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

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Porridge Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.3 N	1.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 W	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	10	9	13	8	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	9	6	11	8	11	11
Energy(?)	1060	437	946	1041	339	826	942	2119	1571	1569	1297	944	1152	444	782	892	299	284	577	450	415	1131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 3.02		2:42PM 1.91	1:55AM 1.79		2:22PM 1.72	2:01AM 2.75		3:10PM 1.63		3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		5:31AM 1.59	4:48PM 2.46		5:53AM 1.52		10:50PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 0.42		7:51PM 0.51	7:34AM 0.57		7:56PM 1.11	8:17AM 1.16		9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		10:19PM 0.76			11:24PM 0.73		1:13PM 0.70		6:11AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
High °C	17	18	17	16	19	18	17	20	15	14	17	15	14	18	18	13	16	16	15	18	21	15
Low °C	15	14	16	15	16	17	15	16	15	11	14	15	11	16	15	13	14	14	13	14	17	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	15	19	18	17	20	14	13	17	15	14	18	18	13	16	14	14	18	21	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.3 N	1.5 WSW	0.3 S	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	1.5 W	1.8 ENE	1.1 NE	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	9	10	9	13	10	9	10	10	10	14	8	7	14	14	9	12	11	8	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 N	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	7	12	12	12	8	14	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	9	13	-	19	14	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.4 E	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.5 N	-	1.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	8	9	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	11	-

	Sun	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	12	9	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	13	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1004	1060	1000	1129	642	921	269	286	924	1041	1125	1309	1499	875	501	1116	1751	658	1003	3294	1246	1009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:15AM 1.95				1:07PM 2.92				1:55AM 1.79				1:47PM 2.78							9:26AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.84				6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55	9:12AM 0.51			8:31PM 0.60	9:34PM 0.67	1:34AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	9	15	15	19	20	19	16	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	17	7	14	15	19	20	19	15	14	14	15	17	16	16	15	13	14	12	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.6 N	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	12	13	13	9	13	12	9	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	13	13	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.7 N	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 N	1.4 WSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	6	-	8	6	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	14	14	8	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	6

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	993	1240	1657	1618	1060	1512	646	710	1306	1254	1139	1129	1045	816	483	392	982	585	22	117	99	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							12:45AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.84		8:13PM 0.42																12:04PM 0.41	1:40PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	11	16	17	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	17	19	12	13	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	9	15	17	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	5	13	17	19	10	11	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 N	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	8	9	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	7	13	12	-	12	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	5	6	4	4

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