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

	Mon		Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			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	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	5	5	4	9	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 W	0.9 SSE	1.8 NE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	6	11	10	7	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	2426	1315	614	911	328	288	313	316	405	278	837	947	794	486	574	210	2790	2192	10581	9212	2014	3262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 2.71	5:11AM 1.74	5:45PM 1.67		4:20AM 2.23	4:50PM 2.12		5:41AM 2.48		1:03AM 1.54		6:55PM 2.17	1:55AM 1.29	8:15AM 2.58	2:05PM 1.42	2:27AM 1.52			9:02PM 2.49		3:37PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		9:31PM 1.11	11:32AM 0.64		10:10PM 0.83	10:40AM 0.90		11:22PM 1.40	12:08PM 1.42	6:53PM 0.54		7:29AM 0.48		7:36PM 0.31			8:07PM 0.50	8:45AM 0.46	2:50PM 0.78	3:08AM 0.68	9:32AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	15	15	18	17	16	21	23	17	24	21	19	18	18	14	20	15	15	15	14
Low °C	11	13	13	14	12	14	16	15	17	20	15	20	20	14	16	17	13	16	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	16	15	14	15	18	17	16	21	23	17	24	21	18	18	17	12	20	14	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 E	1.3 W	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SE	2.5 SSW	0.4 N	-	2.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	10	14	13	13	12	12	6	11	6	7	8	13	9	13	9	12	12	14	-	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.0 S	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.1 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	10	14	5	13	7	10	7	10	11	13	8	13	6	12	9	11	14	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 S	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 NE	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	2	5	6	3	6	7	-	-	5	6	6	14	9	16	15	-	14

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	6	6
Energy(?)	3274	1140	1867	1603	1241	1423	1119	550	601	681	549	505	516	512	255	276	221	217	219	211	291	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:55PM 1.71				3:32AM 2.39							11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 0.64			9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55				5:56AM 0.28				6:14PM 0.55		10:37PM 0.99		6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	9	7	13	14	14	15	16	14	11	10	13	11	14	18	19	17	14	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	7	4	13	14	14	15	16	13	10	8	12	10	14	18	19	17	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	1.2 W	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	14	-	-	10	10	10	10	5	14	14	8	10	8	5	13	10	10	7	7	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	3	-	-	6	6

	Monday 09										Tuesday 10
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 W	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	8	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3486	1765	2426	2309	2022	2021	2021	1136	974	574	631	656	1326	680	802	566	562	538	1365	1347	325	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:55PM 1.79						10:57PM 1.57					3:36AM 2.71							11:00AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)									9:31PM 1.11								5:24AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	12	12	16	16	16	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	16	10	10	16	16	16	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	10	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	10	10	15	15	15	14	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	16	11	-	-	10	10	10	14	14	15	11	12	11	11	14	11	15	15	10	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.9 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	3	7	7	7	6	6	-	-

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