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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	Fri	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	0.2 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.4 ESE	2.1 S	1.8 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 W	1.7 S	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	8	6	9	10	9	10	9	9	14	14	7	11
Energy(?)	2598	29	1417	834	911	791	411	295	320	140	66	389	288	1242	1214	784	372	284	379	133	384	746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:16AM 2.72	5:16PM 1.84		5:16AM 2.85		12:26AM 1.35	6:06AM 2.43	6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84	7:55AM 1.79		7:48PM 3.02	12:22PM 1.82		8:48PM 2.66	8:54AM 2.88		9:54PM 3.20			2:52AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	10:05PM 0.45	10:25AM 0.75		11:03PM 0.99	11:26AM 1.07	6:40PM 0.17		12:17PM 0.59		1:37AM 0.51		1:33PM 1.00	2:06AM 0.93	6:12AM 0.27	2:32PM 0.43	3:02AM 0.37		3:08PM 0.37		8:08AM 0.16	4:32PM 0.16	8:28PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	3	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	20	14	13	17	18	15	22	20	11	19	12	11	12	14	12	15	16	15	16	14	16
Low °C	11	17	14	9	16	17	13	20	19	10	17	11	11	12	13	12	15	15	14	16	12	15
Chill °C (?)	12	20	12	13	17	18	14	22	20	10	19	10	9	11	12	10	15	16	15	16	12	16
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	0.3 NE	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 E	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	6	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.2 W	0.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 W	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	12	14	13	19	6	18	6	16	6	8	6	12	9	9	16	8	8	8	14	14	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 ESE	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	10	9	-	-	-	-	6	7	-

	Fri	Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
	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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	12
Energy(?)	4141	3068	3026	1901	1642	51	42	1217	1062	1217	1276	690	655	332	767	666	592	503	228	502	271	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:29PM 2.55				5:16AM 2.85				5:28PM 2.52						10:19AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 0.68								11:38PM 0.53								11:24PM 0.52		4:13AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	10	11	13	21	20	15	15	11	11	9	16	14	17	16	14	14	11	9	18	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	9	11	12	21	20	15	15	9	9	7	16	13	17	16	14	13	9	7	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	12	13	21	21	14	14	20	6	13	13	-	-	8	17	16	16	16	6	8	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Friday 26	Saturday 27
	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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	2.2 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	13	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4522	3761	3914	2834	2598	33	33	2816	2581	2833	2645	1901	1872	500	2391	1901	2115	1921	1280	381	1518	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:56AM 1.79				8:25AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				10:10PM 0.99												10:17AM 0.57				2:51PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	12	12	16	15	12	11	9	9	11	12	12	14	14	16	16	15	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	11	14	13	12	11	7	8	11	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	13	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.2 SW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	2.2 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	5	6	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	12	13	12	12	8	14	12	-	13	13	21	21	4	11	13	21	21	13	7	20	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4

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