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

	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	4	3	2	2	2	9	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 SE	0.6 WSW	4.5 S	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	7	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	17	16	14	14	12	10	11
Energy(?)	3286	3253	1487	630	434	174	5283	520	563	1728	3098	1109	1757	963	363	1321	2581	3125	930	942	1580	1770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 3.40	11:24AM 2.89		12:57AM 3.32		1:08PM 3.06	1:17AM 3.05		1:45PM 2.85	9:32PM 1.58		2:48PM 2.64		9:25AM 2.28	3:42PM 2.61			12:08PM 1.42	12:35AM 1.52		12:37PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			5:08AM -0.19	5:36PM -0.07	6:46PM 0.63	7:10AM 0.67		7:05PM 0.20	7:36AM 0.29			9:07AM 0.43		9:04PM 0.59			11:42PM 0.69	6:02AM 0.08		6:19PM 0.11	6:22AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	17	-	-	3	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	15	8	11	15	9	9	9	8	10	13	8	13	12	11	12	15	13	13	15
Low °C	13	10	14	13	6	6	14	9	8	9	7	8	12	7	9	12	9	10	13	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	17	14	5	11	15	6	6	6	5	8	11	6	12	11	10	12	15	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.0 SE	0.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	0.5 E	2.3 SSE	0.9 E	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	7	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	16	14	14	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	20	8	16	12	-	13	13	9	18	8	10	13	17	-	-	9	12	12	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.7 SE	0.5 SE	4.5 S	0.4 SW	1.4 SSE	2.3 S	3.0 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 SSE	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	7	3	11	3	8	8	10	8	10	-	2	-	-	14	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smithfield Canterbury	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Trolley's Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	8	9	9	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	3.0 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	1.7 ESE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	11	11	9	12	16	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	5130	3175	3242	3099	1368	1080	1359	1060	784	624	1875	258	271	212	402	75	228	7269	8998	8438	655	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18			10:58PM 2.91	12:08AM 3.40				12:01PM 3.23		7:41PM 1.56		12:26AM 3.21				2:04PM 2.02		8:48PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01														2:31AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	17	16	14	13	10	10	11	6	13	12	14	13	13	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	9	9	9	11	17	16	13	12	8	9	11	3	12	12	14	13	12	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.8 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	11	11	8	7	16	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.5 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	8	-	8	8	6	8	5	6	5	9	12	11	-	8	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	0.4 SE	-	-	1.2 S	1.6 ESE	-	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	2.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	9	8	-	11	11	11	8	3

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smithfield Canterbury	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Trolley's Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	8	9	9	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 SSE	2.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	5	14	13	8	8	8	6	6
Energy(?)	5180	3144	3286	3286	3175	3175	3669	3665	3665	3652	177	3388	3376	3104	54	1748	902	164	146	124	161	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18																			7:25AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	14	13	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	14	14	15	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	10	10	7	9	8	11	11	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.3 E	2.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	11	14	13	8	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	10	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	4	3	3	4	6	6

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