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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 N	2.1 N	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 NNW
Period(s)	14	16	13	17	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	17	16	12	12	11	10	12	11	15	10
Energy	1061	871	602	727	1025	516	815	608	522	239	595	232	233	322	1203	1368	1759	1454	1150	1118	2274	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26			4:17PM 2.48	1:36AM 2.90	3:08AM 2.14	3:53PM 2.07		3:14AM 2.07	4:04PM 1.88		3:53AM 3.05	4:31PM 2.92	6:01PM 1.90	4:59AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04			7:38AM -0.02		9:37PM 0.41	7:06AM 0.65		7:23PM 0.24	9:33AM 0.13		8:59PM 0.44	9:36AM 0.41		10:11PM 0.59	10:16AM 1.04		12:12AM 0.48	11:20AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	9	12	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	13	11	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	15	12	12
Low °C	9	11	7	7	8	8	7	10	10	6	12	9	14	15	12	13	14	13	11	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	12	9	7	9	7	7	10	9	9	12	10	13	15	13	14	14	12	14	15	11	11
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.9 SW	2.1 N	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	14	16	13	13	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	7	12	12	12	10	12	11	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	19	17	-	-	21	21	10	20	10	18	11	11	11	10	15	13	13	13	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1230	1148	1061	1004	871	721	529	602	585	798	727	1038	1025	707	679	516	503	709	815	731	608	614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									12:25AM 2.28				1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08					1:55PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		3:59AM 0.03				4:23PM -0.05					6:44AM -0.04				7:12PM 0.16				7:38AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	9	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	7	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	12	11	8	8	7	6	6	7	9	8	6	7	8	6	4	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	19	18	17	17	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	21	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy	1213	1359	1230	1148	1092	1148	1108	1035	1061	1047	1032	1004	589	871	871	860	849	721	551	536	529	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					4:24AM -0.00												4:23PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	11	13	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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