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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	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	10	13	8	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	8	13	14	12	13	12	15	22	20
Energy(?)	1184	367	580	235	292	244	347	557	309	154	425	318	129	325	486	264	78	497	314	482	685	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 1.78	10:44AM 1.82		10:23PM 2.42	10:43AM 2.53		10:38PM 2.68	11:00AM 2.83		12:27AM 1.97	11:37AM 2.95		12:21AM 2.70	12:37PM 2.82	6:52PM 1.48	12:31AM 2.93	12:49PM 3.09		7:36PM 1.72	5:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 0.78		4:35AM 0.75	3:47PM 0.74		4:32AM 0.63	4:31PM 0.61		4:47AM 0.50	5:41PM 1.07		5:25AM 0.38	6:18PM 0.97		6:27AM 0.32			6:39AM 0.23		1:50AM 0.27	11:55AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	16	17	13	17	13	11	14	14	12	18	15	12	16	17	16	20	21	16	21
Low °C	18	18	16	14	16	12	15	12	9	11	14	9	16	15	10	13	16	15	17	20	16	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	16	17	12	17	12	10	13	13	10	18	14	10	15	16	16	20	21	16	21
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	14	11	14	10	13	8	12	12	8	11	12	11	11	10	13	14	8	13	12	15	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.7 N
Period (s)	7	14	7	7	7	7	11	8	12	-	9	16	6	9	10	4	12	14	16	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 E	1.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	8	4	-	8	4	4	4	-	2	4	-	-

	Thursday 15					Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	8	11
Energy(?)	1790	577	1127	1086	606	540	548	515	568	548	292	536	515	200	299	286	508	325	318	307	434	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					9:07PM 2.44				9:35AM 2.56				9:55PM 2.56	10:30PM 2.98				10:20AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07AM 0.53			4:09PM 0.77			3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63				4:31PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	13	17	17	15	13	9
Chill °C (?)	8	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	11	17	17	14	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	-

	Thursday 15	Friday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 E	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	11	14	14	7	14	14	14	7	13
Energy(?)	1868	319	1184	1182	377	577	577	653	653	653	253	1086	617	312	442	442	723	580	580	571	281	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:55AM 1.74												9:36PM 2.31						3:50AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07AM 0.53							2:57PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	10	16	19	19	17	17	18	17	18	19	18	17	18	16	18	18	14	16	16	16	14	12
Chill °C (?)	8	16	19	19	16	17	18	16	18	19	18	17	18	16	18	18	13	16	16	16	13	10
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.7 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	10	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	11	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	14	14	14	7	7	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	5

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