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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	3	5	4	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.2 NE	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	10	11	11	9	6	9	6	8	8	9	9	10	12	10	10	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	321	819	3114	1106	538	398	690	108	128	586	225	479	2099	1686	1235	263	2053	783	5000	326	508	2801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.73	8:22AM 1.86	1:08PM 1.79	1:39AM 1.84	8:47AM 2.88		1:11AM 2.00	9:39AM 2.84		10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33		11:01PM 3.42	11:28AM 3.43		11:51PM 3.32	12:15PM 3.34		12:51AM 3.43	12:35PM 3.30	5:42PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)					7:21PM 0.19		5:51PM 0.46			3:38PM 0.19		4:23AM 0.58	6:12PM -0.00		5:16AM 0.55			6:04AM 0.23	6:34PM 0.51		6:22AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	13	-	1	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	16	6	-
High °C	18	11	14	14	13	16	16	15	17	17	11	16	18	14	22	16	12	15	15	15	15	17
Low °C	17	10	14	14	11	15	15	14	15	16	11	15	17	12	19	16	9	15	13	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	8	13	13	12	16	16	14	17	17	9	16	17	13	22	15	10	14	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.3 ENE	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	1.0 W	0.7 SW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	10	11	11	9	6	9	16	8	8	9	9	10	6	11	10	13	13	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	-	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	8	8	8	10	8	7	16	5	9	9	9	12	15	15	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	2.0 WSW	-	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	3.0 W	-	2.3 W	-	0.4 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	8	9	9	-	-	10	-	13	-	3	13

	Sunday 30			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 NE	2.2 NNW	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	8	9	9	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	11
Energy(?)	1016	527	1087	790	505	3277	597	951	1385	1043	702	538	566	266	283	318	557	636	375	239	267	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.88	12:44AM 1.73				11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05				8:52AM 3.04	10:09AM 2.03			9:13PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:35PM 0.49	6:31PM 0.26							1:57PM 0.48				4:00AM 0.28				2:57PM 0.43				2:58AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	14	15	14	13	10	10	14	15	13	12	9	11	14	9	16	15	12	11	15	8
Chill °C (?)	12	16	14	14	13	12	8	8	14	15	12	11	7	11	14	9	16	14	11	10	15	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	0.3 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	2.5 WNW	0.6 S	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	14	8	9	9	12	5	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	7	10	10	10	9	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	9	12	14	13	11	5	10	10	10	9	8	13	5	10	13	7	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NE	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	3	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 30	Monday 01
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.3 NE	1.5 W	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	13	9	9	13	12	13	13	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10
Energy(?)	1258	480	1016	343	405	1416	736	987	1374	1205	1618	1627	1259	3766	2550	1087	3277	3277	3185	2883	2776	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:57AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	1:35PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	17	18	17	11	11	15	15	14	13	10	13	13	10	13	13	13	14	16	10
Chill °C (?)	11	16	12	17	18	16	8	9	13	14	12	11	8	11	11	7	12	12	12	13	15	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	0.3 SSW	1.7 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	7	14	14	13	12	13	8	8	12	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	1.5 W	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.0 NNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	-	9	-	-	10	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	-	11	11	-	-	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	1.3 NE	-	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NNW	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	6	9	-	9	9	8	4	5	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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