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	6	6	5	7	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	12	16	16	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	12
Energy(?)	1198	3680	3971	4164	7410	8036	6415	4250	1428	1139	1372	1622	1753	1780	1452	1211	529	727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:50PM	2:21AM			1:36AM	12:48PM	2:03PM	1:28AM	5:12AM 3:30PM	5:41PM	3:00AM				3:53AM	4:40PM	11:36PM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:43AM		8:25PM 8:04AM	8:42AM		7:33PM	7:51AM		7:22PM	11:30AM		8:57PM	9:21AM 6:57PM	12:24PM	8:57PM	10:19AM		9:21PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	28	4	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	6	9	7	8	10	11	12	15	14	13	14	16	14	12	16	12
Low °C	11	11	6	8	7	7	10	11	12	13	12	11	12	16	10	10	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	3	6	3	4	8	8	11	15	14	12	14	16	14	12	16	11
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 E	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	8	11	15	10	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	1.3 SW	-	0.1 N	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	6	-	12	12	11	11	8	-	10	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	13	12	16	16	14	14	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	8	9	10	8	7	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	15	13	13	13	12	13	16	15	15	16	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1198	1079	3680	3753	2577	3971	3930	4323	4164	1172	7410	11228	10275	8036	6452	7813	6415	3334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:06PM 2.37				1:01AM 1.97								12:50AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		9:43AM 0.90							6:23AM 0.43	9:57AM 0.38			7:33PM 0.42	10:27PM 0.43			7:51AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	8	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	11	13	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	8	11	9	13	3	2	2	5	3	3	4	4	3	4	6	8	11
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	0.3 E	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	14	11	10	13	13	8	9	15	11	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	8	12	14	13	12	7	11	16	9	11	11	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	3	8	-	-	13	13	13	12	6	16	15	15	16	-	15	14	-