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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	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	3	3	5	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NW	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	9	9	13	13	10	12	10	10	10	8	9	8	11	11	13	11	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	3305	333	341	5114	2243	414	1089	306	1028	651	234	506	1156	1742	748	1815	740	363	2860	1321	887	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:59PM 1.79	9:38AM 1.83		9:07PM 1.80	9:32AM 1.77	3:26PM 1.34	3:29AM 1.32		3:52PM 1.53	10:34PM 1.88	10:55AM 1.88		10:36PM 3.08	10:55AM 3.10			11:29AM 3.14		11:11PM 2.85	6:14AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	5:26PM 0.33	3:17AM 0.43		2:54PM 0.69	3:20AM 0.64			9:17PM 0.23	9:41AM 0.27			4:45AM 0.58	4:29PM 1.05		4:47AM 1.03	6:28PM 0.33	11:35PM 0.68	5:23AM 1.02	5:32PM 0.39		12:35PM 0.30	1:06PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	16	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	13	12	11	16	14	12	22	18	15	25	24	15	17	18	12	21	21	14	15	17
Low °C	10	14	11	12	9	15	12	10	18	17	15	20	21	14	15	18	10	17	20	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	9	10	16	14	10	22	17	15	25	24	13	17	18	12	21	21	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:19	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.0 SW	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	14	9	9	15	13	10	12	10	10	12	8	9	8	11	11	13	11	14	-	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 N	-	0.9 S	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	7	11	10	-	8	9	8	8	8	14	9	8	11	10	-	9	-	-	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	2.3 ENE	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	4	13	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	6	10
Energy(?)	1327	3470	4375	4473	3244	2952	667	602	628	528	3753	3049	1883	1624	1248	671	447	584	694	571	579	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 1.82						2:13PM 1.39		9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86	10:23AM 1.86	3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)					2:29AM 0.67		8:22AM 0.22						2:45AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	9	8	8	8	8	16	13	15	15	10	9	10	9	12	14	15	12	11	9	15	11
Chill °C (?)	18	7	6	6	6	6	15	13	15	15	8	8	10	8	12	14	15	12	10	8	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	0.7 NW	1.0 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	5	-	16	11	11	6	6	6	7	9	-	20	19	19	20	9	8	18	9	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	3.0 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	6	13	13	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6

	Friday 14	Saturday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.0 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	13	13	13	9	11
Energy(?)	1390	311	3622	3903	4572	5298	334	337	337	255	4789	4473	2570	5556	2986	2119	190	2618	2904	3059	240	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:54AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	10	9	10	10	10	16	15	15	15	9	8	11	10	10	7	15	9	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	18	8	5	7	8	8	14	13	13	13	7	6	8	7	7	3	13	7	8	9	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	4.0 W	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	1.0 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.1 S	1.6 E
Period (s)	14	13	-	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	13	-	13	13	-	9	13	13	13	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	6	6	6	17	16	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.4 WSW	3.5 W	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.4 NW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	1.9 NW	-	-	-	1.3 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	3	13	10	-	-	3	2	2	5	-	-	13	13	-	12	6	-	-	-	6	4

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