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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	1.7 W	0.5 SSW	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 S	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	11	15	14	12	12	12	11	10	6	13	11	15	14	14	12	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	705	525	1223	888	130	3701	2054	1917	1991	2235	439	352	1174	3613	3232	2822	2545	1746	2288	4427	5510	2505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 1.64							8:57AM 3.11						10:43AM 2.25		11:08PM 2.23	11:35AM 2.19		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25PM 0.66	1:42AM 0.58	7:08AM 0.43							3:11PM 0.62	8:54PM 0.50			9:08PM 0.15	4:34AM 0.10	4:31PM 0.40		5:25AM 0.16	5:48PM 0.14		5:32AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	15	-	-	-	16	13	11	2	-	-	-	1	3	-	3	4	18	10	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	16	14	14	11	13	10	13	15	16	12	12	11	12	16	13	14	13	12	13
Low °C	15	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	12	14	15	10	12	8	11	15	12	13	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	16	14	12	9	11	8	13	14	14	9	8	8	10	15	11	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	1.7 W	1.7 ENE	0.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 S	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	13	10	12	12	11	10	12	13	-	15	14	14	12	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.5 NNW	1.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNE	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	12	14	-	18	15	16	12	13	13	12	12	5	10	-	9	-	-	8	7	18	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.9 NW	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 NW	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	8	6	5	11	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12					Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 E	5.0 ENE	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1505	1209	1094	1538	7490	1223	4333	2140	1942	1348	1705	1056	1202	1382	1174	1475	2199	2079	4685	3229	2388	1991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)															12:59AM 1.74		8:15AM 2.91				8:42PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23AM 0.33		1:15PM 0.60								1:44PM 1.01									3:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	4	1	24	16	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	5	2	14	5	2	1	-
Temp. °C	17	14	15	18	19	18	17	16	18	16	13	18	13	10	11	10	12	10	11	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	17	13	15	18	19	18	17	16	18	16	12	18	13	9	9	10	12	10	11	10	7	8
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-	5.0 ENE	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	12	11	-	-	-	18	5	5	17	16	17	5	6	6	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	-	10	-	4	6	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 E	1.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	12	10	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1144	903	705	8	2395	411	1537	504	525	509	509	709	484	21	27	833	711	827	853	825	685	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23AM 0.33																			1:52AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	15	15	18	19	16	18	17	17	16	16	17	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	14	14	18	18	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	14	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	6:52	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.7 E	0.1 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	10	10	12	12	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	-	9	12	9	14	13	13	10	13	12	12	9	14	9	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	1.2 NE	-	2.2 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	-	8	10	-	9	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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