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 29			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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	2	9	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 N	3.5 NNW	1.1 NW	3.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 NW	1.4 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	13	11	11	11	16	14	13	12	13	13	10	8	10	13	8	12	12	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1068	574	407	801	749	618	1700	1396	396	1476	4289	376	2985	1598	2524	797	597	754	1027	718	1213	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 3.01	4:27AM 2.05	3:23PM 2.68	3:50AM 2.61		6:14PM 1.88		5:11AM 2.65		7:34PM 1.81	7:58AM 1.82		8:54PM 1.82	9:15AM 1.86		9:07PM 1.76	9:36AM 1.85		10:05PM 1.84	10:27AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 0.18	10:48AM 0.26		9:39PM 0.44	9:42AM 0.52		12:29AM 0.59	11:37AM 0.85	1:03PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.63		2:30PM 0.45	3:06AM 0.58		3:41PM 0.37	3:22AM 0.60		4:39PM 0.28		4:16AM 0.49	4:05PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	6	1	-	-	1	-	6	-
High °C	17	15	18	20	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	19	17	17	17	12	16	14	16	14	13	12
Low °C	17	14	16	17	12	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	11	15	12	16	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	15	18	20	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	19	16	16	16	11	16	14	16	14	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 N	3.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSW	2.0 ENE	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	13	11	11	11	16	14	13	12	13	13	15	8	14	13	8	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	7	12	9	19	18	13	13	14	13	12	-	-	9	18	9	13	23	20	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 NW	1.2 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	8	10	7	-	12	4	4	-	5

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	13	14	14	14	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	16	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1079	1072	1224	634	591	619	835	847	258	1463	853	749	809	1337	1421	1465	1700	1673	1074	1396	1202	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 3.09				2:55AM 2.79				3:28PM 2.88	5:00PM 1.97				5:26AM 1.93				5:20PM 1.78				5:16AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)								10:48AM 0.26				11:19PM 0.47				11:53AM 0.38				11:30PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	16	15	16	15	18	18	18	15	15	13	12	12	16	16	17	15	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	16	15	16	14	18	18	18	15	15	12	11	11	16	16	17	14	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	13	14	14	14	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	16	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	12	12	13	10	10	11	12	10	12	13	19	19	18	17	16	-	13	13	-	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2

	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	15	14	16	13	13	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	848	840	841	1002	814	1072	832	1160	781	346	574	574	502	501	369	369	556	558	894	456	457	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																4:27AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)										10:15PM 0.31											9:49AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	15	14	16	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	10	12	12	12	10	13	12	-	7	7	7	8	8	8	14	14	12	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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