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

	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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
Rating	6	6	4	7	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	16	16	14	14	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3680	4197	3699	7053	7239	6254	4839	1449	1019	1182	1596	1753	1599	1294	537	1011	1275	755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:21AM	11:58AM	1:24PM	1:36AM		1:11PM		5:12AM	5:41PM	3:00AM	6:01AM	2:46PM 12:16AM	1:01AM	3:53AM	4:40PM		7:58AM
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM	5:50AM		7:33PM	7:51AM	6:09PM	11:38PM	11:30AM	9:42PM	8:57PM			9:49PM	10:19AM		10:52PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	24	3	3	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	7	9	7	9	11	11	12	15	14	13	13	15	12	16	16	15	13
Low °C	12	6	8	7	7	10	10	12	13	14	12	12	14	10	14	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	4	6	2	5	9	10	12	15	12	12	13	15	12	16	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:47
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	11	15	14	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	12	16	16	14	14	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	3	7	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	13	13	12	13	16	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3680	3516	2760	4197	4149	4549	3699	249	7053	8759	9716	7239	6452	7330	6254	5553	4839	3171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:06PM 2.37				1:01AM 1.97					4:10PM 1.79			12:50AM 1.96				2:03PM 1.92	4:53PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)							6:23AM 0.43	10:17AM 0.37			7:33PM 0.42	10:27PM 0.43			7:51AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	2	2	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	13	12	13	6	6	6	8	10	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	2	2	2	5	7	2	3	4	3	6	6	8	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.8 SW	0.3 E	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	11	11	14	13	7	11	15	11	14	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	14	13	12	6	11	11	9	-	11	8	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	13	13	13	12	4	16	16	15	16	-	15	14	14	14	-