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 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	11	10	9	8	11	10	10	10	13	13	18	18	14	14	14	16	18	12	11
Energy(?)	1510	107	178	151	303	664	889	1610	1732	850	935	408	256	1140	572	1588	1004	617	776	10	4840	3378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:34PM 3.38	12:41AM 3.17		12:50PM 3.06	1:17AM 3.05			2:14AM 2.87		5:04PM 1.88	9:28PM 1.81	4:46AM 1.81		11:07PM 1.69	11:39AM 1.88		12:00AM 2.02			1:03AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			6:31PM 0.06	6:42AM 0.12		7:05PM 0.20	7:36AM 0.29	3:30PM 0.02	8:00PM 0.40	8:37AM 0.48			11:12AM 0.60	3:33PM 0.64		5:26AM 0.16	5:45PM 0.11		6:22AM 0.17	4:45PM 0.23	6:42PM 0.18	7:15AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-
High °C	17	15	8	11	10	9	9	7	10	10	11	10	11	12	11	11	14	10	11	15	11	12
Low °C	14	14	5	6	9	7	8	7	8	8	11	9	9	11	10	7	12	9	10	15	7	7
Chill °C (?)	17	15	5	11	7	7	6	3	7	8	9	8	10	11	9	10	13	10	8	13	9	12
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 N	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	8	9	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	13	13	-	18	14	10	14	16	15	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	5	16	16	9	15	15	14	10	13	8	10	20	13	13	-	14	4	8	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.9 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	3	9	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	18	-	7	-	-	2	6	12	11

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.6 SSE	0.5 SW	1.2 S	2.2 ESE	1.5 S	2.4 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 S	0.8 SW	1.8 S	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	11	15	9	14	9	10	9	10	9	8	13	8	10
Energy(?)	1332	1072	1359	1060	784	627	525	612	322	211	221	415	218	398	1557	664	1437	1805	889	566	761	1350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:08AM 3.40				12:01PM 3.23				12:26AM 3.21				2:04PM 2.02		8:10PM 1.76				8:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			6:07AM -0.01				6:15PM 0.03				8:36AM 0.10						2:35AM 0.06				2:50PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	12	11	13	17	17	15	12	13	10	10	6	9	12	9	7	8	6	8	8	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	12	17	17	15	11	12	8	10	3	7	12	7	4	5	3	5	5	9	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.6 SSE	0.5 SW	1.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	11	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 E	-	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	6	6	9	8	8	15	9	14	8	16	15	9	14	15	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SE	2.0 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8

	Monday 20
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.9 ENE	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	9	8	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1719	1555	2817	2805	2528	2093	1866	139	1510	1349	270	428	530	142	1169	145	1173	769	169	739	171	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:08AM 3.40							7:25AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						5:52AM -0.01						11:55AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	16	8	8	14	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	16	5	5	13	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.9 ENE	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	2.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	9	8	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	7	12	10	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.1 SE	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	4	-	-	4	-	4	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8

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