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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	1	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	9	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 S	2.5 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 NE	4.5 NNW	3.5 N	4.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	8	12	10	12	12	6	10	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	45	9111	4942	644	2091	525	936	927	82	3912	5256	8429	398	2296	1725	1024	3053	1392	1331	1303	1438	2334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 1.60	2:14AM 1.45		2:52PM 1.48	9:55PM 1.94	10:18AM 1.91		9:59PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.14	4:23PM 1.46	11:53PM 2.13	10:53AM 3.17		11:08PM 3.24	5:53AM 1.48		6:03PM 1.37	6:11AM 1.43	1:20PM 2.04	1:37AM 2.04	7:12AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			8:09PM 0.17	8:23AM 0.14			4:07AM 0.43	3:44PM 0.32		4:10AM 0.76			4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70				12:19AM 0.22			7:31PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	2	2	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	11	9	8	11	6	14	14	10	14	11	11	11	12	9	11	10	10	13	12	8	8
Low °C	16	10	6	7	10	4	11	11	9	13	11	10	10	11	8	11	9	8	12	12	6	8
Chill °C (?)	17	8	6	5	10	5	14	12	8	11	9	10	9	11	7	10	9	10	12	12	6	6
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 S	2.5 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.6 S	1.1 WSW	3.5 N	4.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	12	10	12	12	10	12	11	15	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 NW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	-	1.7 WSW	2.2 N	0.6 SW	1.8 NNW	-	1.1 WNW	0.1 W	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	15	9	9	5	14	13	-	14	11	8	10	-	11	24	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 S	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	4.5 NNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.8 W
Period (s)	4	14	14	8	-	-	5	4	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	12

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 S	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	14	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	229	44	60	236	243	6591	5046	4913	3052	2430	1127	1298	1530	1256	1036	1155	1194	1136	726	1309	1023	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 1.60			9:09PM 1.86			9:00AM 2.97		2:46PM 1.52			9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					8:21PM 0.16							4:29PM 0.36						9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28		10:02PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	17	15	10	7	6	8	7	11	8	8	9	8	8	4	9	14	16	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	17	17	14	8	5	3	7	5	10	6	8	8	7	7	0	7	13	16	10	7	10
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 S	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.1 E	1.0 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 WNW	1.0 NE	1.1 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	6	12	5	7	10	10	-	-	10	14	10	-	-	9	13	13	5	6	15	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	7	3	4	6

	Thursday 18																	Friday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	9	10	16	15	10	10	10	14	14	16	14	14	13	10	10	12	13	13	7
Energy(?)	86	45	45	45	45	9324	9210	3506	3169	3393	236	6588	3944	7073	5265	316	455	409	173	3462	3260	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															8:34PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 0.13							2:21PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	9	15	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	14	7	10	10	9	10	9	9	7	6	6	9
Chill °C (?)	6	14	16	16	14	8	8	8	8	8	14	2	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	5
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 S	-	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	-	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	13	-	-	17	16	16	5	-	16	16	-	13	7	7	15	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	4	4	4	16	15	11	11	11	5	14	10	14	14	5	10	10	6	-	-	7

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