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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.1 W	4.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	14	14	12	10	11	11	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	14	13	10	14	13
Energy(?)	1428	2246	494	1406	1217	637	3656	4469	3213	3099	2206	2980	1278	2460	979	1177	1413	1308	611	553	826	3949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 1.84		9:20PM 3.12	9:43AM 3.07	12:15PM 2.36	9:59PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.14		10:35PM 3.24	10:19AM 3.01	5:17PM 1.40		5:40AM 1.35		6:03PM 1.37	6:54AM 1.36	2:40PM 2.38	2:58AM 2.38		4:47PM 1.63	12:48AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.44		3:32AM 0.85			4:10AM 0.76	4:27PM 0.74		4:12AM 0.15		11:34PM 0.21	11:54AM 0.20		12:19AM 0.22			8:58PM 0.55	9:18AM 0.62		6:42PM 0.35	6:54AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	33	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	15
High °C	8	12	6	15	14	11	13	11	9	13	12	9	15	13	10	15	13	13	15	13	7	8
Low °C	5	11	3	9	11	9	11	11	7	13	11	8	14	12	9	13	13	12	14	11	4	7
Chill °C (?)	7	11	4	14	12	8	10	10	9	13	11	7	15	13	10	15	12	12	15	13	3	5
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.1 W	0.8 W	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	9	14	14	12	13	11	11	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	14	13	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 WSW	-	1.6 WNW	1.3 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.3 NW	-	1.6 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	10	13	14	16	-	11	13	10	10	-	9	8	9	8	8	7	9	13	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 NE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	10	12	12
Energy(?)	5080	4913	3052	2453	1015	1764	1530	1256	1036	1005	1406	1247	1100	1123	1033	1131	1230	1183	682	1183	5431	4495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12						3:42PM 1.45			12:30AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)						3:10PM 0.97						9:26AM 0.17				10:27PM 0.19			6:49AM 0.33			4:27PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	6	8	7	11	9	11	9	8	8	9	9	15	14	11	11	8	11	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	3	7	4	10	7	10	7	6	6	9	7	14	12	8	9	7	8	7	7	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 NE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	9	-	13	5	15	5	6	6	9	12	17	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	6	-	12	7	8	-	-	-

	Friday 19
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.4 S	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	9	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6170	5862	4199	3903	1754	3511	3302	3251	3052	3237	1029	1086	1086	1842	1966	901	1417	1417	764	1660	1448	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:00AM 2.97						2:52PM 1.48	3:16PM 1.46						9:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)			2:47AM 0.97															5:47PM 0.46		7:24PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	6	6	4	6	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	6	5	4	2	3	2	2	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	7	4	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.4 S	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.4 S	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	11	11	15	10	10	10	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	10	9	-	-	-	4	-	-

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