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

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand
Rating	8	10	10	9	6	9	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	20	18
Energy(?)	8360	8378	11248	7031	4915	7487	8795	4474	2641	1732	1426	2452	2739	1301	1028	1042	2345	8227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:46PM	7:16AM		8:04PM	8:20AM		11:29PM	9:10AM		12:10AM	9:52AM		10:16PM	10:29AM 7:16AM		10:50PM	11:08AM
Low Tide / height (m)			1:42PM	2:12AM		2:40PM		3:04AM 1:08AM	3:26PM	3:57AM	3:46AM	4:05PM		4:23AM	4:41PM		5:03AM	5:15PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	13	11	14	15	14	10	9	8	10	13	13	13	14	12	13	15
Low °C	8	10	12	11	13	13	12	8	8	6	6	10	11	13	12	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	8	12	14	12	7	6	6	8	12	11	12	14	10	11	15
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.3 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 S	1.9 SW
Period (s)	15	17	16	15	14	14	14	9	14	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	21	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	12	12	11	10	7	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NE	-	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	16	6	6	13	13	13	14	13	-	12	12	6	-	10	-	20	18

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	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
Rating	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	6	9	9	7	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4890	8360	6670	7564	8378	8321	11248	8899	7601	7031	6367	8139	4915	7026	7487	5116	5266	8795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:16AM 1.65				8:04PM 1.65	10:42PM 1.70			8:20AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 0.74								2:12AM 0.70				2:40PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	9	10	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	7	8	11	11	10	9	8	10	10	11	12	14	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 NW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	5.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	15	16	16	16	6	16	15	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	13