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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.3 N	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	15	8	8	12	9	16	15	15	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1500	1081	38	1240	1080	910	717	412	285	490	283	310	1156	2018	1705	7660	4623	3268	6147	2444	1376	1788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:59AM 1.76	5:51PM 2.88		6:21AM 2.76	6:50PM 2.82	11:06PM 1.66	11:22AM 1.81		7:03PM 2.47	7:39AM 2.45		8:27PM 2.33	8:30AM 2.52		8:47PM 2.53	9:39AM 2.44		9:59PM 2.44	11:06AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		12:34AM 0.39	12:09PM 0.69		12:09AM 1.22	12:33PM 1.31			5:35AM 0.39	6:06PM 1.08	1:21AM 0.73		2:15PM 0.75	2:39AM 0.68		2:38PM 0.77	2:59AM 0.65		3:50PM 0.63		4:57AM 0.68	5:17PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	10	45	1	8	1	-	24	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	17	14	17	16	14	16	17	15	21	16	17	16	15	14	17	15	14	18	16
Low °C	15	10	11	17	13	17	15	12	14	16	12	20	16	16	15	15	12	13	15	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	16	14	17	16	14	16	17	15	21	14	16	16	13	12	17	15	13	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.6 WNW	-	1.8 N	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	7	14	10	-	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	-	0.5 W	1.8 NNW	1.0 W	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 N
Period (s)	12	15	11	16	15	15	14	14	5	16	15	9	13	-	17	8	8	8	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.5 ENE	2.3 N	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	8	12	9	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	951	852	2159	1081	1280	1135	854	762	205	202	1101	1080	1144	1107	910	778	697	628	515	506	625	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:24AM 2.84								6:12AM 2.29				6:36PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)				11:12PM 1.12						4:15PM 1.02		11:27PM 0.66				11:49AM 0.79				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	10	10	14	13	15	14	14	13	13	14	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	11	9	9	14	11	13	12	14	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 W	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	12	-	12	15	16	16	7	11	10	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	2.1 W	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	7	-	6	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	4	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1022	3523	2719	1343	1290	1145	1145	785	37	292	1268	1278	1620	1581	1200	1188	1166	1317	1299	1281	2564	2759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:52PM 2.98					9:13PM 1.85							4:40AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	16	15	15	14	10	11	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	15	14	14	13	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	15	15	15	5	4	5	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	5	-	6	6	6	4	-	4	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	13	13

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