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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 S	2.5 W	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	0.3 SSE	5.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 N	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	9	12	10	14	14	12	10	11	11	13	9	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	9461	4942	836	2246	484	1386	1073	30	5662	4279	2713	2914	2178	2012	2921	1140	1365	1310	1197	2056	457	923
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23AM 1.34			9:55PM 1.94	9:40AM 2.61		9:59PM 3.20	3:58AM 1.38		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17			5:40AM 1.35		6:03PM 1.37		1:20PM 2.04	7:16PM 1.37	7:31AM 1.37	4:38PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 0.16	8:34AM 0.16	3:45PM 0.51		3:29AM 0.29	3:51PM 0.84		10:10AM 0.18	5:47PM 0.23		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70	11:43PM 0.54	11:54AM 0.20		12:19AM 0.22	7:15AM 0.24		1:32AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	-	6	1
High °C	11	9	8	11	6	14	14	10	13	11	10	12	13	10	11	14	10	10	13	8	13	10
Low °C	10	6	7	10	3	8	11	8	11	11	7	11	13	8	11	12	9	9	12	7	12	9
Chill °C (?)	8	6	4	10	5	13	12	8	10	10	10	10	11	8	10	13	9	9	12	6	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	0.6 S	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 N	-	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	9	14	14	10	13	11	11	13	9	-	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	-	2.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	-	1.6 W	-	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 N	-	0.6 NE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	10	13	14	12	-	10	13	-	14	-	8	9	8	16	8	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 S	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	5.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	-	-	3	4	6	10	-	-	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	4

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 S	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	61	229	239	6564	5209	4913	3042	2517	1092	1294	1538	1256	1025	1260	1386	1228	1096	1260	1168	1103	674	1101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:09PM 1.86			9:00AM 2.97		2:46PM 1.52			9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.16							4:29PM 0.36						9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28		10:27PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	10	7	6	7	7	10	8	8	9	8	7	3	8	14	14	12	10	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	17	13	8	5	3	6	4	9	6	8	8	7	5	-1	6	13	12	10	7	6	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	0.1 E	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	5	7	10	10	-	8	10	14	10	10	-	9	13	13	5	15	15	15	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	0.9 NE	1.5 NNE	1.2 NE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	3	4	6	6	7

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	0.1 NE	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	16	14	14	11	16	14	12	13	14	14	14	7	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	10
Energy(?)	44	45	78	9376	9602	4393	3850	7041	12	7263	5055	4942	4942	731	665	647	636	2776	2557	683	691	2090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:50PM 1.98					2:25AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)									8:15PM 0.17												8:51AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	11	10	11	10	9	9	6	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	4	4	9	9	7
Chill °C (?)	18	17	13	8	6	8	7	6	5	2	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	2	1	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	0.1 NE	3.5 WSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	13	10	10	10	15	13	13	12	13	13	15	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.3 S	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	5	16	-	-	16	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	14	9	10	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.5 NW	1.0 WNW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	2.4 S	2.4 S	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	14	14	11	10	14	5	14	14	14	14	7	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	-

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