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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.5 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.4 N	2.5 N	1.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	10	9	10	10	11	10	8	14	6	8	12	12	10	10	9	11	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	285	207	73	2227	1784	1895	685	1331	363	356	198	62	312	474	322	290	517	559	765	687	288	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 1.84	7:55AM 1.79		8:23PM 1.87	8:24AM 2.98		8:51PM 3.11	9:21AM 2.96			4:28AM 1.60	5:01PM 1.49		4:57AM 1.76	5:18PM 2.07		5:03AM 1.97	6:50PM 1.51	12:42AM 3.40	12:40PM 3.29	1:01PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 0.51		2:08PM 0.53	2:41AM 0.48		3:12PM 0.47	3:09AM 0.87		4:14PM 0.41	10:13PM 0.07	10:47AM 0.07		10:35PM 0.01	11:19AM 0.05		10:46PM -0.02	11:24AM 0.10			6:27AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	6	8	1	1	1	5	-	5	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	16	18	13	16	20	17	16	15	16	16	17	12	18	17	15	15	16	12	16	17
Low °C	19	12	13	18	13	14	19	15	15	14	15	16	16	11	18	16	15	15	14	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	15	16	17	11	16	20	17	16	15	16	16	16	10	18	17	15	15	15	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.4 N	2.5 N	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	8	12	10	10	11	10	8	14	6	8	12	12	10	10	9	11	14	14	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.3 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	12	10	-	14	8	15	13	8	11	6	8	7	21	12	12	12	18	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	-	3.5 ESE	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 S	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 W
Period (s)	8	2	-	9	7	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	2

	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 NE	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	3.0 E	2.3 NE	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	18	9	9	8	10	9	9	10	10	8	10	9	10
Energy(?)	285	240	221	207	216	59	260	87	203	389	1508	1070	1425	1485	1263	1029	1211	1827	1118	1331	1070	1947
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79						2:39AM 1.46				1:43PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57				1:37AM 0.51				1:28PM 0.69		8:21PM 0.13				8:20AM 0.15				9:10PM 0.09		2:52AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	2
Temp. °C	19	20	16	14	13	14	17	14	14	15	17	17	16	13	14	15	16	13	19	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	12	11	12	17	12	14	15	17	17	16	11	13	15	16	12	19	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.7 ENE	2.5 N	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	18	9	9	8	10	9	9	10	10	8	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	0.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	12	13	7	13	12	11	11	8	8	10	8	9	8	14	8	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	1.6 NE	-	2.0 NE	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	-	2.3 NE	-	2.5 NNW	3.0 N
Period (s)	8	8	-	2	2	3	4	3	-	-	8	-	8	8	7	-	4	-	8	-	9	10

	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	3.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	9	9	8	7	7	8	7	7	5	8	8	8	9	8	9
Energy(?)	331	332	285	245	243	65	226	60	161	210	522	461	842	132	140	91	145	216	1590	64	61	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:43PM 2.96	7:18PM 1.84						1:42AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57																	6:30AM 0.27	7:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-
High °C	17	18	19	20	19	19	19	17	16	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	14	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	20	19	18	19	16	16	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	6	6	7	7	8	12	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	12	12	12	-	9	9	9	10	10	-	13	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	-	-	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	3.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	3	8	8	8	8	-	8	3	-	-	7	7	8	7	7	5	8	3	8	3	3	3

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