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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	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	1	4	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 NNE	1.7 NW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	13	8	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	5	9	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	7	13
Energy(?)	1828	4354	2598	54	1525	745	655	711	419	237	282	26	44	1956	2061	489	574	1165	542	562	407	4082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.86		4:56AM 1.79	4:37PM 2.47		4:52AM 2.58	5:40PM 2.94			1:08PM 1.42		7:12AM 2.48		8:23PM 1.87	8:59AM 1.85		10:21PM 2.04	9:26AM 3.11		9:21PM 2.93	9:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)	11:04AM 0.52		1:11AM 0.57	11:05AM 0.57		10:58PM 0.67	11:03AM 0.62		12:01AM 0.98	6:59AM 0.20		12:54AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.53	2:41AM 0.48		2:37PM 0.91			3:08PM 0.37	3:35AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	23	19	1	1	1	-	-	-	8
High °C	16	15	12	20	14	13	18	19	15	23	20	13	19	17	13	13	18	12	13	16	15	16
Low °C	13	14	11	17	14	10	16	18	13	20	19	13	17	15	12	12	17	12	13	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	11	20	12	13	18	19	14	23	20	12	18	16	12	13	18	10	13	16	15	15
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.6 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 E	1.6 E	0.9 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	13	8	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	8	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 N	0.5 E	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	13	6	-	6	16	15	6	5	6	12	-	8	9	16	15	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 SE	3.5 ESE	2.0 S	0.4 WSW	1.9 ENE	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	3	9	8	3	7	-	-	9	7	-

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	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2733	2310	1308	4504	4141	3113	3037	1918	1657	49	76	1217	1062	1437	1276	1125	655	153	479	582	595	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:24PM 1.87			3:57AM 2.61	4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:29PM 2.55				5:51AM 1.77				4:59PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)		11:04AM 0.52				10:05PM 0.68								11:38PM 0.53				12:53PM 0.51				11:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	13	12	13	12	12	11	14	21	20	15	14	11	11	11	16	14	17	19	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	16	12	12	13	12	12	10	13	21	20	15	14	10	10	10	16	13	17	19	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	13	6	12	-	21	21	14	14	20	6	13	13	13	-	15	12	6	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	9	5	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3023	2772	1828	6898	4969	4484	3871	3999	3944	47	39	4110	4064	4211	3914	3642	2803	275	2387	3221	3278	3065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:49PM 3.01												3:40AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)				10:14AM 0.56							5:07PM 0.23					10:45PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	12	15	15	16	15	14	21	21	15	14	12	11	11	12	10	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	11	14	14	15	14	12	21	21	14	12	12	11	11	11	9	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	4	5	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	12	12	13	13	13	12	21	12	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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