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

	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	1	3	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.4 SSE	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	9	12	11	12	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2801	2976	1301	4367	2792	2142	1555	723	34	654	419	362	90	1825	1171	473	595	903	380	558	506	716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:52PM 2.15		4:57AM 1.84	5:09PM 1.86		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84		9:19AM 1.69	6:05PM 1.90		6:11AM 2.67			7:20AM 2.89	2:05PM 1.43		8:19AM 2.82		8:19PM 2.81	10:01AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		10:43PM 0.37	11:04AM 0.52		1:11AM 0.57	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42			12:01AM 0.98	12:23PM 0.74	1:03PM 0.57	1:02AM 0.96			1:34AM 0.53		2:19PM 0.48	2:36AM 0.37		3:39PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	2	6	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	15	12	18	16	13	11	18	15	13	23	15	16	13	12	14	12	12	13	16
Low °C	12	9	11	14	10	16	16	10	11	18	13	12	20	14	16	12	12	13	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	14	14	12	18	15	13	10	18	14	12	23	13	15	12	10	13	9	10	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.8 S	2.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	1.8 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	9	12	8	10	8	9	6	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 SW	-	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	12	13	-	11	9	6	7	12	6	-	11	8	13	9	8	13	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	3.5 ESE	0.6 NE	-	1.9 E	-	1.5 E	1.8 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	9	8	-	9	-	9	9	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.6 NE	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	8	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1683	2297	2488	2976	3197	3066	2733	2310	1056	3305	3083	3102	3042	1872	1486	53	763	1275	1029	1008	1094	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:57AM 1.84				4:14PM 1.95				4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40	3:43PM 2.23	4:36PM 2.80				5:16AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44			10:05PM 0.68								10:25PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	10	9	9	12	15	12	12	12	12	10	10	14	18	17	15	12	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	8	7	7	11	14	10	12	12	12	9	9	14	18	16	15	12	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	0.6 NE	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	8	12	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	8	12	20	6	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25										Friday 26
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	11	14	14	14	9	10	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1956	4779	2801	2558	2523	2297	2488	2488	1376	2535	3423	2253	5363	2930	2930	94	526	3358	2951	2725	7683	4129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					5:52PM 2.15										3:32AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)																4:32AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	1
High °C	15	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	9	11	14	14	12	14	13	14	17	14	14	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	11	12	13	12	11	7	11	12	14	11	13	11	13	16	13	13	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 S	1.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	11	14	14	14	9	10	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 N	0.9 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	13	15	8	13	12	11	15	18	12	6	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-

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