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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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.3 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	10	14	10	11	9	11	9	8	8	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1618	1192	785	648	1026	396	1846	4790	1267	1940	212	558	1532	1365	296	913	382	356	309	840	648	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:10AM 2.97		3:00PM 3.26	3:35AM 3.10		3:55PM 3.12		7:21AM 2.23	6:17PM 1.89		5:49AM 1.82		7:13PM 1.77	6:46AM 1.77		1:39AM 1.32			8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		8:00PM 0.13	8:48AM 0.86		9:20PM 0.84	9:25AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46			12:40AM 0.40	11:59AM 0.64	2:36PM 0.71	1:33AM 0.48	12:58PM 0.69	1:08PM 0.74	7:28PM 0.17	7:21AM 0.26	2:07PM 0.76	2:35AM 0.74		3:02PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	19	16	14	26	15	12	14	16	13	16	14	12	15	15	12	17	19	19	21	21
Low °C	15	11	14	16	13	23	15	9	13	15	11	16	14	11	14	15	10	16	18	17	21	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	19	16	14	26	14	10	13	14	13	14	13	12	14	14	12	17	19	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.3 N	0.8 ESE	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.3 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	6	14	10	11	9	11	9	8	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 N	-	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.8 NE	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	-	10	9	11	13	-	5	18	10	16	16	13	8	14	9	8	11	6	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.8 NE	-	2.2 W	0.3 NNW	2.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	14	2	13	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1382	1287	1397	1192	1146	1071	848	1022	1324	2008	2201	1026	1195	2373	1004	1753	294	214	3752	3638	3277	3008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 3.24					4:19PM 2.11				4:55AM 1.97								5:04AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.70				8:48AM 0.86	11:45AM 0.48								10:16AM 0.53		4:25PM 0.06		10:51PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	12	11	14	16	19	21	18	15	13	13	11	15	15	26	18	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	12	10	14	16	19	21	18	14	12	12	10	15	15	26	18	12	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	12	10	-	-	-	-	9	5	7	8	13	10	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.9 NW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	10	12	13	10	12	8	8	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1546	1546	1618	1597	1576	1505	1390	1938	1938	1938	2700	1321	577	132	1156	1486	21	20	1215	1154	1011	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:06AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:23AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	12	10	11	12	17	16	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	8	11	11	17	16	12	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 S	0.5 SE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	7	7	7	12	10	12	13	10	10	8	4	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	-	12	12	9	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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