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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Scarborough Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	6	7	6	5	4	2	4	7	5	6	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 S	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	15	14	13	6	7	10	10	5	10	10	9	9	10	10	13	10	16
Energy(?)	1851	1316	4407	5683	6860	4253	3096	740	332	1638	3634	6214	50	340	288	2308	1890	2587	1951	398	2582	1730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:20AM 2.57		12:25PM 2.33	12:45AM 2.27		2:34PM 2.62	2:55AM 2.54		3:28PM 2.55	1:32AM 2.07		3:00PM 2.15	2:28AM 1.98		3:08PM 1.91	2:58AM 3.03		3:22PM 2.48		3:53AM 2.53	4:23PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)		6:14AM 0.01		6:40PM 0.05	7:00AM -0.02		8:57PM 0.35	6:53AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.29	8:42AM 0.10		8:15PM 0.42	8:46AM 0.43		8:41PM 1.02	9:09AM 0.43		9:52PM 1.17	10:18AM 0.56		10:34PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	4	7	3	2	-	-	15	32	5	-	7	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	12	10	13	15	11	15	15	14	14	14	13	9	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	10
Low °C	9	9	12	9	10	14	10	11	14	13	14	13	12	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	9	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	12	8	12	14	10	13	13	12	13	12	12	5	8	6	7	8	5	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	0.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	-	4.0 SE	0.2 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	0.9 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	14	15	14	13	10	8	-	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	1.8 NNW	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 E	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	21	12	9	-	-	9	8	8	13	-	-	-	16	11	12	18	16	16	9	20	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	0.6 SW	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	10	10	5	3	3	9	9	9	10	4	10	-

	Fri	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2236	1851	2115	2322	2211	1502	1491	5017	3663	5683	4302	3752	6860	6017	5056	3148	4173	3071	1429	1364	1096	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 2.25				1:43PM 2.64			11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27				12:20PM 2.18				12:08AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21PM 0.28				6:14AM 0.01			5:48PM 0.14	8:07PM 0.30				6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	9	10	9	10	11	12	9	10	8	7	10	13	14	13	12	12	9	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	8	7	9	10	11	8	8	6	5	9	12	13	12	11	11	6	9	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	16	21	20	15	14	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3

	Friday 17					Saturday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	2385	4621	2236	2236	2035	1109	1116	2340	2115	2340	2464	2322	2954	3441	3600	1471	1883	1204	1438	1597	1206	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:59AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	13	10	13	9	10	13	12	13	14	15	15	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	12	8	11	7	8	11	10	11	13	14	14	13	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	16	16	16	21	21	21	16	20	16	15	15	20	20	20	8	8	9	8	20	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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