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 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	0.7 SSW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 N	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	12	9	11	6	10	8	10	8	9	9	7	8	9	12	10	11	17	7	15
Energy(?)	791	328	165	461	207	249	201	1865	929	285	464	633	391	205	281	369	394	324	586	732	522	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	off	cross	off	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:30PM 2.50		6:06AM 2.43	6:03PM 2.69		7:20AM 2.89		11:55PM 1.86	8:24AM 2.98		9:26PM 1.94	10:01AM 1.94		9:54PM 3.20	11:00AM 2.03		11:29PM 2.07	5:10AM 1.60	5:53PM 1.50		6:00AM 1.73	6:18PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		11:50PM 0.50	12:17PM 0.59		1:02AM 0.96		3:01PM 0.40			2:30PM 0.44	3:44AM 0.44		4:14PM 0.41		4:46AM 0.40	4:10PM 0.29		11:35AM 0.02		11:22PM 0.27	12:24PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	2	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	11	22	21	17	17	12	13	13	20	17	13	16	15	17	18	12	18	15	11	16	16
Low °C	18	10	17	19	13	17	11	11	12	20	17	12	16	12	16	16	8	17	13	9	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	10	22	21	16	17	11	11	12	20	17	13	16	15	17	18	11	18	14	9	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 N	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	10	6	9	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	9	12	10	11	11	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 W	0.4 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	14	7	12	12	19	7	18	7	9	8	8	12	8	14	13	8	5	18	17	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 E	1.9 SSE	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	2	12	3	4	6	8	8	6	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	4

	Sunday 28			Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 S	0.5 W	3.0 ESE	2.4 SE	1.7 E	2.5 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	9	10	12	9	9	9	11	8	18	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	767	583	572	503	226	210	244	353	118	144	207	207	241	77	249	329	311	1643	1115	1001	2127	1751
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 2.52				6:16AM 2.85	7:38AM 1.84	10:19AM 1.71		6:33PM 2.52	7:18PM 1.84				7:55AM 1.79						2:11AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				11:24PM 0.52									1:37AM 0.51			12:52PM 0.65	2:08PM 0.53		8:15PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	13	11	11	11	13	22	22	17	15	14	14	17	15	15	17	15	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	12	9	9	11	12	22	22	16	14	12	12	17	14	15	17	14	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 S	0.7 SW	3.0 ESE	2.4 SE	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	9	10	5	9	9	9	11	8	11	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	1.2 NE	-	1.4 SE	1.8 E
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	7	7	8	8	7	6	8	12	12	13	19	12	18	12	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.3 NE	-	-	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	4	-	3	3	3	4	8	6	-	-	8	9	8

	Sunday 28	Monday 29
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	881	652	641	692	489	486	383	326	416	493	384	381	381	256	250	206	296	34	33	16	39	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:59PM 2.70	5:40PM 2.94		7:02PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)												12:36AM 0.52						6:47AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	18	17	16	13	12	14	15	13	12	12	11	12	13	11	15	16	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	18	17	16	12	11	14	14	12	10	11	9	11	11	9	14	15	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	12	18	12	12	15	9	16	16	6	6	6	7	6	5	14	10	10	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	4	3	3

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