)		7:45AM 0.22						1:46PM 0.05							8:59PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	13	14	13	13	17	11	13	15	15	13	13	13	14	7	14	14	8	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	16	8	12	15	15	13	13	13	14	5	13	13	5	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	4.0 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 SW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	7	12	6	12	14	7	7	11	8	12	8	8	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 SW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.2 ENE	1.2 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	12	15	-	15	12	16	16	12	10	17	12	14	13	7	7	12	16	12	12	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	8	8	7	7	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	11	-	-

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