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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	12	13	12	16	13	13	13	13	14	10	13	8	11	11	9	8	10	11
Energy(?)	984	1708	1192	494	648	1922	334	525	4552	1400	2476	632	594	1192	1617	392	1003	438	199	154	203	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:32PM 2.23	2:41AM 3.24		2:17PM 3.07	3:19AM 2.60		3:55PM 3.12		4:13AM 2.47	4:52PM 2.98		8:21AM 2.16		7:18PM 1.80	6:46AM 1.77		7:15PM 1.81	7:54AM 1.69		2:29AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.70	8:34AM 0.28		9:07PM 0.25	9:41AM 1.00		10:16PM 0.99	10:21AM 0.55		12:40AM 0.40		2:36PM 0.71	1:40AM 0.48	12:58PM 0.69	3:33PM 0.76	1:30AM 0.67		2:07PM 0.76	8:15PM 0.22	8:38AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	13	20	16	14	25	16	12	15	14	16	16	14	11	11	15	14	17	19	18	23
Low °C	18	15	11	15	15	13	24	14	9	13	12	14	16	14	9	10	15	12	16	19	16	21
Chill °C (?)	18	14	13	20	16	14	25	15	9	14	12	14	15	12	10	11	14	13	17	19	18	23
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	12	13	12	16	13	13	13	13	14	10	13	14	11	11	9	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.8 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	10	9	11	12	-	5	14	4	16	16	15	9	14	14	9	11	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.1 WSW	2.2 W	-	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	1.7 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	14	-	5	7	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	-	7

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	828	3073	2049	2249	1297	1716	1358	1192	1191	1071	848	1022	780	1221	2201	1026	1199	1194	1714	1717	344	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 3.10				1:26PM 3.21				2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70				8:48AM 0.86	10:12AM 0.32								10:16AM 0.53		4:53PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	13	13	18	14	13	12	11	13	15	20	21	18	12	12	13	13	14	14	24	21
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	13	18	14	13	12	10	13	15	20	21	18	10	12	12	13	14	14	24	21
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 N	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.3 E	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	8	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6

	Monday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 NW	2.2 W	2.2 NW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	9	9
Energy(?)	841	2858	901	1172	868	1643	1873	3697	2158	1741	1951	1360	980	976	1725	1716	1420	1582	2028	2028	28	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 3.10	2:12AM 2.21													3:23PM 2.21						9:04PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							7:55AM 0.74													8:58PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	9	-	1	-	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	16	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	14	13	13	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	12	14	16	17	16	10	11	13	12	14	12	12	13	13	15	15	14	12	12	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	0.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	2.4 NW	0.2 S	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	-	4	5	-	10	5	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	13	-	15	14	15	15	15	15	13	15	-	8	8	-	12	9	12	12	12	3	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NNE	1.6 N	0.9 NNE	-	1.9 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	3	3

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