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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	8	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	3.5 NNW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	5	10	13	13	7	17	9	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	9	10	10	9	7
Energy(?)	914	717	412	60	544	849	438	766	1044	2378	9852	7465	3368	2578	2039	895	948	571	672	1885	812	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 2.34		7:21AM 2.21		2:14AM 1.57	8:06AM 2.31		10:07PM 1.76	9:39AM 1.77		3:47AM 1.58		3:52PM 1.69	11:37PM 1.86	11:48AM 1.88		12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93	3:43PM 1.57	3:33AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 0.74		1:05AM 1.28			7:59PM 0.45		2:15PM 0.75			3:17PM 1.29	9:25PM 0.59	9:53AM 0.73			5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		6:26AM 0.52		9:10PM 0.36	8:31AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	36	2	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	21	17	17	20	13	11	15	14	12	17	17	14	12	13	13	17	17	14	17
Low °C	16	16	12	18	17	16	17	12	9	13	14	10	15	15	10	11	13	12	14	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	21	17	16	20	12	9	14	14	11	16	17	13	10	13	12	17	17	14	16
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	10	13	13	-	17	18	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	9	10	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.6 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	9	16	-	10	-	10	12	8	8	7	7	6	11	10	6	10	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	1.1 ENE	2.5 W	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	3	8	7	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7

	Saturday 13							Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	2.0 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	6	7	14	13	13	13	13	8	13	12
Energy(?)	1144	1107	805	639	712	211	580	506	505	615	269	40	226	502	988	849	623	326	269	258	333	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 2.29									7:19AM 2.74		1:24PM 1.85		9:16PM 1.74				9:40AM 1.76	12:56PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				12:30PM 0.72				12:54AM 0.69	2:37AM 0.53								3:30AM 0.56					5:18PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	13	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	10	14	16	21	21	22	16	16	16	17	19	21	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	16	16	16	15	13	8	13	16	21	21	22	16	15	15	16	18	21	10	11
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	1.3 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	14	13	13	13	12	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	8	14	14	-	14	14	11	9	9	-	-	-	11	13	9	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	2.0 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	3	3	4	4	8	4	7

	Saturday 13
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	12	12	7	12	12	11	12	12	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	873	1217	781	715	1002	151	1008	1008	802	1179	839	98	103	94	615	615	582	518	509	9	378	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:42AM 2.43							12:59PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)						6:50AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	10	12	13	12	15	15	12	14	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	11	13	12	15	14	12	13	16	16	15	15	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 SE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	12	7	12	12	11	12	12	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	7	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 NNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.3 N	0.6 SE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	15	12	12	15	6	15	15	-	15	15	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	3	3	3	4	3	11

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