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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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Nicks Point 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	1	4	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	11	10	11	11	10	8	7
Energy(?)	1031	919	804	1199	1731	1191	426	765	782	1483	1442	4224	434	2656	1266	74	956	1246	1031	1907	720	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 3.46	3:09AM 2.22	4:35AM 2.53	4:53PM 2.45		5:29AM 2.43	2:34PM 3.05	2:45AM 2.80		3:55PM 3.12			4:37PM 2.55		5:24AM 2.84	5:51PM 2.88		6:21AM 2.76		9:45PM 2.16	10:12AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52PM -0.02	10:50AM 0.42		11:18PM 0.29	11:45AM 0.48		8:38PM 0.28	8:56AM 0.39		10:16PM 0.99	10:09AM 0.56		11:12PM 1.12	11:34AM 1.24		12:09AM 1.22	12:33PM 1.31	2:10PM 0.56	3:57AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	18	16	14	21	21	14	15	15	12	13	14	13	13	15	13	15	15	11	16
Low °C	19	18	16	15	15	12	15	19	13	14	13	9	12	13	11	11	15	10	14	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	17	16	14	21	21	14	15	15	9	12	12	12	11	15	12	15	14	11	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	11	10	11	11	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	14	12	12	-	-	9	13	13	-	-	12	15	6	13	15	14	10	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	2.1 W	-	0.9 W	-	1.9 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	8	14	-	5	-	6	-	3	-	10	8	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 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 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1192	1050	1031	655	1054	1077	1163	1047	828	825	2371	1987	1541	1588	1413	1191	1203	1119	940	890	765	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:58PM 2.52				1:01AM 3.10				1:42PM 3.18				2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24AM 0.19								7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70				8:48AM 0.86	10:12AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	20	22	20	18	16	16	17	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	19	20	22	20	18	16	16	17	13	15	15	14	14	13	11	12	15	20	21	19
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 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 NW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	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 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	-	7	-	-	-	15	14	14	15	15	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Sunday 07
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1295	1274	1090	658	1045	1045	1031	1106	1136	1079	1027	1027	818	1051	1125	1058	1066	966	982	1077	881	1205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:28PM 0.58	8:52PM -0.02		10:22PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	19	20	18	18	19	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	18	18	17	17	17	19	20	18	18	19	16	18	18	17	17	16	18	18	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	13	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13

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