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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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.4 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.8 SSW	3.0 W	5.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	6	11	10	12	14	13	13	8	12	12	12	14	16	15
Energy(?)	1131	1851	1340	614	806	332	288	160	327	201	295	194	1395	1346	574	868	145	237	1121	2994	12885	7914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 1.71	3:36AM 2.71		5:45PM 1.67		4:20AM 2.23	4:50PM 2.12		5:41AM 2.48	6:29PM 2.47	1:03AM 1.54		1:22PM 1.44		8:50AM 1.58		2:27AM 1.52			9:02PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 1.11	9:52AM 1.19		10:10PM 0.83	10:40AM 0.90		11:08PM 0.98	12:08PM 1.42			7:29AM 0.48		1:11AM 1.03		2:34PM 1.29	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	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	15	15	18	17	16	21	20	20	24	24	18	17	17	16	18	17	14	15
Low °C	15	16	13	13	14	12	15	16	15	17	19	19	20	20	14	15	16	13	16	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	14	15	18	16	16	21	20	20	24	24	18	17	16	14	18	16	12	14
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 E	0.9 W	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 W	0.3 E	4.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	10	14	13	13	12	11	6	11	10	7	8	8	9	12	12	8	12	14	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	7	5	13	8	10	7	16	12	14	13	13	9	9	12	12	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	0.3 NW	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.1 WNW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.9 NW	-	-	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	6	-	6	2	8	8	6	8	4	6	-	-	16	-

	Monday 09					Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 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	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	6
Energy(?)	4093	3756	1782	1230	1867	1340	1248	1431	1119	574	601	670	539	510	516	552	259	220	212	287	277	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39							11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41	5:05AM 1.58		12:02PM 1.50		4:16PM 2.29		12:14AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.55								9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	15	16	9	15	13	14	14	15	16	14	11	10	14	15	14	18	18	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	16	7	15	13	14	14	15	16	13	9	8	13	15	14	18	18	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 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	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 E
Period (s)	15	15	14	10	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	16	11	14	-	14	10	10	10	10	5	14	14	13	10	7	5	13	13	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 E	-	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	6

	Monday 09	Tuesday 10
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	8	8	15	14	14	8	8	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4323	4094	1131	1318	2643	1508	1664	1642	1851	1802	1230	596	607	697	1704	2725	974	540	540	1318	1207	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:11PM 2.46												3:04AM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 1.03													10:06PM 0.60						4:55AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	10	16	16	15	15	14	10	15	15	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	1.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	17	17	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	10	16	14	11	11	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	6	-	-	8	8	8	8	-

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