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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	2	5	4	5	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	7	14	10	10	8	11	9	8	10	11	11	10	12	11
Energy(?)	771	640	1039	347	1714	2739	352	1014	199	533	1462	1249	293	794	335	316	385	515	572	838	392	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 2.86	3:17AM 2.62	5:01AM 2.01	6:49PM 2.28		7:21AM 2.23	5:17PM 1.93		5:49AM 1.82	6:16PM 1.85				7:25PM 1.74	7:54AM 1.69		7:47PM 2.82	9:40AM 1.76		10:03PM 1.72	10:21AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			9:06PM 0.26	11:09AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46			11:37PM 0.55	11:59AM 0.64		12:04AM 0.62	6:55AM 0.20	7:00PM 0.19	1:40AM 0.72		2:07PM 0.76	2:00AM 1.31		6:23PM 0.41		4:12AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	-
High °C	19	16	14	27	15	12	14	14	15	16	14	12	15	16	11	18	22	17	23	17	13	18
Low °C	14	16	14	23	15	9	13	11	12	16	14	9	14	16	10	16	21	14	21	16	10	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	27	15	10	13	13	14	14	13	12	15	16	11	18	22	16	23	16	12	18
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 W	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	0.4 NE	1.8 WSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	10	10	9	11	9	8	10	11	11	10	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 N	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.3 N	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	10	9	11	13	-	-	5	13	16	16	15	10	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.3 W	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 N	2.0 NNE	-	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	4	3	6	-	6

	Tuesday 09							Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater 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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1201	1071	1086	922	1332	1211	2201	1039	1165	1194	1035	1153	323	214	3188	3086	3277	1243	2258	998	3835	4051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36			4:00AM 2.02									4:29AM 2.96				6:11PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			8:32AM 0.28	10:12AM 0.32										4:25PM 0.06		10:51PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Temp. °C	11	15	16	19	21	19	16	14	14	14	15	18	25	19	13	12	11	12	12	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	15	16	19	21	19	16	14	14	14	15	18	25	19	12	11	9	12	12	12	11	8
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	4	-	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	13

	Tuesday 09
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater 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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.4 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 W	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1271	1196	1132	827	814	475	765	857	764	734	677	983	92	128	1058	1053	1132	568	2041	496	222	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23AM 2.78		4:04AM 2.12	5:29AM 2.43										3:35PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)									9:13AM 0.36													10:37PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	14	14	10	10	10	11	14	15	15	16	18	26	23	15	15	15	17	18	19	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	8	8	8	9	14	15	15	16	18	26	23	15	15	15	17	18	19	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 W	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	13	6	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 SE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	10	8	12	10	10	10	10	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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