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

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Charleston West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 ESE	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	7	8	13	11	11	12	12	20	18	16
Energy(?)	736	1612	1318	883	2105	1216	886	1594	1579	1087	359	343	92	870	6705	718	1575	2096	1848	788	1251	1785
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81	6:39PM 2.46	10:20PM 2.25	8:05AM 2.83		8:34PM 2.41	9:03AM 2.56		9:38PM 2.56	10:01AM 2.74		11:12PM 1.95	11:32AM 2.06		1:57AM 2.49	12:58PM 2.24		12:01AM 3.27	12:17PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63					2:12PM 0.62	2:43AM 0.62		3:20PM 0.46	3:45AM 0.46		4:59PM 0.37		5:22AM 0.37	5:45PM 0.28	7:49PM 0.17	6:52AM 0.17			6:09AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	17	16	16	11	16	13	11	15	14	15	21	17	9	16	11	10	13	15	12	19
Low °C	18	17	15	16	15	11	15	12	8	11	14	11	17	15	8	12	10	8	13	13	9	12
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	15	16	10	16	12	11	14	13	15	21	17	5	16	8	7	11	14	12	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.2 N	2.5 S	1.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	7	10	14	11	11	12	12	20	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.1 NE	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	13	-	12	-	-	9	12	11	9	15	12	10	12	-	-	10	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	13	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25							Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	12
Energy(?)	3326	3156	2712	2259	1309	1283	1038	1318	1018	1002	883	863	811	2182	2228	2157	1973	1345	1389	1376	606	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 1.83								6:28AM 2.37					8:02PM 1.72				9:21AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)								12:07AM 0.71				12:50PM 0.68					2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65			2:26PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	19	19	19	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	10	11	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	9	10	13	19	19	19	17	17	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	10	11	11	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	15	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	13	20	13	13	16	16	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	18	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	3135	3135	3326	3283	708	1996	683	903	977	1218	1164	1483	1454	2645	2496	2314	2284	2114	2085	466	1038	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			7:36PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)											11:30AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	16	9	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	19	18	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	16	9	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	19	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	18	15	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.2 S	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	16	16	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

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