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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Pukerua Bay Wellington	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	3	6	5	8	5	5	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	0.4 NNW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	12	13	14	14	15	14	13	7	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	499	2059	524	4304	2499	6475	3710	4078	3124	802	485	2230	1577	2308	1410	24	2288	3448	1858	1574	1386	1440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:18AM 3.42	5:11PM 1.46	11:57PM 2.21		12:25PM 2.33	12:45AM 2.27		1:13PM 2.32			1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		3:00PM 2.15	2:28AM 1.98		3:08PM 1.91			3:44PM 2.92		3:41AM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)				6:09AM 0.01		6:40PM 0.05	7:00AM -0.02		9:47PM 0.13	9:19AM 0.28		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		8:15PM 0.42	8:11AM 0.84		9:16PM 0.54	9:22AM 1.00		8:42PM 0.50	10:05AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	6	1	7	-	11	1	5	1	-	19	8	-	2	2	4	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	13	11	14	11	13	16	13	13	17	16	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	14
Low °C	11	12	10	13	11	10	11	11	11	14	12	12	14	14	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	12	9	13	9	11	16	13	13	17	16	13	12	13	12	10	11	12	14
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 NW	0.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.6 E	3.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	13	16	12	13	14	14	15	14	9	12	9	10	10	10	8	11	10	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	0.7 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	-	5	20	18	16	8	8	8	13	-	-	8	9	8	-	11	12	18	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.5 N	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	-	1.2 SW	1.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	2	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	7	5	8	5	8	7	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1660	1048	3533	3580	2269	1991	2242	2405	548	1474	5053	4948	6207	4764	7477	3665	7034	6243	3419	3152	3203	3096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							12:01AM 2.25															11:54PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)		10:59AM 0.11		5:49PM 0.04					8:26AM 0.05			5:48PM 0.14				5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	18	13	13	11	10	10	9	10	11	12	11	11	9	10	10	11	13	13	12	13	9
Chill °C (?)	13	17	12	12	9	8	8	7	9	9	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	7
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	14	15	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	0.9 N	-	-	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	13	10	10	16	21	15	15	9	18	18	18	15	-	-	8	-	-	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	13	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17																	Saturday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5	7	5	8	5	8	7	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	11	11	9	9	8	10
Energy(?)	1801	1233	499	504	2059	1901	1992	2092	652	1090	2819	3134	3119	4576	3607	1672	2801	2645	1852	1904	1202	1724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						11:40AM 2.27												11:18PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)												5:06PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	3	6	-	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3
High °C	11	14	11	12	13	14	12	13	13	13	15	14	15	12	14	15	14	13	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	10	11	12	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	10	12	13	13	12	14	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	11	11	-	22	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	10	13	16	16	-	-	-	-	9	4	18	18	18	16	14	-	10	10	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8

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