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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	Thu	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.9 WSW	4.0 WNW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 N	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	11	11	14	13	9	13	11	11	11	10	11	8	7	10	8	7	9	9	10
Energy(?)	732	392	979	1079	1094	8914	3890	198	1912	3781	631	1341	392	394	163	163	62	242	519	108	11	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:58AM 2.71		12:21AM 1.24	11:24AM 1.69		12:54AM 1.22	8:14AM 1.78		7:47PM 1.88	7:57AM 2.89		11:00PM 2.40	10:04AM 1.99		10:37PM 2.12	11:01AM 2.14		12:50AM 2.59	10:37AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44PM 1.14	11:07AM 1.18	6:21PM 0.25		5:10AM 0.37				1:35PM 0.49	2:07AM 0.37		2:08PM 0.90			3:27PM 0.29		4:54AM 0.21	5:19PM 0.10		4:23AM 0.58	6:12PM -0.00	10:49PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	6	2	2	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	2	1	-	1	2	1
High °C	18	21	14	13	11	13	12	24	15	13	12	16	10	18	18	14	13	15	14	17	14	13
Low °C	17	20	13	11	11	12	12	21	15	12	11	15	10	17	17	13	13	15	12	17	13	11
Chill °C (?)	17	21	13	12	9	13	11	24	14	11	12	15	8	18	18	14	13	15	13	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.9 WSW	4.0 WNW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	14	13	9	13	11	11	11	10	11	8	7	10	9	15	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 N	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	10	10	8	12	8	-	-	15	13	-	9	10	4	8	8	9	9	9	12	9	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 N	-	3.0 W	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 N	-	0.7 NW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	3	-	3	-	14	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	7	-	4	10

	Thu	Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	8
Energy(?)	527	546	545	533	617	419	297	1459	1369	1383	1047	1047	3149	7106	1477	5142	4552	3890	3139	1803	2132	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)						11:56AM 1.37		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78	8:19AM 1.81	12:55PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 1.14		5:43AM 0.28						12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	19	19	23	23	15	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	19	19	23	23	14	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	11	11	12	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	15	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	11	10	9	10	10	12	8	8	8	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.2 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

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	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	0.6 SW	1.6 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 W	3.0 W	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	11
Energy(?)	551	568	682	658	732	657	463	47	899	814	628	658	1075	83	830	1359	1348	1417	1417	552	1586	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:43AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	23	22	17	20	20	12	14	14	15	15	11	11	14	13	14	15	14	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	23	22	16	20	20	10	14	14	15	15	7	8	13	10	12	13	11	17	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 SW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	-	0.6 SW	1.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.4 W	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	-	8	9	13	13	-	-	9	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 SW	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	13	10	11	11	10	11	11	13	9	9	12	12	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	0.4 NW	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	9	9	10	10	-	10	2

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