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

	Sun		Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	3.5 E	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.1 S	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	15	16	16	12	9	14	16	15
Energy(?)	548	2474	3721	2379	3305	3685	3442	1065	1060	1841	1611	2013	1398	1012	1132	447	1335	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:47AM		1:55PM	10:04PM			9:58PM	10:31AM 8:06PM	9:25PM	12:13AM	10:36AM		2:21AM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34PM	7:40AM			8:27AM	4:48PM		4:13AM		6:12PM	4:21AM	3:38PM 12:19AM	8:14PM	8:34AM	4:29PM	9:26PM	6:50AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	17	-	24	-
High °C	15	14	9	10	8	8	8	10	9	10	8	12	13	9	11	13	10	11
Low °C	14	13	8	9	8	7	7	9	9	10	8	10	12	8	10	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	7	7	6	5	5	7	8	8	6	9	11	7	10	11	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:32	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:33
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	3.0 E	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.1 S	1.8 WSW	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.1 S	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	9	16	16	15	14	14	10	13	8	15	16	16	12	9	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 E	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 W
Period (s)	10	10	8	-	10	11	10	10	-	10	11	10	10	12	12	10	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	3.5 E	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	1.4 W	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 N	1.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	4	10	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	12	6	6	3	3	6	4	3	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	3.5 E	1.8 SW	2.4 E	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 W	3.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	9	10	14	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	548	622	1261	2474	1236	1115	3721	2599	2379	1163	1182	3305	1271	3227	3685	1074	3442	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	ebb	low	flow	ebb	ebb	flow	ebb	low	low	flow	ebb	low	low	flow	ebb	high	low
High Tide / height (m)																	12:22PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:08PM 0.16						2:49PM 0.29	4:17PM 0.47			1:20AM 0.39	5:49AM 0.14				3:41PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	15	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	9	13	13	9	14	8	8	9	9	10	8	11	8	7	13	8	9
Chill °C (?)	14	7	13	13	7	14	7	8	8	7	8	6	11	5	4	13	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 SW	2.4 E	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 NE	3.0 SSW	1.5 W	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	8	9	9	14	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	11	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	2.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	1.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	18	9	8	17	-	9	9	10	9	8	11	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	2.3 ESE	-	3.5 E	-	1.8 SE	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	4	8	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	15	14	-	14	-

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