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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Karitane Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 NE	4.5 NW	2.3 WNW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 N
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	10	11	11	10	14	8	10	9	7	16	15	6
Energy(?)	264	2527	4649	1400	1324	1171	201	1490	882	866	613	506	373	372	419	346	4852	1087	239	357	259	466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.03	10:41PM 1.42	11:22AM 1.55		7:49PM 2.21	5:59AM 1.76	6:26PM 1.78	7:18PM 1.80	7:55AM 1.77		11:06PM 1.66	7:54AM 1.69		7:47PM 2.82	8:39AM 1.78		10:03PM 1.72		3:11PM 1.30	9:26PM 2.92	9:39AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)				5:08AM 0.08	3:00PM 0.32	2:09AM 0.56	12:09PM 0.69		1:40AM 0.48		3:33PM 0.76			1:57PM 0.71	2:00AM 1.31		2:27PM 1.32		7:20AM 1.11		3:38AM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	48	-	13	9	-
High °C	27	13	11	14	14	13	13	14	13	16	15	15	18	17	18	18	13	18	25	15	13	19
Low °C	25	12	9	12	13	10	12	14	10	16	15	14	14	15	17	16	13	14	22	10	9	16
Chill °C (?)	27	10	8	13	13	11	11	12	13	16	14	15	18	17	17	18	13	17	25	15	11	18
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.3 S	1.0 WSW	2.3 WNW	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	16	9	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	13	9	7	16	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	5	12	15	11	-	12	15	12	14	-	16	4	7	12	13	11	10	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	3.0 W	2.2 W	-	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.5 N	1.6 NE	4.5 NW	1.9 N	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	-	2.0 N
Period (s)	2	12	13	-	5	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	8	10	7	7	8	-	6

	Wednesday 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	7	6	9	9
Energy(?)	950	989	239	262	1162	4649	3442	3204	2258	434	1322	893	2189	1173	1049	1180	888	2381	224	325	1062	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84								5:49AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.00	10:06AM 0.46		4:53PM 0.04						12:08PM 0.48	1:38PM 0.64			11:37PM 0.55						6:16PM 0.14		11:56PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	23	24	11	11	11	11	12	13	15	12	11	10	10	10	14	13	14	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	15	23	24	9	10	9	10	12	12	14	12	9	8	8	9	14	12	12	11	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	13	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	8	8	14	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	1.0 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	6	10	13	-	13	13	-	-	7	5	15	15	16	16	13	12	12	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 NE	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	6	13	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	7	6	-	-

	Wednesday 10																Thursday 11
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	16	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	12	12
Energy(?)	867	1062	264	319	995	2239	1747	1721	2527	1919	2325	1197	2385	1170	814	1170	812	586	402	177	1031	1032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:28AM 1.62																		4:13AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)						12:41PM 0.56										10:41PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	25	25	16	14	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	13	14	8	10	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	25	25	15	11	16	15	10	10	10	12	14	13	15	12	14	6	10	11	13	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.4 SE	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	10	-	12	12	-	15	10	16	16	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 E	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	11	10	14	-	13	13	-	-	14	13	13	15	8	15	13	-	6	10	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	12	12	-	-	12	15	14	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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