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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	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	13	8	12	8	8	11	9	11	11	11	13	13	8	13	12	12	21	12
Energy(?)	1184	370	568	212	426	359	336	517	325	154	520	318	129	405	511	144	61	233	253	221	657	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 1.78	10:44AM 1.82		10:23PM 2.42	4:31AM 1.46		10:38PM 2.68	11:00AM 2.83			11:37AM 2.95			6:35AM 1.73		1:05AM 3.23	12:49PM 3.09		7:36PM 1.48	8:18AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 0.78		4:35AM 0.75	3:47PM 0.74		10:48AM 0.33	4:31PM 0.61		4:47AM 0.50	5:41PM 1.07	11:33PM 0.27	5:25AM 0.38	6:14PM 0.32	12:12AM 0.56	12:54PM 0.32	1:11PM 0.27		6:39AM 0.23	1:40PM 0.32	1:46AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	16	16	14	17	13	11	14	14	12	18	14	12	14	17	12	20	19	16	22
Low °C	18	18	16	14	15	13	15	13	9	11	14	9	16	13	10	13	16	11	17	18	16	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	16	16	12	17	11	10	13	13	10	18	13	10	13	16	10	20	19	16	22
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	14	11	14	10	13	7	12	8	8	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	8	13	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.5 N
Period (s)	7	15	7	7	6	13	11	12	12	-	9	16	5	8	10	7	8	7	15	8	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	2.0 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	8	-	-	9	3	-	-	4	-	4	3	3	-	4	-

	Thursday 15					Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sun
	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	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	7	13	12	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1790	577	1116	1086	596	577	1026	602	570	549	292	594	515	323	529	732	503	205	387	575	840	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					9:07PM 2.44		3:47AM 1.44		9:35AM 2.56				9:55PM 2.56	10:23PM 2.42		4:28AM 1.68		10:52AM 3.05		4:49PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07AM 0.53			4:09PM 0.77																		11:00PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	2	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	16	14	16	15	12	12	13	19	17	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	17	17	17	17	16	14	16	16	17	16	13	16	15	11	10	11	19	17	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	7	13	12	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	7	7	6	7	13	11	11	7	7	12	11	10	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8

	Thursday 15	Friday 16
	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	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 E	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	6	14	14	6	7	7	14	14	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1868	317	1184	1182	428	577	112	637	637	637	248	157	604	442	83	270	410	422	562	170	787	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:55AM 1.74																		3:43AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07AM 0.53							2:57PM 0.87							9:07PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	19	19	17	17	15	17	18	19	18	14	18	19	14	14	15	15	16	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	16	19	19	16	17	15	16	18	19	18	12	18	19	13	13	14	14	16	13	13	14
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.5 S	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	14	10	14	14	7	14	8	14	14	14	11	14	14	7	14	7	7	14	14	11	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	14	7	14	8	8	8	7	9	7	11	11	14	14	7	7	-	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.7 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	2.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	8	-

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