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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	Sat	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Herbertville Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 NW	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2243	95	672	367	543	551	536	570	1536	1380	976	1173	827	1289	1151	1176	1641	1737	967	959	641	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:32AM 1.77		9:18PM 2.97	9:41AM 2.95			10:20AM 3.03			4:47AM 1.43	5:39PM 1.29		5:43AM 1.37	3:54PM 2.30		4:29AM 1.67		7:16PM 1.30	7:38AM 1.40		7:37PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 0.64		3:08PM 1.17	3:30AM 1.11		3:03PM 0.63	9:58PM 0.56	4:10AM 1.07	4:18PM 0.47	10:31PM 0.27	11:03AM 0.30		11:49PM 0.27	12:03PM 0.28		10:11PM 0.34	10:40AM 0.39	1:14PM 0.27	1:26AM 0.27		1:52PM 0.27	1:42AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	6	-	-
High °C	10	17	17	12	16	18	14	23	16	19	19	18	12	23	16	17	21	14	18	10	13	11
Low °C	8	15	17	11	12	17	13	20	16	17	15	17	10	18	16	14	19	11	17	8	12	7
Chill °C (?)	8	17	16	10	16	17	13	23	15	18	19	17	11	23	16	17	21	13	18	7	11	9
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 NW	2.0 ENE	2.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	10	10	12	9	9	12	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 NNW	0.2 S	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	14	8	8	6	9	8	16	8	10	13	9	17	8	7	10	10	6	9	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.8 NE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 NNE	2.5 ENE	0.6 N	1.7 ENE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	7	10	7	-	7	8	4	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	5	14	-

	Sat	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	12	12	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	3885	3049	2043	1624	1248	747	144	690	686	567	579	548	558	1124	936	1373	1477	1297	1554	1421	1173	1109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86		3:04PM 1.57		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40				2:01PM 2.27					4:43AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			2:45AM 1.16										9:57AM 0.28				8:10PM 0.29	10:29PM 0.25				10:29AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	8	11	12	16	12	12	15	14	12	17	22	19	20	17	14	13	12	18	23
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	11	12	16	12	11	15	14	11	17	22	19	20	16	14	13	11	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	12	12	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	-	20	19	19	19	10	18	18	10	10	8	7	12	8	8	7	10	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9

	Saturday 15				Sunday 16
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	13	11	7	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4704	8589	1762	1762	2243	1000	83	2050	2305	445	446	390	401	426	281	247	343	416	409	411	378	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					3:19PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)								2:45AM 1.16						8:51AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	9	9	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	12	11	15	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	11	12	11	10	8	14	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	11	11	13	11	7	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	20	6	20	19	7	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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