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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	3.5 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.6 N	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 W	1.4 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	10	12	10	8	14	14	8	8	7	20	10	16	10	16	7	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	260	2275	1887	1874	883	890	463	398	553	93	373	375	648	427	806	343	529	181	384	283	295	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 1.87	8:24AM 2.98		8:48PM 2.66		3:55PM 1.46			4:25PM 1.55		4:11AM 2.13			12:12PM 3.47		1:17AM 2.13	4:52AM 2.07	5:11PM 1.92		6:54AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 1.00	2:41AM 0.48		3:12PM 0.47	3:02AM 0.37	9:53AM 0.11		10:15PM 0.06	10:17AM 0.13		10:31PM 0.01	10:29AM 0.10	5:34PM 0.59	12:04AM 0.01	6:01AM 0.65	6:26PM 0.54	7:01PM 0.23	11:08AM 0.10		12:37AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	9	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	13	17	21	13	17	14	14	22	18	11	12	17	12	12	16	12	14	17	16	17
Low °C	17	18	13	13	21	13	16	14	13	20	18	9	12	16	8	11	16	11	14	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	11	17	21	12	16	13	14	22	18	9	10	17	10	10	16	11	14	17	16	17
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 S	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.6 N	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	12	10	8	14	8	8	14	12	7	10	11	15	11	7	13	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	1.0 SE	1.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	-	15	8	15	8	8	11	14	8	7	8	12	21	16	10	16	14	8	10	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	3.5 ESE	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.3 W	1.4 S	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	7	-	-	4	4	-	8	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 N	2.5 NE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.0 NNE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.8 NE	1.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	9	18	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	11	8	10	11	11	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	213	51	260	84	293	81	1289	1044	1196	1331	1782	1535	1144	1127	1359	1001	1467	1090	570	513	630	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:55AM 1.79						2:39AM 1.46				1:43PM 1.81								2:41PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 0.51				2:08PM 0.53		8:23PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				9:10PM 0.09		3:09AM 0.87		7:27AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	17	13	15	18	17	16	16	12	14	16	17	21	19	16	16	15	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	12	17	12	15	17	17	16	16	11	13	16	17	21	19	16	16	14	15	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 N	1.8 ENE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.0 NNE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.8 NE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	9	8	11	9	11	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	11	8	10	11	11	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 W	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	5	19	13	18	11	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	14	8	13	13	12	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	1.3 NE	-	1.7 NE	0.4 SW	2.0 S	-	0.3 WSW	-	2.5 NE	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	2	9	-	8	3	8	-	3	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	3	3

	Tuesday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 WSW	3.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	5	7	6	5	9	9	9	18	18	6	6	9	9
Energy(?)	210	44	213	44	193	69	1988	1868	2367	72	259	155	167	80	2275	77	136	382	386	394	828	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 0.51						7:55AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	12	14	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	18	15	16	16	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	10	14	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	16	18	14	14	16	9	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	8	12	12	12	8	7	9	9	9	12	9	9	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 NNE	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	12	7	11	10	12	-	-	7	9	10	7	12	-	12	12	18	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	5	5	6	5	3	9	-	2	-	6	6	7	7

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