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

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Potato Point Otago	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 ESE	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	1.5 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	10	12	12	13	11	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	7	7	9	10	8	10	9
Energy(?)	2973	196	218	179	5351	2679	1945	1531	1933	3267	5756	6160	2367	2455	2862	983	286	622	1608	586	1941	843
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 1.94		9:24PM 3.12	10:02AM 2.15														12:57AM 3.32		1:29PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11PM 0.62		3:55AM 0.19	3:46PM 0.13											6:53AM 0.21		6:46PM 0.63	7:10AM 0.67		10:46PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	15	2	-	3	2	2	5	2	-	14	17	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	12	15	12	11	14	12	12	13	13	11	14	14	13	11	13	13	14	19	13	13
Low °C	12	14	10	14	12	11	10	12	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	10	12	13	14	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	10	13	9	8	12	10	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	19	11	12
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	1.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	9	10	-	12	13	11	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	10	9	9	10	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 N	1.6 WSW	1.4 N	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NE	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	15	5	4	11	-	-	-	-	21	18	8	16	9	8	8	9	12	8	11	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	1.4 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	12	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	-	-

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 SW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	12	10	7	10	8	9	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	3037	1427	3030	1248	2369	685	293	242	590	792	324	969	305	3036	3161	3619	3078	1772	1500	1392	1531	3010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	-
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 3.11	9:22AM 2.02												10:38PM 2.05				10:18AM 3.42	12:55PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)																		4:09AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3
Temp. °C	10	9	11	12	14	9	9	14	10	10	11	14	16	13	9	9	11	11	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	12	13	6	6	13	7	9	8	13	15	12	6	8	11	11	11	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	12	12	9	10	9	9	11	10	12	13	12	12	12	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 E	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.3 E	-	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	18	15	12	12	12	12	6	11	6	10	11	11	11	10	11	-	14	10	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 N	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 W	2.0 SW	1.1 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	5	10	7	4	8	4	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	12

	Wednesday 15
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	2.3 W	0.8 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	9	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	12	11	10	10	8	9
Energy(?)	2298	1518	1352	2353	1535	422	272	252	305	220	221	240	204	212	546	1178	297	1462	1520	1574	1121	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			2:50AM 0.80	3:15AM 0.31												3:46PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	10	10	9	9	11	10	7	13	11	13	13	14	16	14	13	12	16	13	14	14	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	7	10	7	6	12	10	12	12	14	16	14	12	9	16	11	12	12	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	2.3 W	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	12	9	12	8	12	12	12	9	10	6	12	12	12	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 W	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	12	10	13	18	13	8	10	4	5	4	12	16	12	16	16	16	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	4	2	4	5	4	5	-	6	11	10	10	8	9

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