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 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Airport Rights Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.2 SSE	2.2 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	11
Energy(?)	825	918	1162	1645	1254	25	1280	458	1583	1185	2591	1078	1059	191	54	1320	1201	1170	753	493	353	752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:09AM 2.22		1:26PM 3.21	1:52AM 2.96	8:54AM 2.18	3:00PM 3.26	3:04AM 2.80		3:47PM 2.62		4:29AM 2.96	4:52PM 2.98		5:24AM 2.84		12:31AM 1.35	7:55AM 1.77		9:45PM 2.16	10:12AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		8:52PM -0.02	7:12AM 0.10		7:45PM 0.14			8:54PM 0.28	9:14AM 0.41		10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13		11:12PM 1.12	11:34AM 1.24	1:09PM 0.53			2:10PM 0.56	3:57AM 0.73		2:07PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	17	16	14	27	19	14	15	13	11	12	13	15	16	14	12	15	15	11	14	16
Low °C	19	15	15	15	11	22	17	11	14	12	9	12	12	13	13	14	11	15	14	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	16	14	27	19	14	15	10	8	11	11	14	15	13	12	15	15	10	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.2 S	2.2 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	0.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	8	12	12	12	10	14	14	14	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 NW	0.6 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.7 E	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	15	14	12	12	14	-	9	13	14	-	12	12	5	10	16	5	15	14	20	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNE	2.0 W	-	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	8	12	-	6	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 NNE	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	0.6 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	13	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1191	1087	874	854	828	580	2012	1462	1474	1808	1382	1254	1147	1052	849	922	155	1973	1976	1827	1071	1559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:01AM 3.10				1:42PM 3.18				2:41AM 3.24					4:19PM 2.11				4:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)							7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70				8:48AM 0.86	10:12AM 0.32	3:42PM 0.01			12:15AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	16	16	16	19	13	15	17	16	14	12	11	11	15	20	24	18	15	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	21	19	16	16	16	19	13	15	17	16	14	12	10	10	15	20	24	18	14	12	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 NNE	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	0.6 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	13	14	14	9	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	-	8	-	-	-	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 NE	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	0.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	7	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	9	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1048	1118	825	825	825	119	866	871	867	1167	1080	1101	1120	1246	1165	1843	51	1703	1703	1561	999	2733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													1:47AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)							7:28PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	19	19	25	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	11	18	11	11	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	19	19	25	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	8	17	8	8	9	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 NE	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	7	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	-	9	10	10	10	4	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	9	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	2.4 W	0.4 NNW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	6	13	3	12	12	12	12	-

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