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

	Mon		Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	7	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 W	1.1 ENE	2.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	7	12	7	6	7	9	9	8	14	12	9	12	13	13	6	11	9	10
Energy(?)	131	764	926	1828	390	406	560	190	317	803	1011	294	1922	244	311	1626	1664	1119	258	320	295	1298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 1.85	4:33AM 1.88	5:36PM 1.91	8:35PM 1.79	6:32AM 1.87			4:50AM 1.84	5:25PM 2.32		6:32AM 2.42		9:04PM 1.82	8:07AM 2.80		8:22PM 2.45	8:57AM 2.86		1:32AM 1.67	10:16AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		3:19AM 0.11	10:39AM 0.59		2:57AM 0.25	12:43PM 0.55	3:35PM 0.33	10:09PM 0.76	11:13AM 0.83		12:14AM 0.70	12:38PM 0.77	2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		1:38PM 0.73	2:36AM 0.56		6:56PM 0.32	7:12PM 0.29	4:05AM 0.61	2:41PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	17	16	11	15	15	16	14	14	13	19	16	7	13	13	12	16	17	12	19	14
Low °C	10	9	16	14	9	14	13	14	14	13	12	17	15	6	12	13	11	15	17	12	17	14
Chill °C (?)	11	8	16	15	10	14	13	15	13	13	11	19	16	4	12	12	11	15	16	11	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	2.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 W	1.1 ENE	2.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 E	2.3 NW
Period (s)	11	7	10	11	7	12	13	6	7	9	9	8	14	12	9	12	13	13	7	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	1.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.2 W	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.9 NW	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	19	18	16	11	9	8	7	8	13	7	19	9	-	7	6	-	20	19	14	8	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 W	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	2.0 ENE	-	1.3 NW	1.8 NE
Period (s)	2	10	10	-	-	-	7	6	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	6

	Monday 10			Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.3 NE	2.5 NNW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	10	10	12	12	11	12	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	7	12	7
Energy(?)	224	307	1240	1007	746	756	580	328	1325	1237	840	594	602	589	426	402	416	283	1062	795	647	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:23AM 1.97	8:08AM 1.93		3:04PM 2.20					6:32AM 1.87				5:27PM 2.92	9:42PM 1.75	10:01PM 1.67		4:56AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)				10:56PM 0.24	1:52AM 0.20						9:56PM 0.55					10:20AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	9
Temp. °C	20	19	14	8	9	8	13	15	17	14	14	13	7	8	16	16	15	14	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	19	14	6	6	6	12	14	17	14	14	13	4	5	16	15	15	14	8	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 NNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	7	7	12	12	11	12	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	17	16	8	13	5	3	10	9	-	-	8	7	8	8	7	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.5 NW	-	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.1 NE	0.3 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	4	-	10	10	9	7	-	-	4	-	-	2	3	-	7	-	-	8	7	2	7

	Monday 10										Tuesday 11
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.2 NE	2.1 NE	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	8	7	11	11	11	11	6	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	8	11
Energy(?)	137	306	1405	129	446	771	443	199	262	685	1176	1420	599	609	1780	1790	2163	2454	510	243	1027	2735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 1.98				7:29PM 1.86								3:58AM 3.03					8:28AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								8:03PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	18	14	11	15	10	11	15	15	15	15	15	10	9	13	14	13	13	10	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	17	12	8	14	7	8	14	14	13	14	13	8	7	11	12	10	11	8	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	9	11	11	9	11	-	6	12	9	9	17	17	-	10	10	-	11	6	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 N	0.1 S	1.0 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	9	8	19	7	-	7	-	12	12	12	12	8	8	-	12	11	-	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	1.8 WSW	-	1.7 NNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WNW	-	-	3.5 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	8	7	2	-	11	-	6	6	8	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	10	7	6	8	11

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