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 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	1	4	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 E	3.5 SE	1.6 E	1.7 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 NNE	1.7 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	8	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	12	9	9	10	10	8	10	9	9	7	13	13
Energy(?)	5533	2598	54	1525	745	655	711	419	237	282	275	232	570	2877	489	425	1165	820	562	407	4082	4438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:42PM 2.16		4:21AM 2.89	5:16PM 1.84		5:16AM 2.85	5:40PM 2.94	12:48AM 1.34		6:21PM 2.69		7:55AM 1.79		8:23PM 1.87	8:24AM 2.98		8:51PM 3.11	9:19AM 2.72		9:21PM 2.93	10:25AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 0.57	10:30AM 1.06		10:41PM 0.51	11:26AM 1.07			6:59AM 0.20		12:54AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.53	2:41AM 0.48		6:35PM 0.18	3:09AM 0.87		3:33PM 0.30	3:35AM 0.25	4:11AM 0.81	4:38PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	32	19	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
High °C	12	12	21	14	13	18	18	15	23	22	18	13	13	13	15	12	12	15	15	15	17	16
Low °C	12	10	17	14	10	16	18	13	19	18	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	12	13	18	18	14	23	22	18	12	12	11	15	9	10	15	15	15	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 E	3.5 SE	1.6 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	8	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	12	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	0.4 SSW	1.7 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	12	8	13	6	-	6	16	15	6	6	10	12	-	8	8	16	15	5	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	8	2	8	6	6	3	-	-	-	9	7	-	-

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	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	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	8	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1308	1111	3083	3323	3037	1918	1657	49	76	1285	1062	1437	1276	1125	655	343	479	580	500	505	272	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 2.16			3:57AM 2.61	4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:18PM 2.73				5:51AM 1.77				5:28PM 2.52				6:16AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)				10:45PM 0.53								11:38PM 0.53								11:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	10	12	10	14	21	21	15	14	11	11	11	16	14	17	17	15	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	12	9	14	21	21	15	14	10	9	9	16	13	17	17	14	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	12	13	-	21	21	14	14	6	6	13	13	13	-	8	12	6	16	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Friday 26	Saturday 27
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	5	5	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1434	1326	3944	5174	3878	3444	3394	43	42	3512	3376	3323	3323	3072	2169	515	2110	2191	2162	2551	1657	1495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:49PM 3.01	4:24PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:30AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	12	14	13	13	21	20	12	13	10	10	10	11	8	10	11	12	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	12	13	12	12	21	20	11	12	10	9	9	11	6	10	10	11	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	5	5	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	12	13	7	12	12	8	8	-	12	13	13	13	12	4	21	6	6	22	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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