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

7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	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
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	10	9	10
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	14	15	16	14	16
Energy(?)	1019	1459	1323	1597	1697	1230	679	704	1659	2242	1993	4717	3901	7244	9400	9643	7714	8424
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM	12:46PM	1:10AM		3:39PM	6:14PM	6:36AM	4:46PM		5:04AM	5:55PM		6:14AM		7:05PM 2:53PM	7:24AM		6:37PM
Low Tide / height (m)			7:00PM	9:21AM		12:41AM			10:59PM 8:39AM	11:33AM		12:10AM		12:45PM	1:19AM		1:51PM	12:43AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	12	15	13	13	11	10	18	17	9	9	10	10	10	10	11
Low °C	13	13	12	11	14	10	11	9	7	15	14	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	12	15	11	12	10	10	17	16	7	6	7	7	7	8	10
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	13	15	15	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	10	14	12	-	-	-	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	1.8 W	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	-	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	4	12	10	10	-	14	14	15	16	-	-

	Sunday 28	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1139	1190	1019	2176	1459	1092	1077	1323	1477	1548	1597	1647	1697	1599	1326	1230	734	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 2.64				2:47PM 1.86	5:21PM 1.97				3:06AM 1.84				3:45PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			6:41AM 0.48					9:03PM 0.58				9:27AM 0.47				9:56PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	14	11	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	13	15	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	15	14	9	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	13	13	12	12	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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