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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	Mon		Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	14	16	17	14	14	10	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	14	8	14	13	14
Energy(?)	571	494	459	1489	2948	761	2053	1667	106	2331	1336	1235	1071	1762	675	700	2855	396	1139	2107	4125	4477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:53AM 2.76		4:46PM 2.92		5:45AM 1.81		9:10PM 2.22	5:33AM 2.23		8:58PM 1.82	9:21AM 1.86		10:12PM 1.90	10:30AM 1.96		9:10PM 2.69	9:51AM 2.90		12:02AM 2.10	10:49AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	5:03PM 0.37	9:44PM 0.40	10:10AM 0.52		11:36PM 0.61	12:07PM 0.58	2:51PM 0.60	3:27AM 0.70	11:57AM 0.52	5:15PM 0.31	3:14AM 0.60		3:50PM 0.39		4:23AM 0.51	3:31PM 0.92	3:18AM 0.48		4:24PM 0.75		4:35AM 0.29	5:05PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	21	14	12	20	18	16	24	16	16	13	16	10	12	15	12	19	17	11	12	12
Low °C	15	12	19	13	10	19	16	16	20	16	14	11	15	7	11	14	12	17	16	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	16	11	21	13	12	20	18	15	24	15	15	12	16	8	12	14	11	19	17	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	6	8	14	16	17	14	14	10	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	14	10	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	8	11	21	18	-	9	-	8	5	13	20	16	17	8	9	-	8	5	10	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	0.6 NNW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	5	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	-	-	14

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	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	11	8	9	11	18	11	18	13	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	635	619	502	274	643	536	514	442	200	919	1804	2948	3326	3198	2712	1240	1295	1526	1021	1990	1034	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:36AM 1.90	7:16AM 2.23		3:36PM 2.38					6:45AM 1.83				5:34PM 2.54				6:38AM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)			9:44PM 0.40									12:36AM 0.56				11:42AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-
Temp. °C	18	16	13	13	13	13	13	15	20	13	12	11	10	10	13	19	19	18	16	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	13	12	12	12	14	20	12	12	11	9	9	13	19	19	18	16	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	8	9	11	11	11	18	13	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	16	19	7	4	7	16	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23										Tuesday 24
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	821	735	723	489	651	268	252	262	856	366	363	363	391	457	487	218	377	241	160	565	190	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:25PM 2.90													4:11AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)											11:31PM 0.43											10:21AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	13	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	14	14	15	13	13	14	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	12	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.1 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	1.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	16	16	8	8	8	8	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.7 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	12	3	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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