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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	Mon		Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	4.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.5 SE	2.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	8	11	7	8	8	12	10	7	12	18	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	373	245	93	6541	1927	1813	301	1017	426	622	348	126	389	506	433	375	1224	438	372	205	147	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:12AM 2.48		8:23PM 1.87	8:24AM 2.98		8:51PM 3.11	9:26AM 3.11	4:00PM 1.48		4:28AM 1.60	3:20PM 1.95		4:57AM 1.76	5:22PM 1.57		5:03AM 1.97	5:27PM 1.83		12:40PM 3.29	1:01PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.53	2:41AM 0.48		3:12PM 0.47	3:09AM 0.87			10:07PM 0.06	10:47AM 0.07		10:35PM 0.01	11:19AM 0.05		10:46PM -0.02	11:24AM 0.10		11:42PM 0.04	6:27AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	6	8	1	-	-	2	-	5	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	16	18	13	16	13	13	16	15	16	14	18	12	18	13	11	15	16	16	15	17
Low °C	19	12	14	18	13	14	13	12	15	14	15	13	18	11	18	12	8	15	16	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	15	14	17	11	16	11	13	16	15	16	13	17	10	18	11	9	15	15	16	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.3 E	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	14	11	8	8	8	10	7	12	8	7	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 N	0.6 E	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	12	13	12	14	9	8	8	8	-	7	8	13	12	13	6	16	11	15	15	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	4.5 ESE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	4	10	8	-	-	-	-	11	7	6	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31	Thursday 01
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	3.0 NNW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	13
Energy(?)	373	114	97	245	238	76	256	101	93	1369	1201	1244	1214	1357	1357	1162	1066	1381	1298	1053	1560	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:33PM 2.52					7:55AM 1.79						1:03AM 1.88				1:43PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57				1:37AM 0.51				1:33PM 1.00		8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15				7:56PM 0.16		2:52AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	9	1
Temp. °C	19	22	18	14	13	14	17	14	13	18	17	17	12	13	14	15	16	13	14	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	22	18	12	11	12	17	12	12	18	17	17	10	11	13	15	16	12	13	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	0.5 W	1.6 N
Period (s)	12	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 N	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.3 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	5	5	12	12	13	19	3	12	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	15	8	8	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	2	-	2	4	3	-	3	-	-	10	9	9	7	9	4	-	-	-	9	13

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	8	12	9	12	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	331	189	189	338	143	61	141	60	60	527	450	530	102	138	142	139	169	142	213	236	60	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:43PM 2.96	7:18PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57																	6:30AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	16	15	15	15	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	20	19	18	19	16	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	12	12	9	12	9	9	9	12	12	8	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	12	13	-	8	9	9	9	10	8	10	9	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	3	3	3	8	5	-	5	3	3	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	7	-	4	3	4

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