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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	Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.3 NE	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	12	13	10	11	11	10	9	9	16	6	8	10	10	10	12	15	13	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1673	325	746	704	1113	516	424	716	265	100	498	192	1303	4673	2053	1501	316	165	2891	894	419	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:22PM 2.92	7:39AM 2.67		9:40PM 2.00		2:02PM 1.84	2:34AM 1.96	9:40AM 3.04	1:36PM 1.95	2:06AM 2.10			11:01PM 3.42	11:28AM 3.43		11:20PM 3.23	12:20PM 3.47		12:46AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 1.03	1:42AM 0.87		2:08PM 0.90	4:00AM 0.28	8:36AM 0.14		8:13PM 0.11			7:46PM 0.06	8:19AM 0.09	4:32PM 0.06		5:16AM 0.55	5:09PM -0.00		6:09AM 0.57	6:34PM -0.05		6:57AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	15	1	-	1	1	-	5	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	10	9
High °C	17	18	11	10	15	12	16	16	10	15	17	15	16	18	13	22	17	13	15	18	16	12
Low °C	16	18	10	10	14	11	15	15	9	14	16	13	14	17	12	19	16	9	13	18	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	9	8	14	12	16	16	10	15	17	14	16	17	12	22	17	11	14	18	15	11
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 E	0.9 W	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	2.5 SSE	0.9 W	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 W	1.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	10	11	11	10	9	9	16	9	10	9	15	10	6	15	14	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 E	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.6 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	-	5	9	10	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	11	10	15	9	12	3	6	16	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	10	10	-	-	11	13	4	-	-

	Sunday 30							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 SW	1.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	13	12	7	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	3041	1943	1673	1494	888	295	212	747	516	2750	704	599	827	1020	660	516	650	558	813	977	723	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:59AM 2.78						12:44AM 1.73				11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05				8:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66	1:10PM 1.03		7:18PM 0.18										2:04AM 0.32				2:57PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	17	15	14	12	19	17	15	12	10	10	10	15	12	12	13	15	13	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	10	12	17	14	12	10	19	16	14	11	8	8	9	15	12	11	13	15	13	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 SW	1.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	12	7	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	13	-	9	14	13	11	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 N	0.6 SE	2.3 NNE	0.6 NW	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.2 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8
Energy(?)	3555	1818	2122	1695	1943	503	107	400	359	1942	1211	1255	1255	1345	888	1084	1379	1285	1208	2286	1419	1398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		6:44PM 2.70	7:22PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	2	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	12	14	13	13	12	12	19	17	18	17	13	13	13	16	14	16	18	17	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	13	11	11	19	16	18	16	12	12	12	15	12	15	17	16	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.2 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 W	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	7	7	13	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	9	-	5	14	14	10	10	10	10	8	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	1.2 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.2 NNW	-	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	-	-

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