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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	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	9	11	7	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	13	18	16	14	8	13	14	14	10
Energy(?)	3260	1510	722	177	160	159	454	1651	1393	2170	1221	1009	921	393	1242	3816	1541	878	1948	2125	1581	1545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:58PM 2.91		12:34PM 3.38	12:57AM 3.32		12:50PM 3.06	1:17AM 3.05			2:44AM 2.66		2:48PM 2.64		10:37AM 1.53	5:31PM 1.75	9:40PM 1.78	9:33AM 1.77		10:45PM 1.76			11:21PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07AM -0.01		6:46PM 0.63	6:57AM 0.12		7:05PM 0.20	7:36AM 0.29	3:24PM -0.02	8:30PM 0.44	8:37AM 0.48		11:16PM 0.54	4:32AM 0.09			3:24AM 0.32	4:19PM 0.20		6:14AM 0.19	5:20PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	8	11	9	8	10	9	9	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	17	15	12	14	11
Low °C	11	14	12	5	6	8	7	9	9	8	10	10	9	8	11	7	8	17	10	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	13	16	12	5	11	6	5	7	5	5	10	11	9	9	10	8	11	17	13	10	13	9
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	0.8 E	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	9	11	9	9	10	11	-	10	10	10	10	12	16	14	15	13	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.2 E	-	0.1 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	20	16	16	9	14	14	14	-	18	18	9	13	18	-	-	8	9	-	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	7	8	8	8	11	8	9	-	2	-	16	7	8	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Long Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.5 S	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	1.3 E	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	2.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	11	11	11	15	10	16	9	14	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3221	3260	1263	1059	1359	1060	787	635	1488	259	271	222	227	1528	228	263	681	333	621	1625	804	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:54PM 3.27	12:08AM 3.40				12:01PM 3.23		7:41PM 1.56		12:26AM 3.21				2:04PM 2.02						6:55AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)					6:07AM -0.01								8:36AM 0.10						12:53AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	12	16	16	14	13	10	10	9	6	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	9	11	16	16	14	12	8	9	8	3	4	12	6	6	6	5	5	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.6 S	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	2.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 S	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	2.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	11	11	9	10	16	9	8	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	1.4 NW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.1 W	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	6	8	18	8	6	15	-	11	9	14	14	14	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	0.4 S	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.9 S	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	4	8	-	-	6	8	8	8	8	-

	Sunday 19					Monday 20
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Long Point Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.9 S	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	14	14	9	6	12	10	9	10	7	7	6	9
Energy(?)	3312	3656	2590	2382	3311	3676	3376	3104	154	1991	2528	2270	493	383	848	119	795	122	300	805	209	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						11:39PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)												5:52AM -0.01					10:29AM 0.09	11:06AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	3	7	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	9	12	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	11	11	8	8	10	11	12	10	10	6	9	8	6	5	6	6	5	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 S	0.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	14	14	9	10	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.9 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.9 NNW	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	19	14	8	10	11	18	18	11	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SE	2.0 S	0.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	6	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	9

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