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			Saturday 25
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Warrington Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	18	16	14	15	12
Energy(?)	5694	6705	4493	3408	1667	124	175	2866	2037	1065	3984	1514	1360	1026	1985	1372	491	1030	1982	1403	775	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 2.58		1:13PM 2.32	12:08AM 3.40		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:22PM 2.83	1:46AM 2.81		2:17PM 2.66	2:32AM 2.84		2:48PM 2.64		10:54AM 1.68		11:32PM 1.58	11:55AM 1.42	12:02PM 1.42	12:08AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 0.16			6:53AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.29	7:10AM 0.67		7:35PM 0.26	8:04AM 0.27		8:18PM 0.43	8:37AM 0.48		9:04PM 0.59	4:54AM 0.21	5:13PM -0.07		5:49AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	16	4	-	-	-	5	18	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	16	13	16	14	13	15	15	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	12	11	12	13	11
Low °C	9	10	14	10	13	13	13	14	12	8	9	8	8	9	9	7	8	11	9	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	9	12	15	13	16	12	12	14	15	5	5	6	7	9	7	6	10	12	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	3.0 S	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.1 S	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.6 E	2.5 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	6	8	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	13	18	16	14	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	8	7	-	7	14	13	13	8	8	18	16	20	13	-	6	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	4.0 S	-	1.5 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	-	-	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	8	10	10	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3663	5694	4242	3148	6705	5295	5360	3175	4122	4022	2510	1510	1201	1191	804	605	1680	571	710	1505	872	2427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27				12:20PM 2.18				12:04AM 3.07				12:01PM 3.23		7:36PM 1.86				8:13AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07PM 0.30			5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01						2:08AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	11	4	1	2
Temp. °C	10	10	8	11	10	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	16	16	15	13	14	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	9	8	12	12	14	14	12	11	10	10	16	16	14	12	14	12	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.1 N	1.5 NW	-	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	8	5	-	9	8	12	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 N	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	3	-

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	2914	4858	3663	2599	5955	5694	6184	2696	3116	3314	2885	3056	3320	3758	3709	3964	32	317	276	285	271	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:59PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)												5:31AM -0.06							12:36PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	14	17	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	10	7	10	8	8	8	9	10	10	12	13	11	14	14	14	16	18	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.3 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	14	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	0.5 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	15	-	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	14	9	9	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4

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