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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	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	4	1	4	3	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.4 E	3.5 E	1.7 N	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.5 W	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	7	13	12	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	11	8
Energy(?)	2733	1873	2598	54	1699	819	584	716	492	274	66	98	68	2432	1606	2037	757	1206	644	432	145	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.86		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84		5:12AM 2.36			6:16AM 2.85	6:43PM 2.96	1:42AM 1.40			7:42PM 2.57	7:52AM 2.73		9:26PM 1.94	9:26AM 3.11	1:21PM 1.90	9:54PM 3.20	10:17AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	12:41PM 0.63		11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		11:38PM 0.53	11:21AM 0.59		12:36AM 0.52	12:28PM 1.05		7:30PM 0.14	7:55AM 0.18	1:24PM 0.54	1:59AM 0.45		3:12PM 0.47	3:44AM 0.44				4:02AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	7	8	2	3	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	15	13	12	21	16	13	18	18	15	20	15	16	13	17	13	13	16	12	14	16	15	14
Low °C	13	13	11	18	16	10	16	18	13	18	13	12	12	17	13	13	16	11	13	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	21	15	13	18	18	14	20	14	16	10	17	10	12	14	11	13	15	15	13
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:49	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.4 E	3.5 E	1.7 N	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 NW	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	14	13	7	13	12	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	12	8	-	-	6	6	16	15	8	7	7	-	-	16	16	13	15	15	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.2 S	0.6 SSW	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	9	7	9	7	-	-	-	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	3197	3066	2733	2310	1873	4504	4141	3158	3042	1901	1642	48	68	1217	1064	1006	1276	1148	584	362	462	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 1.84				4:24PM 1.87				4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:29PM 2.55				5:51AM 1.77				5:28PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)				11:04AM 0.52				11:30PM 0.39								10:25PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	15	13	12	13	9	10	11	14	21	19	15	14	13	11	11	16	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	12	14	13	12	13	7	9	11	14	21	19	15	14	12	10	10	16	13	17	16
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 SE	0.6 NW	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	7	21	13	21	21	14	9	20	20	6	13	13	6	8	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	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
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2976	3197	3197	3154	3154	7637	4250	2772	7336	4118	4010	92	92	4462	4343	3521	4831	4504	3405	791	3094	3425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 1.84											3:38PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	1
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	12	14	12	12	14	15	23	24	15	15	16	12	12	13	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	7	7	10	13	10	11	12	14	23	24	14	14	15	12	12	12	11	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 W	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	19	-	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	7	13	13	12	5	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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