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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	4	3	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 ESE	6.0 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	6	8	8	12	11	11	10	15	12	10	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	12	13
Energy(?)	577	322	41	576	387	327	9184	2607	1662	1070	456	443	1040	1338	503	777	49	2157	1753	1068	2300	2041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:08PM 3.05	9:45AM 3.19		10:07PM 3.33	10:30AM 2.98		3:01AM 2.18	5:27AM 1.89	3:23PM 2.05	12:31AM 2.17	12:55PM 2.18		12:51AM 3.43		3:58PM 2.52		8:20AM 1.70		9:11PM 1.53	9:39AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:25AM 0.30		3:55PM 0.63		4:16AM 0.09	4:17PM 0.08	8:39PM 0.00	11:52AM 0.35			6:44AM 0.25			7:02AM 0.64		12:58AM -0.01		3:08PM -0.02	3:24AM -0.00		3:55PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	4	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	16	11	15	17	12	22	23	14	14	16	14	17	20	19	17	15	14	15	14
Low °C	14	12	13	16	10	13	16	11	19	21	12	13	16	10	16	19	9	15	15	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	15	10	14	15	11	22	23	12	12	16	14	17	20	19	16	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 ESE	-	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.2 NE	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	5	16	8	8	-	11	11	10	10	9	10	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	7	11	8	16	15	-	15	14	9	15	5	18	-	15	13	15	15	13	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.9 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	6.0 S	-	0.5 W	0.6 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	-	4	12	-	3	3	7	12	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 ESE	3.0 SE	5.0 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	16	5	16	8	9	9	9	10	13	9	10	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	750	505	304	257	240	234	221	421	72	285	1419	1441	1098	626	691	258	630	4096	13095	4294	3095	1317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02					10:42PM 2.09					3:52PM 1.94	4:56PM 1.46				5:27AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:57PM 0.43				3:30AM 0.64									4:23AM 0.58						11:34PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	12	10	10	13	14	10	14	11	14	13	12	10	15	15	16	14	14	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	11	9	8	12	12	8	13	10	13	12	11	8	15	14	15	14	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 ESE	3.0 SE	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	9	16	15	9	9	10	13	9	10	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	7	17	15	15	15	-	9	15	-	15	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 SE	5.0 S	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	8	9	-	-	-	7	-	10	12	-	-	3

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	5	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	765	755	577	525	451	505	620	378	52	377	309	309	309	224	240	224	122	102	158	147	147	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57PM 0.43	3:02PM 0.76						9:12PM 0.41						3:30AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	11	14	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	11	13	9	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	14	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	10	12	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	-	-	3

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