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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	5	4	2	2	2	5	4	5	4	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	7	8	7	8	11	10
Energy(?)	1688	2973	195	256	179	4588	2346	569	2773	2803	2996	8092	3997	4059	2122	1999	867	1344	271	657	2713	1334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 3.11		9:24PM 3.12	9:37AM 3.28		9:58PM 3.13											1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	2:50AM 0.80		3:46PM 0.28		3:30AM 0.63	3:51PM 0.48										11:13PM 0.43			7:21PM 0.29			10:46PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	1	-	-	2	9	3	26	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	15	16	11	16	12	11	13	14	14	14	12	11	13	14	12	9	9	9	9	9	8
Low °C	9	12	15	10	14	12	11	11	13	12	10	12	9	11	13	12	9	8	6	6	8	7
Chill °C (?)	11	14	16	9	15	9	9	12	13	12	13	12	10	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 W	-	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.7 E	1.1 S	2.5 ESE	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	10	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	-	14	14	14	11	8	9	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 SW	-	2.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 N	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	5	12	11	-	-	16	-	8	18	18	-	10	8	8	8	-	12	16	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	4.0 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 S	2.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	7	8	7	8	9	10

	Tue	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	9	12	9	8	10	10	9	10	12	12	12	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2082	1688	3037	1427	3030	2267	2219	210	368	240	236	840	294	240	286	775	4539	3420	3092	3150	1500	2396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11													10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	10	10	9	10	13	14	15	9	14	10	10	11	16	16	13	10	9	10	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	8	10	13	13	14	6	13	8	9	8	15	15	12	9	7	8	7	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	9	12	9	9	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	13	13	18	15	12	12	12	6	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	4	10	-	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	8	4	4	5	10	12	-	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	9	13	9	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	6	11	6
Energy(?)	2235	2108	1918	1883	1851	1688	1936	326	317	284	204	190	177	252	196	82	183	1631	1631	500	1639	448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
High °C	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	14	8	13	9	10	9	13	15	12	14	12	11	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	11	10	10	11	12	6	12	8	9	8	12	14	11	14	12	11	7	12	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	9	13	9	8	9	12	12	8	12	11	11	15	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	8	13	13	13	18	18	13	4	16	16	15	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	1.7 W	-	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	2	4	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	6	-	6

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