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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	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	8	5	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	2.5 ENE	0.6 SW	2.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 E	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 NW	2.4 WNW	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	10	10	9	12	7	12	9	13	8	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	10	9
Energy(?)	238	146	66	1578	1779	400	388	734	105	840	679	591	822	2293	624	2982	2579	1704	684	653	1321	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 2.05		8:08AM 1.93		10:06PM 1.81	5:37AM 1.79	6:46PM 1.83		7:41AM 1.82			6:14AM 2.52			7:34AM 2.48		9:57PM 1.85	8:57AM 2.86		8:41PM 2.66	9:41AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)	11:36AM 0.39		11:02PM 0.24		4:00PM 0.17		11:45AM 0.67		1:19AM 0.41		4:33PM 0.34	11:25PM 0.83	12:22PM 0.84	2:55PM 0.53	1:16AM 0.66		3:48PM 0.48			4:34PM 0.43	2:54AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	22	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	11	16	16	11	16	14	12	17	13	13	15	15	8	14	14	12	21	16	14	20
Low °C	19	10	8	14	15	10	16	13	10	14	13	12	7	12	8	13	14	11	18	15	12	18
Chill °C (?)	18	11	8	15	15	10	16	12	12	17	12	12	14	13	5	13	13	11	21	16	14	20
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	2.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	2.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 E	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	1.3 E
Period (s)	6	11	7	13	10	9	12	13	12	9	13	8	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.3 W	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	19	18	13	11	8	8	-	12	9	-	18	15	-	-	-	8	8	9	19	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	-	1.2 NE	2.4 WNW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.6 NW	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	4	2	6	10	-	-	5	7	5	5	7	-	5	8	8	-	-	-	5	8	-	5

	Monday 10							Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Magnets Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.5 NNW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNW	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1208	595	509	606	220	255	1217	1040	608	728	623	346	1177	305	806	552	646	598	425	449	426	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 2.10								5:23AM 1.97	8:08AM 1.93		3:16PM 2.96	5:42PM 1.94				6:32AM 1.87				5:27PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)					3:00PM 0.14			10:56PM 0.24							9:56PM 0.55					12:43PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	14	18	18	14	9	9	8	13	16	14	11	14	14	7	8	16	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	14	17	18	14	7	7	6	11	15	13	10	14	14	5	6	16	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	2.5 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNW	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	7	16	12	12	11	11	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	0.2 WNW	1.2 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.1 SE	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	6	-	8	7	-	12	11	10	-	16	8	13	18	15	10	9	-	-	8	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	10	9	7	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-

	Monday 10
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Magnets Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NE	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	12	11	12	4	13	11	12	12	11	11	8	11	8	8
Energy(?)	1047	722	722	881	247	350	1273	144	509	492	784	15	141	151	288	284	661	661	884	769	756	1136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										10:29AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	1	1
High °C	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	12	11	15	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	9	8	13	7	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	2.1 NW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	6	6	8	11	12	11	12	13	13	11	6	6	9	9	12	18	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	8	8	7	-	12	19	12	12	9	-	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.3 NE	3.0 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.3 SW	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	-	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	-	6	7	2	-	-	7	4	4	2	-	-	11	11	8	11	-	8

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