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 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	11	11	14	9	17	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13	11	13	11	11	13
Energy(?)	328	1518	571	138	248	1357	538	715	1992	898	2306	2115	677	659	858	1117	606	291	532	509	1606	2466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:17AM 3.09				11:37AM 1.64		11:55PM 1.76	5:16AM 2.38	5:34PM 2.54		7:18AM 1.71		7:52PM 1.79	10:47AM 2.22		8:41PM 2.87	10:30AM 1.96		11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08		12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28AM 0.88	4:43PM 0.13	9:54PM 0.40	5:32AM 0.32	5:53PM 0.33		11:38AM 0.61		12:19AM 1.23		1:42PM 0.65	2:10AM 0.63	4:39AM 0.65	1:43PM 0.71	2:59AM 1.10	4:23AM 0.51	4:53PM 0.26		5:19AM 0.38	4:24PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	14	20	14	17	20	22	16	15	16	11	15	15	14	15	17	15	13	11	9
Low °C	12	15	16	13	19	13	16	18	18	15	15	15	8	13	15	13	11	14	12	12	10	7
Chill °C (?)	13	17	16	13	20	13	17	20	22	16	14	16	10	14	13	14	14	17	15	12	8	6
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 E	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	11	12	6	11	14	9	17	14	14	14	13	13	9	9	12	13	11	13	12	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	-	0.6 NW	0.2 N	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	16	18	18	9	-	8	13	5	8	12	13	16	7	13	8	9	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	11	11	-

	Sun	Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	18	11	9	13	16	16	15	16	14
Energy(?)	1567	1406	4368	1302	1518	757	635	708	502	274	645	762	562	406	327	503	1778	2986	3326	3156	1041	2259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						10:46AM 1.62						4:46AM 1.83				4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 0.78								9:44PM 0.40									12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	13	11	15	17	18	16	13	13	13	14	15	15	19	17	12	11	10	10	18	20
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	10	15	17	18	16	13	13	12	14	15	14	19	17	12	10	9	10	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	11	11	9	13	16	16	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	16	7	16	19	16	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22				Monday 23
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	13	8	5	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1768	1567	266	1880	320	123	328	2060	1362	1084	1607	1485	647	554	1224	772	861	744	731	653	571	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:02AM 2.91												3:42PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:01AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	10	10	12	12	11	9	16	15	17	19	20	22	16	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	10	7	16	15	17	19	20	22	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	12	13	14	9	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	9	8	14	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 W	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	9	-	8	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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