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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 SE	3.0 S	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	10	10	9	10	11
Energy(?)	1347	1031	919	804	1199	1731	1256	426	1255	782	1069	1442	1654	434	2656	1266	383	956	1399	636	1907	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 3.43		1:13PM 3.46	1:47AM 3.36		3:23PM 2.21		6:44AM 2.04	2:17PM 3.07	3:04AM 2.80		3:11PM 2.91		4:29AM 2.96	4:25PM 2.73		5:24AM 2.84	5:51PM 2.88		6:21AM 2.76	6:36PM 2.34	8:19PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.58	9:18AM 0.25		9:47PM 0.07			8:54PM 0.28	8:56AM 0.39		10:16PM 0.99	10:36AM 1.13		10:58PM 0.53	11:34AM 1.24		12:09AM 1.22	12:33PM 1.31		2:37AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	19	17	17	16	14	20	20	14	16	15	11	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	15	11
Low °C	14	20	18	15	15	15	13	15	19	12	15	14	9	13	13	11	15	16	13	14	14	10
Chill °C (?)	16	21	19	16	16	16	14	20	20	14	16	15	8	14	12	11	15	15	14	14	14	10
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 SE	0.2 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	10	10	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	14	12	12	-	-	9	8	13	-	-	12	15	16	13	12	14	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	2.1 W	-	0.9 W	-	1.2 W	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	-	5	-	6	-	-	7	10	3

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11
Energy(?)	1293	1347	1192	1050	1031	997	1054	448	874	1047	828	825	2371	1987	1541	1588	1413	1191	1203	1119	1007	890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)							2:29PM 2.28	5:13PM 2.03			1:01AM 3.10				1:42PM 3.18				2:41AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)					8:24AM 0.19								7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70				8:32AM 0.28	10:12AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	16	21	20	22	22	16	16	16	17	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	20
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	16	21	20	22	22	16	16	16	17	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.0 ENE	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	7	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	18	-	16	16	-	-	-	14	13	15	14	14	15	15	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	982	1794	1293	1295	1468	1347	1316	655	1341	1269	1201	1184	964	948	1089	1050	1040	1040	1038	1038	999	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			1:13PM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)												6:22AM 0.01	7:02AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	16	16	16	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	21
Chill °C (?)	15	11	16	16	14	14	14	13	16	15	16	16	16	15	18	16	18	18	18	18	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:59	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	14	-	18	17	-	-	-	10	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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