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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	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 S	2.1 SE	0.9 WSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	15	14	13	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4973	2412	3423	3794	3260	1642	312	848	2437	1042	3187	921	1836	1400	1151	3835	967	487	2561	1819	2601	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 2.15		12:20PM 2.18	1:31AM 2.25		12:34PM 3.38	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23	1:46AM 2.81		2:17PM 2.66	2:58AM 3.03		2:48PM 2.64		3:22AM 2.70		11:20PM 1.80	11:47AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 0.24		7:26PM 0.11	7:49AM 0.01		7:21PM 0.29	7:10AM 0.67		7:35PM 0.26	7:52AM 0.29		8:41PM 1.02	8:55AM 0.47		9:04PM 0.59	9:47AM 0.62	5:00PM 0.06		5:45AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	7	4	-	-	-	1	4	-	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	16	12	16	13	12	14	8	8	15	8	9	10	12	9	10	11	9	10	12
Low °C	12	11	12	14	10	13	13	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	9	11	8	7	9	7	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	16	11	16	12	12	14	5	5	14	5	6	8	9	8	8	9	7	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.1 SW	1.8 SSE	2.3 S	0.2 S	3.0 E	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	0.5 E	2.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	0.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	14	15	14	13	13	8	10	14	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	13	9	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	-	9	8	8	-	13	9	8	14	14	11	13	13	17	-	14	19	9	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	1.8 S	-	-	4.0 S	-	-	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	9	10	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	11	10	10	-

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1379	4448	3663	5694	4499	3699	3423	6116	3144	3169	4142	3260	2194	1050	1225	1191	791	674	736	1129	1522	1591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27							11:54PM 3.27	12:04AM 3.07				12:01PM 3.23		7:29PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		5:48PM 0.14	8:07PM 0.30							5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01						2:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	15	12	9	10	8	8	12	13	15	13	13	11	12	9	12	16	15	15	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	11	9	8	7	7	11	12	14	13	12	10	11	6	11	16	15	14	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	1.3 N	1.3 NNW	1.2 N	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	8	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	4	14	14
Energy(?)	1360	5187	3762	4973	3996	2460	2023	4858	2533	2572	3250	2431	2536	2668	2442	2843	2913	2722	403	57	33	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:10PM 3.30							6:05AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:06AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	12	11	11	12	10	11	10	12	11	11	9	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.3 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 N	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	-	1.3 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	18	18	18	18	-	8	15	18	18	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	5

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