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

	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	9	12	14	13	11	13	12	10	12	13
Energy(?)	2198	3239	3204	1152	1056	1353	600	837	389	315	304	385	463	402	1177	550	1484	538	333	1730	364	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:04PM 1.89	2:50AM 2.69			7:54PM 1.62	4:11AM 1.67	4:45PM 1.62		5:05AM 1.58	5:15PM 2.51		5:24AM 2.10			6:46AM 2.07		7:41PM 2.51	8:15AM 2.58	2:05PM 1.42	2:27AM 1.52	9:00AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54PM 0.41		8:46PM 0.62	9:42AM 0.55	1:44PM 0.51	2:17AM 0.58	10:27AM 0.66		10:54PM 0.71	11:26AM 0.76		11:57PM 0.80	11:48AM 1.01	5:38PM 0.51	12:23AM 1.04		1:09PM 1.00	2:00AM 1.38			8:07PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	5	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	4	-	-
High °C	17	11	15	15	11	16	15	17	15	15	17	16	20	23	16	17	15	20	14	14	13	22
Low °C	17	10	15	15	11	14	13	16	12	13	15	14	18	22	13	14	13	11	12	13	12	20
Chill °C (?)	17	9	15	15	8	16	15	16	15	14	17	16	20	23	16	17	14	20	12	12	12	22
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	13	12	11	12	9	12	14	13	13	13	12	15	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 SW	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	14	14	10	5	5	10	10	10	11	6	8	7	11	6	8	15	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 NW	-	2.0 SW	1.4 N	0.8 WNW	2.5 WSW	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	3	-	11	6	6	10	-	4

	Sunday 08					Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay 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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	3469	1466	1976	3516	3384	3089	3721	4324	3759	3534	1765	3069	2016	1040	1122	1423	1119	541	605	661	533	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:34PM 2.76		7:04PM 1.71		3:30AM 1.77				3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)									9:42AM 0.55				9:25PM 0.65				9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55		10:10PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	17	16	10	10	15	15	16	17	16	18	16	10	14	14	15	15	16	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	16	8	8	15	15	16	17	16	18	16	10	14	14	15	15	16	13	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	7	7	17	17	17	16	11	16	10	14	10	5	5	10	5	14	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay 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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	6	13	15
Energy(?)	3133	1551	2198	3305	3463	3419	3500	3497	3497	3468	1429	3516	1888	943	1888	1863	1863	1293	1293	269	233	1659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:14PM 1.82					8:53PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		8:54AM 0.36				12:54PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	17	17	15	13	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	10	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	17	14	11	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	6	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	5	5	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 NW	0.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	7	11	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	1.2 NW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

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