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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	2	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 W	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	14	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	879	496	2872	1853	589	1155	2485	1156	1003	1493	721	840	307	2260	1550	1150	797	1369	1327	1739	2051	1488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:07PM 3.33	11:12AM 2.09	4:40PM 1.60		6:47AM 1.87	2:09PM 2.56		6:18AM 1.75	6:54PM 1.52		7:22AM 1.73		7:51PM 1.51	8:36AM 1.71		8:48PM 1.49		3:35PM 2.04	4:00AM 2.02	4:55AM 1.97		8:06PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		4:58AM 0.25		12:28AM 0.26			11:38PM -0.03	12:43PM 0.01		1:03AM -0.00		2:00PM 0.29	2:01AM -0.00		2:32PM 0.01	2:58AM 0.01	8:32AM 0.28		9:45PM 0.35	11:03AM 0.40	2:22PM 0.24	2:26AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	1	10	-	16	7	5	12	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	12	16	14	12	23	15	16	17	15	15	16	19	13	14	16	18	20	20	17	16	19	13
Low °C	10	13	14	11	19	14	11	16	13	11	15	19	10	13	14	17	15	19	13	15	17	11
Chill °C (?)	9	15	12	11	23	14	15	17	15	14	16	19	10	14	16	18	20	20	17	16	18	10
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 W	1.3 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	14	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.1 SE	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	-	15	9	16	9	15	14	-	6	13	-	15	13	12	13	-	10	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	3.5 SSE	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 W
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	3	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	9	9	13	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	13
Energy(?)	207	1371	560	2139	2995	201	582	976	2322	1853	1523	1036	1095	1236	600	507	675	1708	1055	5382	4594	3500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 2.09		5:49AM 1.81				4:49PM 1.52				5:27AM 1.89				5:56PM 1.51		12:31AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)										11:07PM 0.03				12:05PM 0.02								10:11AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	10	10	15	15	16	14	11	11	11	12	18	23	26	23	16	13	12	9	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	9	15	14	16	14	10	10	10	11	18	23	26	23	16	12	12	7	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	0.8 WSW	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.5 SW	1.8 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	9	13	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	5	8	16	15	15	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	2	-	5	8	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	12	13

	Wednesday 03				Thursday 04
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 SE	4.0 S	3.0 SE	4.5 S	2.5 SE	4.0 S	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	7	7	15	6	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	7	7	13	8	13
Energy(?)	140	1168	405	804	833	255	186	386	2499	2499	2900	2695	2900	4152	1056	3144	784	468	349	71	13	187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:50AM 2.59				4:29AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54PM 0.05		11:30PM 0.28											10:49AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	15	15	16	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	12	10	14	13	15	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:55	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 WSW	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	3.0 SE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SE	0.3 ENE	2.5 SE	0.4 NE	2.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	16	6	9	9	15	6	8	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	16	15	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	9	-	-	8	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	15	21	12	8	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.5 S	0.6 SW	4.0 S	-	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	6	7	7	-	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	5	10	-	7	7	6	-	4

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