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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	Mon	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 N	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	8	9	6	8	8	10	20	9	16	15	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	207	65	2270	1976	1877	735	1025	551	628	171	443	339	400	665	455	876	397	787	664	341	309	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 1.79		7:48PM 3.02	8:59AM 1.85		8:51PM 3.11	10:01AM 1.94	3:49PM 1.38		4:35AM 1.58	4:21PM 1.98		4:52AM 1.91	4:32PM 1.95		12:12PM 3.47		12:42AM 3.40		5:11PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 0.51		2:08PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.93		2:37PM 0.91	3:09AM 0.87			10:07PM 0.06	10:54AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.01	11:12AM 0.07		12:04AM 0.01	6:01AM 0.65	6:26PM 0.54		7:26AM 0.29		12:37AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	10	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	13	16	22	13	18	13	15	16	17	14	13	17	12	13	14	15	16	17	15
Low °C	13	15	17	13	14	20	13	17	13	14	16	17	13	12	16	8	11	13	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	11	16	22	12	18	12	15	16	16	14	12	17	10	12	13	15	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 N	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 S	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	10	10	11	10	8	9	6	8	8	10	7	9	11	15	14	14	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	0.2 S	1.4 NE	1.0 SE	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 SW	0.3 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	-	15	8	15	8	8	8	7	14	14	7	12	21	16	11	10	10	8	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	4.0 ESE	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 SE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	3	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 NE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.4 NE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	8	11	9	9	18	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	8	11	10	10	11	9	8
Energy(?)	201	207	213	51	260	83	78	393	1783	1197	1378	1278	1689	1081	1182	1177	1049	1405	1453	1244	555	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79						2:39AM 1.46				1:43PM 1.81		8:51PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 0.51				1:33PM 1.00		8:08PM 0.08				8:20AM 0.15						3:09AM 0.87		7:27AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	14	13	14	17	16	13	16	17	17	16	11	15	15	16	21	18	17	15	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	12	17	16	11	16	17	17	16	9	14	14	16	21	18	17	14	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	11	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	8	11	10	10	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	19	13	12	18	11	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	14	13	13	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	0.9 NE	-	1.9 NE	0.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	2	-	8	-	9	3	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSE	1.3 SE	4.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 S	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	6	8	5	9	9	9	9	18	10	6
Energy(?)	226	201	201	58	205	51	51	192	610	1115	1622	36	177	106	133	2163	82	83	80	289	352	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)							1:02AM 0.96						7:22AM 0.18						1:33PM 1.00	2:08PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	3
High °C	19	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	17	16	13	17	14	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	15	13	12	13	12	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	13	17	16	11	16	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	5	6	8	7	12	9	9	9	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	12	12	7	12	5	5	12	-	-	-	8	9	5	10	-	13	13	13	18	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE	4.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	1.5 E	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	7	8	8	4	7	4	5	9	3	3	3	-	5	6

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