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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	Sat		Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	0	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	3.5 ESE	2.5 E	0.9 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 N	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	8	10	9	10	12	8	11	8	9	13	7	13	12	12	19
Energy(?)	1519	834	658	641	500	162	334	154	130	2240	1365	427	682	990	627	657	346	54	177	413	200	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 2.42	6:15PM 1.82		6:51AM 1.76	6:43PM 2.96	10:51PM 1.77	7:20AM 2.89		7:42PM 2.57	8:18AM 2.58		8:48PM 2.66	9:19AM 2.72		9:54PM 3.20	10:17AM 2.87		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 0.99	11:14AM 0.60		12:36AM 0.52					1:26PM 0.54	1:59AM 0.45		2:37PM 0.91	3:02AM 0.37		3:08PM 0.37		4:02AM 0.27	5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	6:09PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	23	-	1	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	18	17	16	22	19	11	13	18	12	15	19	14	16	15	13	18	17	11	20	13
Low °C	13	9	14	17	13	18	19	10	12	17	11	13	17	14	15	13	12	17	17	8	18	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	18	17	16	22	19	10	12	18	10	14	19	12	16	14	13	18	16	9	20	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	2.5 E	0.9 N	0.9 SSE	1.9 N	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	8	8	12	10	12	8	11	8	9	13	7	7	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	1.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	19	6	12	16	7	6	7	10	-	9	16	10	13	8	15	10	4	13	6	9	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 SE	3.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	9	11	3	8	3	-	-	4	4	5	3	-	7

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9
Energy(?)	426	1021	1091	1228	1066	1148	658	352	479	669	579	500	242	330	258	290	119	152	253	211	231	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 2.96				5:51AM 1.77				5:30PM 2.50				6:06AM 2.43				6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				11:38PM 0.53								11:50PM 0.50				11:49AM 0.65					1:37AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	14	11	10	10	14	13	17	17	16	14	11	13	17	20	22	23	18	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	9	8	8	13	12	17	17	16	13	10	13	17	20	22	23	18	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	11	6	13	5	13	6	8	12	16	16	16	7	7	7	15	7	6	5	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	-	2	6	3

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	367	1256	1518	1507	1385	1378	921	407	920	1216	945	945	812	944	929	873	790	836	1025	1065	951	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:16PM 1.84			8:48PM 1.65								4:35AM 2.58	5:16AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)										10:53PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	12	12	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	8	12	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	12	12	12	15	12	11	13	12	12	8	12	11	12	6	11	10	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	4	13	20	13	13	13	11	7	11	20	6	6	19	19	19	6	6	6	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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