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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.9 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	6	8	8	10	11	11	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	11	13
Energy(?)	577	290	40	552	433	288	2363	1713	1612	414	493	3133	3127	1480	723	774	95	2179	1885	1001	1265	2688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:39AM 2.48	9:45AM 3.19		10:07PM 3.33	10:30AM 2.98		3:01AM 2.18	5:27AM 1.89	3:23PM 2.05	12:31AM 2.17	12:55PM 2.18		12:51AM 3.43		3:58PM 2.52		8:13AM 1.88		8:48PM 1.49	9:16AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 0.81		3:55PM 0.63		4:16AM 0.09	4:17PM 0.08	8:39PM 0.00	11:52AM 0.35			6:44AM 0.25			7:02AM 0.64		12:58AM -0.01		3:08PM -0.02	2:58AM 0.01		3:55PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	4	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	16	11	15	14	12	22	19	15	13	13	14	17	19	19	17	15	14	15	18
Low °C	14	12	13	16	10	13	14	11	19	18	11	12	12	10	16	18	9	15	15	12	14	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	15	10	14	12	11	22	18	14	11	12	14	17	19	19	16	14	13	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	9:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 ESE	0.1 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.9 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	11	16	8	8	15	11	11	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	7	16	10	9	15	14	6	9	12	-	-	6	13	7	15	13	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.5 SSE	-	0.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.5 NE	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	-	-	10	-	3	8	8	11	12	3	12	-	6	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater 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	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Houghton Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	2.4 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	8	8	8	10	10	16	5	16	9	9	9	10	10	13	9	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	750	224	259	257	223	257	218	421	77	285	1663	1522	1101	769	681	206	427	1063	6321	1713	1505	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02					10:42PM 2.09					3:52PM 1.94	4:55PM 1.71				5:27AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:57PM 0.43				3:30AM 0.64									4:23AM 0.58						11:07PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	12	12	10	10	13	14	10	14	11	14	13	12	10	15	15	16	14	14	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	11	11	9	8	12	12	8	13	10	13	12	11	8	15	14	15	14	12	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 ESE	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	16	15	9	10	10	13	9	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	15	9	15	7	9	15	9	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	4.0 S	-	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	9	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	-	-	3

	Tuesday 02										Wednesday 03
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater 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	Nicks Point Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Houghton Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	0.8 ENE	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	11	8	8	8	8	10	11	6	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	5	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	765	251	577	487	451	439	639	378	85	377	309	309	309	224	223	224	153	35	157	122	124	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			3:02PM 0.76						9:12PM 0.41						3:30AM 0.64						9:48AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1
High °C	15	12	15	14	14	14	16	11	14	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	13	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	13	13	13	15	11	13	9	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	12	14	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.8 ENE	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	5	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	5	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	10	6	12	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	4	4	4

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