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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	3	3	6	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	1.7 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	7	11	9	12	13	12	12	12	20	16
Energy(?)	736	1610	1671	899	2153	1216	708	1594	1447	1173	351	331	84	737	519	780	3638	5072	2093	1877	622	1674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:35AM 2.31		7:14PM 2.33	7:52AM 2.42		9:16PM 1.78	9:14AM 2.98		9:38PM 2.56	10:45AM 1.97		11:12PM 1.95			12:46AM 2.16	11:07AM 3.20	3:28PM 2.02	3:54AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 0.48	11:36PM 0.72	12:59PM 0.66	1:07PM 1.18	1:28AM 0.73		2:12PM 0.62	3:34AM 0.60		3:08PM 0.51	3:45AM 0.46	4:34AM 0.48	4:59PM 0.37		7:27AM 0.32	6:33PM 0.05		4:54AM 0.15		9:38PM 0.03	7:32AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	24	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	17	16	11	17	13	11	15	15	14	21	11	14	11	10	10	13	15	14	19
Low °C	18	18	16	17	16	11	15	12	9	11	15	11	16	11	10	10	10	8	12	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	17	16	10	17	12	10	14	14	14	21	8	12	11	6	7	13	15	13	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	-	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	7	-	9	12	9	12	12	12	20	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.3 SSE	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	13	-	5	-	-	9	13	11	6	-	10	-	-	16	-	16	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.7 SSW	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2712	2259	1309	2119	1026	1318	1018	1003	2206	602	741	782	2228	2342	1973	1345	1389	1293	957	1512	1375	1447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 2.31				6:28AM 2.37	7:18AM 1.71				8:02PM 1.72				9:21AM 1.86					10:12PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						12:07AM 0.71									2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65			1:43PM 0.71	6:17PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	18	18	17	17	15	16	16	17	17	18	15	15	14	10	11	12	15	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	19	18	18	17	17	15	16	16	17	17	18	15	15	14	10	11	11	15	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	7	6	20	13	13	16	16	16	17	8	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25																Thursday 26
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2899	2749	736	1422	1280	1483	1454	1604	2490	1347	1397	1724	1909	1841	1689	2202	2190	453	1380	1457	1425	2088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:34PM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)					11:42AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	-	2	1	1
High °C	10	11	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	19	19	18	16	16	16	13	13	13	17	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	18	19	19	18	18	18	16	19	19	18	15	15	15	12	12	12	17	13	12	9
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	17	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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