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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	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	4.0 ESE	1.5 ENE	3.0 ESE	2.2 S	1.9 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	8	9	9	10	8	10	9	9	14	7	7	11	10
Energy(?)	953	1417	834	911	791	411	295	320	248	127	2835	542	1660	771	866	372	284	416	571	384	746	694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 2.96		12:18PM 1.40	4:40PM 2.16		6:06AM 2.43		7:18PM 1.84	7:20AM 2.89		11:55PM 1.86	8:24AM 2.52		8:19PM 2.81	8:54AM 2.88		1:56AM 2.08	10:17AM 2.87		10:35PM 3.07	11:55AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:05AM 0.57		11:03PM 0.99	6:07AM 0.22		11:56PM 0.67	12:17PM 0.59	1:03PM 0.57	1:37AM 0.51		1:33PM 1.00			2:30PM 0.44	2:36AM 0.37		3:39PM 0.81	7:32PM 0.10	4:02AM 0.27	4:21PM 0.20		5:43AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	10	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	14	13	17	19	15	23	20	17	17	16	12	12	15	11	21	16	11	14	13	16	17
Low °C	17	14	9	16	18	13	20	19	13	16	15	11	11	15	11	20	16	10	11	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	17	19	14	23	20	16	16	16	11	10	14	9	21	16	9	13	12	16	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSE	1.5 ENE	3.0 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.9 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	8	11	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	13	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.2 W	0.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	19	6	18	6	16	6	12	10	-	9	16	16	9	8	8	14	8	8	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	9	6	9	8	-	-	-	5	7	7	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	3026	1901	1642	51	1251	1220	1062	1217	1276	690	655	332	767	666	592	503	228	502	271	229	207	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40	3:43PM 2.23	4:36PM 2.80				5:16AM 2.85				5:28PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)								11:38PM 0.53								11:24PM 0.52		4:13AM 0.35		12:05PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	14	21	17	15	14	11	10	9	15	12	17	17	15	14	11	9	18	23	23	20
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	21	17	15	14	10	8	7	15	10	17	17	15	14	9	8	18	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	13	21	21	14	12	20	6	13	13	-	-	8	17	16	16	16	6	8	15	15	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.7 W	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	12	-	-	4	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8

	Saturday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.3 NE	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	3323	2340	2149	24	2552	2172	2106	2257	2092	1480	1451	372	1980	1542	1574	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																4:01PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)										10:30AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	15	13	11	12	11	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	14	12	11	12	10	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	6	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	8	14	7	7	13	13	21	13	4	11	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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