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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	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Potato Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	7	7	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	0.4 ENE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	10	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1848	1870	1316	4973	6039	6705	4193	2880	988	37	1620	2056	1627	622	2914	1308	2580	2624	3178	4149	3354	2896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 2.21		12:25PM 2.33	2:06AM 2.58		1:13PM 2.32	2:55AM 2.54		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		3:00PM 2.15	1:53AM 3.18		2:33PM 3.07			2:34PM 2.39		4:11AM 2.92	4:37PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	5:49PM 0.04		6:14AM 0.01		8:07PM 0.30	7:00AM -0.02		8:57PM 0.35	9:19AM 0.28		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		7:40PM 0.82	8:46AM 0.43		9:16PM 0.54	9:22AM 1.00		9:35PM 0.60	10:37AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	6	-	5	4	12	1	-	-	-	54	2	-	-	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	2	8
High °C	13	11	10	12	10	13	16	12	14	12	13	15	16	15	9	9	9	9	14	12	13	13
Low °C	13	9	9	11	9	10	15	11	12	12	13	14	14	13	9	8	9	9	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	11	8	12	15	11	13	12	12	15	16	15	6	6	6	6	12	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	0.4 ENE	1.4 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	2.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.1 S	-	1.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	21	12	18	16	-	9	8	8	13	-	8	8	7	13	20	-	-	8	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3647	3529	2236	1870	1163	2322	2209	1509	1491	4808	5837	6039	4242	3148	6705	3659	5223	3097	3177	2670	1307	1317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:20AM 2.57				1:43PM 2.64			11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27			11:45AM 3.47	12:20PM 2.18				12:08AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)		5:49PM 0.04					6:14AM 0.01			5:48PM 0.14				5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	8	11	10	14	14	13	14	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	8	7	8	7	8	10	10	8	8	6	10	8	13	13	12	12	11	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 N	-	1.1 N	-	1.2 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	10	16	21	20	15	14	18	18	18	15	16	-	8	-	9	-	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 17											Saturday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	3.0 NW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	9	11	9	12	11	10	9	10	11
Energy(?)	412	431	1848	1848	2472	2385	2385	1195	1195	3463	6038	3111	1851	2193	2294	2193	2650	1927	1593	3385	1463	1945
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												11:18PM 2.12	12:01AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)						5:55PM 0.04		7:21PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	10	16	13	15	13	15	16	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	12	13	13	8	14	12	13	11	14	14	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	-	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 NW	2.3 W	2.4 NW	2.1 W	2.4 NW
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	13	-	-	12	12	13	10	10	12	9	11	9	12	8	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	1.7 NNW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	0.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 NNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	9	-	-	21	21	-	21	21	21	22	8	22	20	11	22	11	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	12	12	12	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	9	-	-

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