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

	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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	6	4	5	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1198	1158	4051	984	5387	8951	6254	3761	1428	1019	1307	1720	1887	1599	1336	519	579	2442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:59PM		4:05AM 3:30AM	2:46PM	2:59AM		2:03PM	2:15AM		5:41PM		6:01AM	3:39PM		3:53AM	3:51PM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:50AM		10:04PM	10:21AM		9:05PM	7:51AM 6:39AM		8:12PM	8:33AM		12:08AM			9:49PM	10:19AM		10:01PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	27	1	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	13	6	7	7	9	11	11	12	14	13	12	13	15	12	15	16	10
Low °C	11	11	6	6	7	6	9	11	11	13	13	11	11	15	11	14	11	7
Chill °C (?)	10	11	3	3	3	6	9	9	12	14	12	11	13	15	11	14	16	8
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 NE	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	9	16	15	10	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	12	12	7	11	8	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.4 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	6	8	13	6	16	15	14	14	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	12

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	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	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	8	10	10	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1622	1240	1198	1079	1158	3709	4463	4051	4169	4308	984	1172	5387	10587	9716	8951	6452	5462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:38AM 1.62			2:06PM 2.37				1:01AM 1.97								12:50AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				9:43AM 0.90			6:57PM 0.36					9:57AM 0.38			7:33PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	7	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	11	13	11	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	8	7
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	8	11	9	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	13	9	16	15	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	12	-	12	12	14	13	7	7	11	8	8	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 WSW	1.4 W	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	2	8	-	14	13	13	13	6	6	16	15	15	15	-	-