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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland
Rating	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	5	8	7	5	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 S	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	11	12	12	11	12	10	13	7	12	11	9	16	15	15	8	14	13	8	8	11
Energy(?)	163	828	1919	910	717	412	288	526	836	74	1901	1534	1704	9317	9703	3436	1101	2008	1139	460	440	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:26PM 1.60	10:37AM 1.70			6:43AM 2.41		9:16PM 1.74	7:04AM 2.24		7:57PM 2.48	8:55AM 2.36		10:01PM 1.81	9:50AM 2.94		2:13AM 1.77		4:37PM 1.32		12:27PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	11:34AM 1.24	4:15PM 1.02		4:20AM 0.37		12:25AM 0.72	12:49PM 0.83	1:19PM 0.77	3:30AM 0.56		1:46PM 0.82	2:12AM 0.70		3:05PM 0.70			4:01PM 1.24	7:47PM 0.39	8:15AM 0.44		10:42PM 0.30	6:26AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	45	30	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	18	11	17	16	15	16	17	19	24	12	17	14	15	11	16	11	13	15	16	15	11
Low °C	12	17	9	16	16	12	14	17	15	22	12	15	14	14	9	14	11	10	14	15	14	10
Chill °C (?)	14	18	9	17	15	15	16	17	19	24	9	16	14	14	8	15	8	12	14	15	15	8
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	-	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	10	13	7	-	11	9	16	15	15	8	14	13	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 W	0.8 W	1.4 N	-	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	-	15	14	14	5	16	-	8	-	20	18	8	-	13	15	12	12	11	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.5 W	2.5 N	-	-	3.0 W	-	3.0 S	-	-	1.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	12	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	12	7	-	-	15	-	8	-	-	8	-	-

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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	10	9	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	6	6	13
Energy(?)	781	364	157	1066	1087	1080	1082	1089	802	750	708	629	580	506	681	354	303	296	410	281	509	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:05AM 2.20						6:12AM 2.29	7:55AM 1.77			6:05PM 2.51					7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)						11:27PM 0.66				11:23AM 0.66				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72						7:47PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	16	12	14	14	13	13	12	16	17	18	15	15	14	12	16	16	16	23	22	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	10	14	14	13	12	12	15	17	18	15	15	13	11	16	16	15	23	22	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	1.4 ENE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	6	13	13	9	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	7	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	7	14	10	10	12	15	15	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	9	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	7	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	2

	Friday 12																Saturday 13
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	10	11	6	7	11
Energy(?)	1003	175	163	685	1114	943	907	1502	1871	724	793	793	1547	2286	1960	903	908	1431	780	92	95	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:57AM 1.68							4:41PM 2.34	5:05PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)					11:59AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	15	18	18	15	12	17	17	17	14	14	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	12	8	10	9	14	18	18	13	9	17	16	17	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	8
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.7 N	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	-	7	13	13	16	8	16	9	9	10	11	6	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.0 W	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	16	11	6	11	16	16	16	16	-	13	7	7	-	13	16	13	13	10	10	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	8	7	7	13	12	-	-	-	13	13	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-

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