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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	5.5 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	9	10	11	12	12	11	18	16	17	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1792	1157	1843	689	328	6129	3194	1685	1326	710	2191	1794	510	211	122	803	497	1720	3873	2788	1316	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:07PM 2.88	11:04AM 1.85		10:50PM 3.02	11:07AM 3.14		11:31PM 2.57	10:33AM 2.77		11:32PM 2.98	12:03PM 3.15		12:40AM 3.31	5:04AM 1.79	5:19PM 1.73		5:45AM 1.77		8:21PM 1.53	8:29AM 1.51		8:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58		5:01AM 1.00	5:18PM 0.91		4:27AM 0.17	4:44PM 0.07		5:53AM 0.19			11:17AM 0.21		11:34PM 0.14	12:01PM 0.21	2:24PM 0.66	2:32AM 0.62		2:47PM 0.15	3:10AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	20	15	12	15	14	12	12	11	14	15	17	23	23	17	16	15	12	15	16	16
Low °C	10	15	20	13	12	14	13	12	12	11	12	15	15	19	22	14	15	14	9	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	20	20	14	10	12	12	10	11	8	14	14	16	23	23	17	15	13	9	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	9	12	12	9	11	11	12	12	11	18	16	17	12	7	12	12	12	18	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.5 SE	1.0 E	0.6 WSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	13	24	12	10	-	15	13	12	19	8	9	11	11	9	4	7	8	-	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.3 SE	-	0.5 W	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	0.4 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	2	4	10	9	-	-	11	-	8	-	3	6	6	3	8	12	5	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 E	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	10	9	11	8	8
Energy(?)	1517	3658	3032	1260	1157	1392	1242	1865	1027	1344	1009	1000	505	771	1639	1566	1356	5418	3841	1702	2013	1287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.98			9:40PM 2.50	10:16PM 2.68					3:23PM 1.65					5:24AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 1.16								5:36AM 0.53					9:28PM 0.21	10:55PM 0.69				11:41AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1
Temp. °C	15	13	12	10	15	20	19	19	17	15	13	14	13	12	14	13	12	14	15	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	8	14	20	19	19	17	14	12	13	12	10	12	11	10	14	15	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	13	8	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	10	9	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.1 N	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	21	20	12	8	8	18	7	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	7	5	10	9	8	8	8

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	4.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1538	4004	4268	1653	1653	1792	1792	1393	1242	1712	1698	2634	1199	110	110	110	144	3352	3810	1551	1815	2006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 2.88																		4:14PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)									3:11AM 0.49					8:36AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	14	13	12	12	14	14	14	12	9	9	10	11	13	13	11	9	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	12	12	13	13	13	13	8	-	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	4.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	9	9	8	8	8

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