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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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 E	0.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	6	14	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1618	1277	771	640	1039	339	1713	4372	1400	2734	45	549	1311	1313	367	804	425	431	430	734	609	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:59AM 2.08		3:00PM 3.26	3:35AM 3.10		3:40PM 2.70		7:21AM 2.23	6:17PM 1.89		5:49AM 1.82		7:13PM 1.77	6:46AM 1.77		1:39AM 1.32		6:37PM 2.28	8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		9:41PM 0.07	8:48AM 0.86		9:20PM 0.84	9:25AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46			12:40AM 0.40	11:59AM 0.64	2:36PM 0.71	1:33AM 0.48	12:58PM 0.69	1:08PM 0.74	7:28PM 0.17	7:21AM 0.26		2:35AM 0.74		3:02PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	14	19	16	14	26	15	12	14	14	12	16	14	12	15	15	12	17	19	19	21	14
Low °C	15	13	14	16	13	23	15	9	13	12	8	16	14	11	14	15	10	16	18	17	21	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	19	16	14	26	14	10	13	12	10	14	13	12	14	14	12	17	19	19	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 E	0.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	6	14	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 N	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	-	10	9	11	13	-	5	12	11	16	13	13	8	12	9	9	11	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	2.1 W	-	1.1 W	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.5 NNE	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	14	-	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	3

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1382	2143	1358	1192	1190	1071	1007	1022	1332	2041	2201	1039	1222	2535	1023	1760	296	220	1486	3086	3277	3011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 3.24					4:19PM 2.11				4:55AM 1.97								5:04AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.70				8:32AM 0.28	11:45AM 0.48								10:16AM 0.53		4:25PM 0.06	9:06PM 0.32	10:51PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	13	12	11	14	16	19	21	18	15	13	13	11	15	15	26	18	18	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	13	12	10	14	16	19	21	18	14	12	12	10	15	15	26	18	18	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	0.8 SW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 N	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	5	7	8	13	10	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.5 NE	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	6	-	13	-	-	-

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	0.6 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 NW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	13	10	12	8	8	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1546	152	1618	1597	1494	1505	1416	2416	2145	2049	2271	1321	578	132	1156	1486	31	17	890	1069	1011	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:06AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:38AM 0.18		9:23AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	12	10	11	12	17	16	18	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	8	11	11	17	16	18	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 S	0.4 SE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	13	10	10	8	4	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 S	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	6	-	12	12	9	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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