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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ESE	4.5 SSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	0.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	9	9	11	12	11	20	17	16	16	11	11	14	12	13	12	16	13	15	14
Energy(?)	1157	1843	775	434	3623	2980	1801	1369	710	2875	1403	1429	208	91	261	354	688	3425	1347	1430	535	1364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:04AM 1.85		10:50PM 3.02	11:07AM 3.14		10:19PM 2.63	10:33AM 2.77		12:40AM 2.03	12:53PM 2.11			5:04AM 1.79	5:19PM 1.73	7:28PM 1.48	7:51AM 1.56			8:29AM 1.51			6:45AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.07		5:01AM 1.00	5:22PM 0.32		4:27AM 0.17	5:25PM 0.22		6:46AM 0.36	6:30PM 0.65	10:50PM 0.14	11:17AM 0.21		1:34AM 0.63		1:59PM 0.17	12:46AM 0.51		2:47PM 0.15	12:55AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	7	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	20	20	15	12	15	15	12	12	12	14	16	13	22	22	16	21	14	12	16	16	15	16
Low °C	16	20	13	11	15	13	12	12	11	12	16	12	19	20	14	18	13	9	11	15	12	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	14	10	12	14	10	10	10	13	16	13	22	22	16	21	12	9	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 N	1.6 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.6 NW	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	11	11	12	11	11	17	16	16	11	4	14	12	20	18	16	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SE	-	1.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	24	12	10	10	14	13	12	20	7	-	9	7	7	11	6	-	-	-	17	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 S	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	13	2	5	9	8	-	-	4	-	9	-	3	-	-	6	13	12	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 15							Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	9	9	11	11	8	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3032	1260	1157	1392	1242	1865	1046	1323	1302	1067	505	725	1712	1901	2381	3027	2246	3069	2058	1614	1561	1350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:29AM 2.98			9:40PM 2.50	10:16PM 2.68					3:23PM 1.65								3:45PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 1.16								5:36AM 0.53						10:55PM 0.69				11:41AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	4	1	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	10	15	20	19	19	17	15	15	14	14	12	13	12	14	14	14	12	16	18	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	8	14	20	19	19	16	14	14	13	13	10	11	10	13	14	12	11	15	18	10	11
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	13	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	9	11	12	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	20	20	12	8	7	18	15	10	14	12	8	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	3	3	5	5	7	9	9	8	11	8	8	-	11

	Sunday 15
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	5.0 S	5.5 S	3.5 S	1.1 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	13	9
Energy(?)	3533	1794	1961	1961	1260	1323	1455	2023	2177	2144	1392	144	162	123	4391	5168	2013	275	2566	2985	270	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)														2:46PM 1.60		4:08PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	16	19	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	9	15	15	15	15	16	19	14	14	12	9	9	10	12	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	8	8	12	12	13	12	8	8	12	-	-	-	13	-	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	5.0 S	5.5 S	3.5 S	1.1 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	9	9	8	8	9	9	4	4

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