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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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	8	5	8	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 NE	2.4 W	1.3 WSW	2.3 NW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 ENE	3.5 NE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	12	12	11	12	10	13	6	12	17	9	16	16	15	14	14	13	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	848	879	910	717	412	279	525	735	182	1721	1203	1465	9098	4261	2512	2420	2097	1458	685	3119	709	1597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:08PM 1.69	6:56AM 1.71	6:05PM 2.51		7:12AM 2.28			7:39AM 2.45		8:27PM 2.33	8:55AM 2.36		10:01PM 1.81	9:50AM 2.94	1:48PM 1.68	2:13AM 1.77	11:48AM 1.88	4:37PM 1.32	12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 0.27				12:54AM 0.69		1:32PM 1.34	12:50AM 0.65		1:17PM 0.67	2:39AM 0.68		3:52PM 0.72				7:47PM 0.39	5:46AM 0.54			6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	23	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	18	13	17	16	15	16	17	18	23	13	11	17	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Low °C	17	11	16	16	12	14	17	16	21	12	11	14	14	12	14	14	11	14	15	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	13	17	15	15	15	17	17	23	11	10	15	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	-	1.3 WSW	2.3 NW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	0.3 SE	2.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	9	12	12	11	12	10	13	7	-	17	9	16	16	15	14	14	13	10	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	1.1 W	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SE	-	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.7 N	1.6 NNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	16	12	15	14	14	5	16	-	8	-	11	18	8	8	8	7	7	11	7	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 W	-	1.8 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	2.0 ENE	3.5 NE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	6	12	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	9	10	9	9

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	2.2 NE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	6	13	13	13
Energy(?)	292	1081	3252	1080	1144	1107	839	750	708	566	580	506	620	615	269	296	410	623	576	735	623	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:12AM 2.29				5:40PM 2.28					7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27PM 0.66				11:23AM 0.66				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72						7:47PM 0.23		3:30AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	13	14	13	14	15	16	17	17	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	17	22	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	10	12	14	12	13	15	15	17	17	15	15	13	13	16	15	16	17	22	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 N	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	6	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	4	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	7	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	2.2 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	7	10	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	6	2	3	4

	Friday 12										Saturday 13
	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	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	12	12	9	12	12	11	7	11	11	11
Energy(?)	119	485	1490	848	1548	1547	1251	725	810	809	868	873	2220	3748	874	859	804	917	76	802	802	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					5:36PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)										10:59PM 0.57	11:56PM 0.63					4:20AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	15	18	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	13	12	11	9	9	9	14	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	10	14	18	12	12	14	15	14	14	13	12	13	12	10	7	7	8	14	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 N	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	16	13	16	16	13	13	13	13	9	9	16	12	9	12	12	11	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.1 N	0.7 N	1.1 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	16	16	-	-	16	7	7	7	13	13	16	15	12	10	10	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	7	13	13	-	6	-	6	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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