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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	Sun	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Murdering Bay Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	0.7 SSW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 N	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	9	11	6	10	10	10	8	9	9	7	8	9	12	10	19	17	7	15	15
Energy(?)	492	165	461	207	249	201	1859	819	285	464	633	391	291	281	369	394	324	630	732	522	819	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:38AM 2.58	6:43PM 2.96		7:12AM 2.48		7:48PM 3.02	8:18AM 2.58		9:26PM 1.94	10:01AM 1.94		10:29PM 2.00	10:25AM 3.25			5:33AM 1.63	5:13PM 2.43		5:54AM 1.79	5:27PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	11:50PM 0.50	11:49AM 0.65		1:02AM 0.96		1:12PM 0.59	2:06AM 0.93		3:12PM 0.47	3:44AM 0.44		3:33PM 0.30		4:11AM 0.81	5:13PM 0.32	10:55PM 0.03	11:54AM 0.05		11:22PM 0.27	12:17PM 0.03		11:42PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	6	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	22	20	17	18	12	13	13	19	18	13	15	15	17	18	11	17	13	11	15	17	15
Low °C	13	17	19	13	17	12	11	12	19	16	12	15	14	17	17	8	17	12	9	14	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	22	20	17	18	10	12	11	19	18	13	14	14	17	18	10	17	12	8	14	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 N	0.7 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	6	9	11	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	7	8	9	12	10	11	11	13	15	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	7	12	12	19	7	18	9	9	8	8	12	12	14	13	8	5	19	17	18	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 E	1.9 SSE	-	1.7 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	2	12	3	4	6	8	-	6	4	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	5	-

	Sun	Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 ESE	2.3 NE	1.7 E	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	12	9	9	10	11	9	18	9	9	10	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	572	503	226	210	258	232	118	144	207	207	241	69	249	73	311	1643	1817	1001	1690	1751	1432	1344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:16AM 2.85				6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79						1:51AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:24PM 0.52				12:05PM 0.63					1:37AM 0.51				2:08PM 0.53		8:23PM 0.12				7:33AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	11	11	17	21	22	21	17	15	14	14	18	13	15	16	17	11	11	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	9	9	17	21	22	21	17	14	12	13	18	12	15	16	17	11	10	11	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 ESE	2.0 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.1 S	2.3 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	5	9	9	8	11	9	11	9	9	10	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.5 W	0.1 S	1.7 ENE	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 E	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	12	12	10	19	7	18	12	9	-	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 NE	-	2.3 NE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSW	-	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	3	3	5	4	-	6	-	9	8	9	8	-	9

	Sunday 28	Monday 29
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	1.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	10	4	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	582	592	416	416	493	503	279	484	250	229	296	317	261	168	295	51	73	48	48	60	97	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:06AM 2.43						12:28PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)					11:50PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	15	12	11	13	12	12	11	13	13	15	17	16	17	14	14	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	15	11	10	12	11	11	10	13	12	14	17	15	16	13	13	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	6	6	14	7	14	7	14	10	13	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4	9	9	3	4	4

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