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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Paekakariki Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	1	3	2	2	4	9	5	9	5	1	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 SW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 NW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 S	2.3 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	7	10	7	13	10	10	11	16	16	8	14	13	8	8	11	12	7	7	9
Energy(?)	914	717	412	84	537	180	503	1534	2369	1922	10846	5558	192	5467	1742	731	790	1061	754	321	992	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 2.28				7:34PM 2.31	8:49AM 1.72		8:38PM 2.85		3:21PM 1.53	3:34AM 1.41			11:37PM 1.86	11:48AM 1.88	3:03PM 1.56	2:35AM 2.03		3:40PM 1.59	11:56PM 2.03	12:13PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:33PM 1.31		12:25AM 0.72	7:41AM 0.44	1:19PM 0.77	1:49AM 0.70		3:02PM 0.75	2:51AM 1.30	6:48AM 0.45		9:15PM 0.28	9:44AM 0.45	5:26PM 0.46		5:46AM 0.54		8:12PM 0.43	8:57AM 0.43			6:07AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	8	18	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	22	1
High °C	16	16	15	21	17	18	20	16	13	15	13	12	17	14	13	14	15	14	13	16	14	13
Low °C	16	15	12	18	16	16	19	16	13	13	13	10	16	14	10	14	15	12	12	16	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	21	17	18	20	14	13	15	12	10	16	12	13	14	14	12	12	15	14	11
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:24	-	-	8:49	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 SW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	1.8 N	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 NW	0.4 NNE	2.2 W	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	7	10	7	13	10	10	8	16	16	8	7	13	8	11	11	12	11	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	2.3 N	1.7 NW	1.3 N	0.9 N	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 SE	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	15	14	14	8	16	8	9	14	10	9	8	8	16	12	6	-	8	-	10	13	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 SE	-	1.4 ENE	2.2 NNE	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	0.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	2.4 S	2.3 S	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	3	-	7	7	-	11	-	-	6	14	-	8	8	11	4	7	7	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Possums Reef Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 NE	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	8	6	7	13	13	13	8	13	13	7	11	11
Energy(?)	805	750	712	211	580	506	612	615	269	296	80	220	511	746	623	406	201	215	333	675	3029	2385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67	1:47PM 1.58							12:01PM 1.87			9:03PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 0.66				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72						7:45PM 0.32		3:30AM 0.56					6:54PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	14	2
Temp. °C	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	15	21	23	20	16	16	17	20	19	13	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	21	23	20	15	15	16	20	19	12	17	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	8	7	7	13	13	13	14	7	7	7	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	2.5 NNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	4	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	16	9	9	8	-	-	10	7	3	13	13	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	7	2	3	4	8	13	4	7	-	-

	Saturday 13																Sunday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Possums Reef Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	7	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	7	3	10	10	10	8	10	10	5	11	11
Energy(?)	670	786	914	135	913	824	991	952	648	457	216	58	19	509	502	502	18	199	315	58	405	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:19PM 1.75			11:46PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)						12:20PM 0.74	1:08PM 0.74			4:49PM 0.38		7:00PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	14	16	16	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	15	16	16	15	15	13	14	17	12	16	15	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	13	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 SE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	7	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	7	9	10	10	10	7	10	10	5	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.7 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	12	5	15	6	14	14	15	15	14	9	8	6	6	-	-	-	8	12	4	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	6	2	3	3	-	-	4	-	4	5	-	-

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