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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	3	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	6	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	1.3 SW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	8	9	7	8	8	10	11	11	12	11	10	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2185	783	2884	1131	538	421	838	254	133	311	415	901	2514	2714	446	239	581	750	2652	1669	570	1476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.73	8:22AM 1.86		3:00AM 1.40	8:47AM 2.88		1:11AM 2.00	9:39AM 2.84		10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33		11:01PM 3.42	11:28AM 3.43		11:51PM 3.32	12:15PM 3.34		12:51AM 3.43	12:35PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)				2:43PM 0.47	8:46PM 0.14		5:51PM 0.46			3:38PM 0.19		4:23AM 0.58	4:33PM 0.67		5:16AM 0.55			6:04AM 0.23	6:27PM -0.04		6:22AM 0.01	6:52PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	11	13	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	9	2	-
High °C	14	11	14	14	13	16	16	12	17	16	11	16	18	14	23	17	15	15	14	14	15	19
Low °C	13	10	14	14	11	15	15	11	15	16	11	15	17	12	20	16	15	15	13	11	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	13	13	12	16	16	11	17	15	9	16	17	13	23	17	15	14	12	14	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:21	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.3 ENE	3.0 S	1.3 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	1.3 SW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	8	9	7	8	9	9	11	11	6	11	10	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.1 E	-	1.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	-	10	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	10	10	9	18	12	16	15	9	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	10	9	4	-	-	-	-	13	4	-

	Sunday 30			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	6	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.0 NE	2.2 NNW	4.0 W	1.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	8	12	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	10	8	9	8
Energy(?)	1012	1074	1087	5285	341	2831	502	947	1352	1062	713	538	958	306	332	318	770	664	543	254	324	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.88		2:04AM 1.33			11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05				8:52AM 3.04	10:09AM 2.03			9:09PM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.03	6:31PM 0.26							1:57PM 0.48				2:11AM 0.83				2:57PM 0.43				2:58AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	14	13	17	13	10	10	14	15	13	12	13	11	14	9	16	15	14	11	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	16	14	13	16	12	8	8	14	15	12	11	12	11	14	9	16	14	13	10	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 NE	2.2 NNW	0.1 N	1.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	8	13	10	12	5	12	10	11	11	11	10	6	8	10	10	9	10	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 N	0.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 N	0.1 SW	2.2 NW	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	14	12	8	14	9	5	10	10	10	9	8	10	11	8	13	8	8	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NE	-	4.0 W	0.4 NW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	12	3	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Sunday 30	Monday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	6	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.2 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	9	13	13	9	13	12	13	13	13	8	8	6	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1156	299	877	2185	398	1460	735	953	1362	1183	1418	1403	409	1957	2291	1087	2819	2831	2831	2670	2724	2574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:49AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.03												1:10AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	1	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	13	19	17	11	11	15	15	14	13	16	13	13	10	13	13	14	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	16	12	11	19	16	8	9	13	14	12	11	14	11	11	7	12	12	12	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.2 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	9	13	13	9	13	12	13	8	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	1.1 N	1.2 NW	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	-	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	8	14	7	8	4	-	-	10	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	1.1 NE	2.5 NE	1.2 ENE	2.2 NNW	1.1 SE	1.2 E	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	7	9	8	4	5	-	-	8	8	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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