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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	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	Riversdale Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	4.0 ESE	2.3 E	1.7 E	1.3 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	1.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	9	10	10	8	10	11	8	10	11	15	10	12	10	11	11	15	14	15	13
Energy(?)	165	373	245	75	2909	1972	431	365	699	881	479	72	113	344	343	329	1142	1789	383	610	221	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 2.96		7:01AM 2.63		7:42PM 2.57	8:18AM 2.58		9:26PM 1.94	9:26AM 3.11		9:54PM 3.20	10:25AM 3.25	5:00PM 1.50		5:17AM 1.66	5:17PM 2.02		6:00AM 1.73	6:18PM 1.58		6:33AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:28PM 1.05		12:54AM 0.50		1:33PM 1.00	1:59AM 0.45		3:12PM 0.47	3:44AM 0.44		4:14PM 0.41		4:11AM 0.81		11:05PM 0.03	11:39AM 0.04		11:39PM 0.00	12:24PM 0.04		10:56PM -0.02	12:54PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	14	4	1	2	4	12	-	-	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	17	18	16	13	12	17	15	18	17	16	15	17	9	15	11	9	19	18	16	16
Low °C	17	19	13	14	15	12	11	16	15	17	17	16	15	16	8	15	10	8	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	20	17	17	16	10	11	17	14	17	16	14	14	17	7	15	9	8	19	17	16	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.3 E	1.7 E	1.3 N	1.6 N	0.2 W	1.3 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.4 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	12	9	9	12	10	8	10	11	16	10	5	11	10	8	10	11	11	7	14	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	6	12	10	-	15	9	16	13	16	15	7	15	13	12	4	19	17	15	7	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	4.0 ESE	2.5 S	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	-	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	2	3	10	8	-	-	-	8	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	226	210	258	232	119	112	101	245	238	76	256	102	93	1969	1133	1154	1063	1444	1118	1045	1023	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:16AM 2.85				6:33PM 2.52					7:55AM 1.79						2:04AM 1.94				1:02PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				12:05PM 0.63					1:37AM 0.51				1:33PM 1.00		8:15PM 0.12				8:27AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	18	22	22	20	18	15	14	15	18	14	13	19	15	15	10	13	15	16	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	18	22	22	20	17	14	12	13	18	13	11	19	15	14	8	11	14	16	13	16
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.3 N	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.1 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	4	5	12	12	13	8	13	12	9	9	9	-	10	10	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	1.5 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	-	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	2	3	3	3	-	9	-	-	8	9	9	7	-	9

	Monday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	13	10	10	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	279	256	414	422	226	329	271	264	269	165	435	104	102	107	116	125	31	73	77	79	105	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)						6:06AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)												12:28PM 1.05						6:59PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	13	11	10	13	14	15	17	19	18	22	22	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	10	8	13	14	15	17	19	18	22	22	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	13	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.8 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	16	16	7	7	7	14	14	7	6	6	6	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	6	3

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