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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	Sun	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 SE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	0.8 N	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	9	11	6	10	10	9	8	9	9	6	9	10	10	10	19	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	492	165	560	256	257	119	2468	1740	350	391	635	214	179	672	822	610	522	584	674	1126	875	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:38AM 2.58	6:43PM 2.96		7:12AM 2.48		7:48PM 3.02	8:18AM 2.58		9:26PM 1.94	10:01AM 1.94		10:29PM 2.00	10:25AM 3.25			5:33AM 1.63	5:13PM 2.43		5:54AM 1.79	6:18PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	11:50PM 0.50	11:49AM 0.65		1:02AM 0.96		1:12PM 0.59	2:06AM 0.93		3:12PM 0.47	3:44AM 0.44		3:33PM 0.30		4:11AM 0.81	5:13PM 0.32	10:55PM 0.03	11:54AM 0.05		11:22PM 0.27	12:17PM 0.03		11:42PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	22	20	17	18	12	12	15	13	17	13	15	15	17	17	16	17	13	11	16	17	15
Low °C	13	17	19	13	17	12	12	14	13	16	12	15	14	17	16	14	17	12	9	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	22	20	17	18	10	9	15	12	17	13	14	14	17	16	16	17	12	8	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	6	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	9	6	6	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SE	0.5 S	1.1 SE	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	7	12	12	19	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	7	14	13	13	13	7	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.9 ESE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	3	3	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	-

	Sun	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31
	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 ESE	2.4 NE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	12	9	9	10	11	9	18	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	572	503	226	210	258	214	119	131	204	256	242	80	257	103	338	2190	2034	1028	1191	1269	1216	1336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:16AM 2.85				6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79						1:51AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:24PM 0.52				12:05PM 0.63					1:37AM 0.51				2:08PM 0.53		8:23PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	11	11	17	21	22	21	17	15	14	14	18	13	15	16	17	11	11	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	9	9	17	21	22	21	17	14	12	13	18	12	15	16	17	11	10	11	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	5	9	9	8	11	9	11	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.1 S	1.6 NE	0.1 S	1.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	7	7	7	7	7	4	8	12	12	10	19	3	18	12	9	11	8	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	-	-	1.8 NE	2.4 NE	1.9 SSE	0.7 S	1.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	9	9	8	9	9	7	4

	Sunday 28	Monday 29
	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	1.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	10	5	8	8	9	9	8
Energy(?)	582	592	416	416	493	503	279	484	250	229	311	329	261	168	269	46	83	98	101	58	82	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:06AM 2.43						12:28PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)					11:50PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	15	12	11	13	12	12	11	13	13	15	17	16	17	14	14	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	15	11	10	12	11	11	10	13	12	14	17	15	16	13	13	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	8	10	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	6	6	14	7	14	7	14	10	13	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	9	8	3	4	3

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