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 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNE	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.1 N	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	9	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	14	13	14	13	7	8	12	10	10	8
Energy(?)	1059	1060	479	983	1210	857	240	1082	794	1507	853	1214	774	279	902	757	851	685	417	276	1081	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:45AM 3.02		1:02PM 2.60	2:53AM 1.85		1:40PM 2.44	1:49AM 2.58		3:10PM 1.63		3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		4:35AM 1.54	5:23PM 1.51		5:53AM 1.52			10:09AM 1.76	12:15PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 0.84	6:56AM 0.89		8:51PM 0.55	8:08AM 0.55		7:42PM 0.68	8:17AM 1.16		9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		11:28PM 0.84	11:03AM 0.77		11:24PM 0.73		12:19PM 0.74	11:42PM 0.99	4:05AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	19	17	17	17	16	17	16	18	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	17	20	13	21	18
Low °C	17	15	14	16	15	16	14	15	14	16	13	13	14	11	13	15	11	14	19	11	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	17	16	17	16	16	16	18	15	14	14	13	14	16	14	16	20	12	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	6:19	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNE	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.1 N	0.3 S	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	13	9	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	14	7	14	13	7	8	12	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	12	12	11	12	15	13	14	14	13	16	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 N	1.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	7	8	3	5	10	-

	Sunday 05	Monday 06	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 N	2.4 NNE	1.4 SW	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 N	2.1 E	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10
Energy(?)	1081	1004	1004	1060	1000	1124	642	508	329	1047	1087	1210	1417	786	1707	2301	1097	1655	1549	2452	1051	3922
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 3.05				2:15AM 1.95				1:07PM 2.92				1:55AM 1.79				2:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.84				6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55				8:31PM 0.60		12:19AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	15	17	9	15	16	21	21	16	16	15	15	10	17	17	16	14	14	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	14	17	7	14	16	21	21	16	15	14	14	8	16	17	16	14	13	15	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 N	2.4 NNE	1.4 SW	2.5 NNE	1.1 SW	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 N	2.1 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.7 N	-	1.3 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	-	7	6	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	9	10

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	974	1021	1081	1220	2067	2073	1240	1149	1004	1618	1492	1512	1377	1116	1306	1254	361	1124	1016	673	397	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)							6:37PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	17	14	15	17	15	15	16	16	15	14	9	14	15	14	15	15	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	17	13	14	17	15	14	15	15	14	13	7	13	14	13	14	14	14	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	7	13	13	13	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	1.1 NE	0.9 N	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	-	6	6	5	7	6	6	7	7	-	7	7	13	7	8	7	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

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