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

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			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	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	All Day Bay Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	8	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	1	2	3	5	2	5	7	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	0.4 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	15	14	13	6	7	10	10	16	13	10	9	18	10	11	11	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1316	4741	2584	3188	3823	3408	1193	261	600	2331	1716	56	200	1369	1293	195	1387	2329	1594	2597	2414	1465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 2.33	12:45AM 2.27		2:34PM 2.62	12:43AM 2.13		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23	2:28AM 1.98		2:33PM 3.07	1:48AM 2.51		3:44PM 2.92		3:41AM 2.69	4:56PM 2.83		4:38AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.05	8:28AM 0.24		6:32PM 0.19	9:19AM 0.28		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		8:15PM 0.42	8:11AM 0.84		7:31PM 0.34	8:55AM 0.47		9:35PM 0.60	10:05AM 0.60		10:34PM 0.71	11:02AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	4	4	14	7	-	-	-	27	4	19	4	-	-	1	4	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	11	14	16	11	16	15	13	11	11	11	12	11	8	13	7	9	9	9	13	9
Low °C	9	12	11	12	14	10	12	14	12	10	10	11	9	11	7	11	7	9	9	9	12	6
Chill °C (?)	8	13	10	13	16	10	15	13	12	8	9	10	10	7	4	12	3	5	8	6	11	7
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	1.9 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.8 E	0.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	3.0 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	15	14	13	6	7	10	10	16	13	15	10	13	10	10	11	12	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.4 N	0.4 SW	-	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	18	-	9	8	-	8	10	10	-	12	7	7	-	10	18	10	9	13	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	-	3.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	5	4	10	9	2	5	11	6	-	12	-

	Saturday 18							Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	7	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2115	2322	2211	1474	1491	4448	3663	7092	6900	7034	3188	6070	3188	3009	3245	3408	1461	1425	1193	628	685	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:20AM 2.57				1:43PM 2.64			11:59PM 2.15								11:54PM 3.27	12:08AM 3.40				12:17PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)			6:14AM 0.01			5:48PM 0.14	8:07PM 0.30							5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	1	4	14	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	11	12	9	10	9	8	12	13	16	13	14	10	9	11	12	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	10	11	8	8	6	6	11	12	16	12	13	8	6	9	11	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	20	15	14	18	18	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	7	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	2030	2026	2115	1273	1307	2687	2399	3178	3397	3818	1276	4307	1312	1405	1511	1376	1791	2436	1889	2560	2105	2296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											11:00AM 3.49	11:35AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)						5:25AM 0.16												5:10PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	12	10	12	13	13	14	12	14	14	15	14	13	14	13	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	10	9	10	11	12	13	10	13	13	14	14	12	14	13	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 N	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	0.5 W	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	21	20	20	20	20	20	14	8	8	8	8	19	8	8	8	8	8	20	8	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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