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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	Sat	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	0.9 N	1.9 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	10	12	9	9	9	10	12	8	8	8	9	13	7	12	12	20	19	16
Energy(?)	834	23	641	500	258	334	211	68	2240	2563	427	628	515	178	657	346	48	285	413	657	854	777
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 1.77	6:15PM 1.82		6:16AM 2.85		1:21AM 1.66	6:10AM 2.36		7:42PM 2.57	8:24AM 2.98		8:48PM 2.66			9:50PM 2.77	11:00AM 2.03		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12		11:11PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51PM 0.48	12:01PM 0.58		12:36AM 0.52	12:28PM 1.05	4:41PM 0.34	7:15PM 0.39	12:23PM 0.33	1:24PM 0.54	1:59AM 0.45		2:30PM 0.44	3:02AM 0.37	7:11AM 0.22	3:34PM 0.48		4:46AM 0.40	5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	6:09PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	17	16	20	21	18	16	18	13	18	19	17	25	12	12	13	14	11	12	13	11
Low °C	9	16	17	13	19	19	14	16	17	12	14	18	14	22	12	11	13	13	8	11	12	8
Chill °C (?)	11	17	17	16	20	21	18	15	18	10	18	19	17	25	11	12	12	13	9	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	0.2 SSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 E	0.9 N	0.8 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	11	10	12	9	9	12	10	12	9	8	8	9	13	7	12	12	6	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.7 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	19	7	12	16	7	6	12	12	-	-	16	10	8	9	15	10	4	6	6	12	19	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.4 S	0.3 ESE	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	8	2	3	9	9	3	8	4	-	-	4	-	-	3	7	7	4

	Sat	Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga 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	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	5	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	9	12	9	9	9	11	12
Energy(?)	1091	1228	1066	1148	658	352	44	599	579	500	242	330	258	325	213	152	253	211	231	204	249	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:51AM 1.77				4:30PM 2.41				6:06AM 2.43		10:19AM 1.71		6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		11:38PM 0.53								11:50PM 0.50									1:37AM 0.51			12:57PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Temp. °C	15	11	10	10	15	14	17	17	16	15	11	13	18	13	23	22	18	16	15	14	17	14
Chill °C (?)	15	9	8	8	15	13	17	16	16	14	9	13	18	12	23	22	18	15	13	12	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	7	9	12	9	9	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SE	0.3 WSW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	13	5	13	6	8	7	12	16	16	7	7	7	8	15	6	5	12	12	11	19	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	2	6	3	3	-

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga 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	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1198	1366	1365	1250	841	440	33	897	929	929	790	836	823	374	815	796	843	843	830	804	711	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:16AM 2.85											4:59PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)					11:03PM 0.99													12:01PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	12	11	9	12	14	12	12	9	12	13	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	10	10	8	10	14	11	11	7	11	12	11	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	19	7	7	6	19	19	6	6	6	16	6	6	16	16	16	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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