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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	14	13	18	16	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	6607	3755	3057	1510	743	395	160	281	590	409	1358	5367	1680	1098	426	481	643	2143	843	803	1450	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:08AM 3.40		1:09PM 2.12	12:57AM 3.32		1:08PM 3.06	1:53AM 3.18		2:19PM 2.64	2:14AM 2.87		2:48PM 2.64	2:44AM 2.05	3:53AM 2.53		11:38PM 1.57	4:38AM 2.62		6:40PM 1.74	11:07AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 0.49		6:53AM 0.21		6:46PM 0.63	7:10AM 0.10		7:40PM 0.82	8:04AM 0.27		8:00PM 0.40	8:37AM 0.48		8:57PM 0.60	10:18AM 0.56	5:23PM 0.08		11:02AM 0.67		12:54AM 0.67	4:54AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	16	15	13	11	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	13	11	14
Low °C	10	14	13	13	12	11	6	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	11	8	8	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	14	16	14	12	11	6	5	7	6	4	7	7	8	11	10	10	11	12	10	14
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	14	10	18	16	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNW	1.6 NW	-	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	8	9	-	20	6	16	9	14	10	13	12	13	10	24	13	13	-	9	6	7	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 S	3.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	9	11	-	-	-	2	18	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 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	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	3.0 SSW	1.1 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	11	10	10	11	11	16	9
Energy(?)	4242	3148	3423	5315	5129	3169	4122	3408	1407	1708	1343	1181	787	704	1441	311	2638	1827	220	68	230	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 2.27				12:20PM 2.18			11:54PM 3.27	12:08AM 3.40				12:01PM 3.23								2:04PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32AM 0.44				5:57PM 0.49					6:20AM -0.01				6:08PM 0.12		2:15AM 0.01		6:42AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	12	13	13	14	14	12	11	13	14	16	17	14	12	11	13	13	13	12	11	8
Chill °C (?)	7	10	11	12	12	14	14	11	9	12	13	16	17	14	11	9	12	12	13	10	11	5
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 S	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	11	11	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 N	-	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.1 N	-	1.4 NNW	-	0.1 W	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	-	9	-	20	-	8	6	-	4	8	8	18	7	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 N	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	3.0 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	9	3	10	-	-	3	3	9

	Sunday 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	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	14	9	10	15	14	13	10
Energy(?)	4373	2696	2696	6936	6759	3148	4027	3733	3615	4028	4832	3963	3832	3940	450	3970	266	243	3760	2677	2518	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 2.27											11:15AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)						5:32AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	3	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	18	15	16	15	13	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	9	9	7	8	10	12	12	11	14	14	15	15	15	18	14	16	15	12	13	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	14	9	10	15	14	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	1.3 NNW	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 NNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NNE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

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