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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	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.4 N	2.3 N	1.5 E	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	7	10	10	9	8	11	12	12	9	19	11	18
Energy(?)	19	710	426	165	378	224	75	552	1487	1460	702	530	957	533	227	395	600	601	299	876	1173	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 2.94		7:38AM 1.84			7:12AM 2.48		7:48PM 3.02	8:18AM 2.58		12:57AM 1.97	9:26AM 3.11		1:52AM 2.02	11:00AM 2.03		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12		11:50PM 3.38	6:08AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01PM 0.58		12:01AM 0.98			12:56AM 0.50			2:06AM 0.93		2:30PM 0.44			3:08PM 0.37	8:12PM 0.14	4:46AM 0.40	4:38PM 0.69		5:43AM 0.35	5:34PM 0.59		12:38PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	23	7	1	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	17	18	16	23	21	18	17	12	12	14	13	16	17	15	15	17	13	12	18	12	11	15
Low °C	16	18	13	18	19	14	15	12	12	13	13	15	17	13	15	17	13	9	17	12	8	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	23	21	18	16	11	10	13	11	16	16	14	15	17	12	11	18	10	9	15
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	0.6 SW	1.4 N	2.3 N	1.5 E	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	12	9	9	9	10	10	14	10	10	9	8	8	12	12	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.8 W	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	6	12	12	10	11	8	8	13	16	15	8	11	24	22	13	19	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	2.2 E	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	8	2	3	6	8	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Sunday 28	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Aramoana Spit Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	9	10	8	9	9	9	11	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1276	690	579	153	34	750	500	573	213	317	261	319	119	222	54	224	47	205	263	90	100	1498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 2.85				5:30PM 2.50				6:06AM 2.43		10:19AM 1.71		6:03PM 2.69					7:55AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				12:53PM 0.51				11:24PM 0.52									1:02AM 0.96				1:33PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3
Temp. °C	10	9	15	14	18	17	16	14	11	13	18	13	23	19	11	15	15	14	18	15	13	17
Chill °C (?)	8	7	15	13	18	17	16	13	9	12	18	12	23	18	9	14	14	12	18	14	11	17
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 SE
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	9	10	8	9	9	9	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	-	6	15	7	16	5	16	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	12	7	11	19	13	19	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	2	-

	Sunday 28
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Aramoana Spit Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Christmas Bay Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1226	817	723	182	25	1059	823	778	579	794	780	352	561	722	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	5:40PM 2.94	6:15PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					5:51AM 0.42						11:14AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	12	12	13	16	15	16	16	14	18	18	13	16	17	16	17	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	11	11	12	16	15	15	15	13	18	17	12	16	17	16	17	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	6	16	7	6	6	6	6	6	18	8	8	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 N	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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