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

	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	2.1 SSW	0.6 SE	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	12	12	14	13	13	7	12	13	14	15	15	15	16	13
Energy(?)	1315	1077	492	328	288	311	78	161	259	369	713	522	458	754	154	6537	5309	13644	11636	1907	1962	1811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 1.74	3:54PM 2.28		4:20AM 2.23	5:15PM 2.51		12:42PM 1.47		1:03AM 1.54	6:15AM 2.21	1:33PM 1.18	7:41PM 2.51		2:05PM 1.42	2:27AM 1.52	8:36AM 2.47		3:18AM 1.44		2:56PM 1.66	11:40PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 0.64	11:32AM 0.64		10:10PM 0.83	10:40AM 0.90		1:06AM 0.86	6:50AM 0.50	6:53PM 0.54		12:37PM 1.09		2:00AM 1.38	8:07AM 0.47		8:07PM 0.50		2:50PM 0.78	8:55PM 0.28	9:32AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	6
High °C	16	11	15	15	18	17	14	21	22	17	22	21	21	15	19	13	14	15	14	15	17	13
Low °C	14	7	14	12	14	15	14	15	20	16	19	20	13	14	18	12	13	15	12	14	17	13
Chill °C (?)	16	10	14	15	18	17	12	21	22	16	22	21	21	14	18	11	14	13	12	15	17	13
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	4.0 WSW	0.3 E	4.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	7	13	12	12	10	11	6	7	8	13	13	13	12	20	14	10	15	15	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	1.0 S	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	-	13	5	13	8	8	10	12	12	14	8	8	9	9	15	14	10	-	-	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 WNW	-	1.6 NE	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	-	5.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	5	6	7	-	8	3	7	5	13	-	15	16	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	6	6	7	11
Energy(?)	1867	1603	1228	1399	1119	574	799	678	549	505	516	511	259	269	221	216	277	216	277	235	492	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:32AM 2.39							11:39PM 1.56	3:51AM 2.41			12:02PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 0.64			9:48AM 0.74			5:33PM 0.55				5:56AM 0.28				6:14PM 0.55		10:37PM 0.99		6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	11	10	13	11	14	18	18	17	13	14	16	16	15	21
Chill °C (?)	7	5	14	13	14	15	13	13	10	8	12	9	14	18	18	17	13	14	16	16	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	6	6	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	14	14	7	10	8	5	13	13	9	7	7	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	5	-	-	6	6	7	3

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2079	2050	1440	1419	1391	932	1603	554	550	648	1187	644	704	507	550	557	1206	1070	301	301	454	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			9:25PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	16	16	16	12	7	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	17	17	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	16	15	15	10	4	11	11	10	11	11	10	12	13	13	16	16	12	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	11	11	11	10	7	10	15	15	14	10	11	13	13	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.4 NE	1.6 S	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	7	7	6	7	3	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-

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