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

	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	14	14	8	8	14	10	16	15	14	14	13	15
Energy(?)	884	476	1712	1969	884	1059	1488	454	1030	500	903	571	667	1794	1049	692	649	1288	1044	476	933	434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 2.09	7:57AM 1.39		1:47AM 1.94		1:31PM 3.05	1:55AM 2.00		3:42PM 1.91	3:53AM 1.85		4:24PM 1.80	3:36AM 1.70		3:35PM 2.64	3:47AM 2.27		4:18PM 2.15		5:35AM 1.54	6:23PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			1:29PM 0.22	7:42PM 0.36	7:57AM 0.39		7:50PM 0.30	9:31AM 0.39		9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51		9:31PM 0.60	9:17AM 0.73		9:37PM 0.82	10:08AM 0.86		11:19PM 0.76	12:03PM 0.77		12:34AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	56	15	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	12	14	17	18	16	19	18	12	15	15	15	21	18	17	14	12	11	18	16	11
Low °C	14	15	12	13	14	17	14	14	17	10	11	14	15	15	15	15	12	11	8	16	15	9
Chill °C (?)	15	15	11	13	17	18	15	19	18	10	14	13	14	21	18	17	12	10	9	18	16	8
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	14	14	12	8	9	10	10	15	14	14	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 W	1.0 NNE	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	12	-	6	5	16	7	7	12	-	-	9	10	12	14	9	16	10	10	6	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.5 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	6	8	8	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	7

	Fri	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1431	514	256	1257	1180	814	629	1195	3058	3170	3456	3768	3093	1011	1069	1257	1091	1060	1342	1189	1004	912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:57PM 3.15	1:07PM 2.10				2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05				2:20AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01PM 0.21		1:10AM 0.20		7:24AM 0.33				8:37PM 0.31				7:57AM 0.39				7:37PM 0.36				8:31AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	5	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	12	11	10	10	10	12	19	19	17	17	17	14	14	15	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	15	15	16	13	11	10	8	8	8	10	19	19	17	17	17	13	13	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.5 E	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	10	6	6	15	15	15	13	-	-	-	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Friday 03				Saturday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1301	682	400	819	807	220	239	344	1966	1763	1577	1452	1238	344	329	344	544	544	829	941	851	851
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:40AM 3.18		2:06AM 2.09										12:52PM 2.83	1:32PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)													7:24AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	12	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	17	15	20	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	15	17	16	17	17	17	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	20	12	13	13	11	9	9	9	9	8	15	17	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	10	9	14	-	-	-	-	12	12	6	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.8 NE	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	6	18	10	14	11	11	-	-	-	-	6	5	12	5	-	-	6	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	-	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	5	-	4	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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