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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.1 N	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.0 W	2.5 NE	0.7 SW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	413	1003	1192	1607	1853	877	1321	1658	1569	1246	842	1058	521	493	854	401	497	1858	361	3909	139	1042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:42PM 1.81	1:19AM 2.56		1:47PM 2.78	2:26AM 1.76		3:10PM 1.63		3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		4:35AM 1.54		7:38PM 1.71	5:53AM 1.52		11:49PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			7:13PM 0.51	7:24AM 0.60		8:21PM 0.54	8:52AM 0.64		9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		11:28PM 0.84	11:03AM 0.77	12:03PM 0.74	2:00AM 0.84		4:45PM 0.85		6:23AM 0.33			6:19AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	17	16	21	15	15	17	16	13	17	17	13	18	19	16	18	18	9	12
Low °C	14	16	15	17	15	15	18	15	11	14	15	12	14	15	13	13	19	13	18	18	8	10
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	17	17	15	21	15	14	17	16	12	17	17	13	18	19	15	18	18	8	10
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 N	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	0.3 S	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.3 W	-	1.0 W	2.0 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	7	7	7	14	12	12	-	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.8 W
Period (s)	7	-	12	14	14	15	10	13	14	13	16	14	14	14	9	9	11	-	13	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.8 NNE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	1.4 NNE	-	-	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	2.5 W	-	2.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	11	-	13	-	-

	Monday 06							Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.1 N	2.3 NNE	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	1.5 WSW	2.3 E	2.5 NNE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	13	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1000	1119	642	507	326	552	1103	1192	1307	1270	1607	868	1853	818	1147	1683	1318	3366	1321	1216	1003	1096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 1.95				1:07PM 2.92				1:55AM 1.79				2:22PM 1.72	3:24PM 1.80						9:26AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55	9:12AM 0.51					1:19AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	15	15	21	20	17	16	16	15	17	17	15	17	16	14	14	14	16	18	21	22	15
Chill °C (?)	7	14	15	21	20	17	15	16	14	16	17	14	17	16	13	13	13	16	18	21	22	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.1 N	2.3 NNE	2.2 N	2.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	1.5 WSW	1.8 E	2.5 NNE	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 E
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	13	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	6	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	14	-	14	8	13	13	14	10	10	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	2.3 E	-	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	8	-	-	8	-	9	9	6	6	6	-

	Monday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	5	10	9	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1152	1427	874	833	572	361	1045	1051	971	971	982	585	921	575	1035	1003	22	95	131	123	123	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:20AM 1.88																			8:14PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)								7:31AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	17	14	13	14	15	15	16	18	19	13	19	15	12	17	13	15	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	7	13	17	13	11	13	14	14	15	18	19	12	19	14	9	17	13	15	14	15	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 N	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	7	13	13	13	13	9	12	9	12	12	12	5	10	9	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	6	13	8	8	8	8	12	-	12	-	9	-	10	5	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 NNE	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	9	-	3	5	5	5	6

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