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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	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.5 SE	2.1 E	1.5 E	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.1 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	9	11	7	6	10	7	8	19	12	14	15	14	10
Energy(?)	165	373	245	2486	2179	1927	1813	301	1017	545	622	466	143	596	395	576	377	1224	418	372	622	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:21PM 2.69		7:12AM 2.48		8:23PM 1.87	8:59AM 1.85		9:26PM 1.94	9:26AM 3.11	4:02PM 1.47		4:35AM 1.58	5:01PM 1.49		4:57AM 1.76	5:22PM 1.57		5:06AM 2.16	5:27PM 1.83	11:39PM 3.31	5:59AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 0.59		1:02AM 0.96		1:24PM 0.54	2:41AM 0.48		2:30PM 0.44	3:44AM 0.44			10:15PM 0.06	10:54AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.01	11:19AM 0.05		11:32PM -0.01	11:26AM 0.08			12:16PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	1	3	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	22	20	17	17	18	13	16	13	13	13	14	15	13	16	11	17	11	10	13	17	15	16
Low °C	17	19	13	16	18	12	14	13	12	12	14	14	12	16	9	17	11	6	13	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	20	16	16	18	11	16	11	13	13	12	14	12	15	9	17	9	8	12	17	15	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	3.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 E	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 S	1.7 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	10	12	9	12	9	10	10	10	10	9	14	15	8	10	12	8	7	12	7	7	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	-	0.5 W	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 E	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	6	12	-	12	14	9	8	8	8	-	11	8	13	8	12	19	16	14	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	-	4.0 ESE	1.4 NE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.1 S	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	11	7	6	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	6

	Monday 29					Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 N	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	257	232	119	114	97	245	238	69	256	101	2179	1369	1007	1068	1252	1357	1357	1162	1066	1381	1385	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 2.52					7:55AM 1.79		2:05PM 1.43				2:04AM 1.94				1:43PM 1.81		7:53PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:05PM 0.63					1:37AM 0.51						8:23PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	22	23	22	17	16	14	13	18	14	18	18	16	15	11	12	14	14	16	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	18	22	23	22	17	15	12	12	18	13	18	18	16	14	9	10	13	14	16	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 N	2.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	-	1.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	5	12	12	10	19	3	12	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	15	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	1.1 S	0.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	2	-	2	2	3	-	9	-	-	10	3	9	7	9	4	-	10	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	8	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	13	7
Energy(?)	271	238	165	219	215	398	331	189	373	119	152	179	251	335	26	70	83	83	120	107	3	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							1:03PM 0.57						7:30PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	19	22	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	19	22	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	13	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	12	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	8	7	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	3	3	3	8	3	6	6	6	6	3	5	4	4	8	-	6	-

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