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

	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NE	2.0 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 N	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	0.8 SW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 SW	2.0 S	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	6	10	10	11	10	11	11	8	7	10	9	10	11	10	9	8	12	11	10
Energy	1730	1932	1632	705	1250	517	530	649	293	290	570	867	752	669	1400	1053	685	877	692	2256	1610	3895
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78				4:02PM 1.80	12:04AM 3.12	5:52AM 1.61	12:28PM 3.05	2:11AM 1.88		12:09PM 2.89	12:55AM 2.74		2:25PM 1.79	2:05AM 2.91			9:08PM 1.75		3:27PM 2.74	10:06PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47	12:04AM 0.30	6:03AM 0.50					8:10PM 0.55	6:54AM 1.09		6:44PM 0.55	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13	12:46PM 0.47		9:16AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	25	14	22	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	4	1	17	11	3	1	5	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	14	13	12	12	13	11	15	15	14	14	12	13	13	9	9	10	10	10
Low °C	16	16	16	16	13	10	10	11	12	11	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	7	8	7	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	16	14	12	12	10	12	9	15	15	14	13	11	12	13	6	7	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	2.0 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 N	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.2 N	1.5 N	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	7	10	9	10	11	10	9	9	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.1 S	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.1 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 W	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	10	14	9	11	7	12	9	14	15	12	7	8	12	8	8	15	17	8	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NE	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	-	-	2.2 NE	-	-	2.2 SW	2.0 S	-	-	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	7	4	8	7	-	-	6	-	-	9	8	-	-	10

	Sun	Monday 01	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.0 N	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 W	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	8	9	10	9	10	13	10	11	10	12	10	10
Energy	1956	1730	1692	1746	1932	1900	1632	1950	1791	705	1054	1509	1250	1094	517	1068	566	530	527	582	649	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 2.83				10:53AM 2.78													12:04AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)				4:47AM 0.48				5:04PM 0.47					6:03AM 0.50	11:17AM 0.37			6:25PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	13	4	3	5	6	8	6	16	16	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	14	16	13	12	11	11	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	17	14	16	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 N	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	14	-	13	9	12	11	13	9	7	9	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	-	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10
Energy	2002	1956	1956	550	1764	1730	1730	1692	1692	1041	1746	1746	1745	1782	1932	1906	1918	1900	1640	1771	1632	1730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:35PM 2.83												10:53AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)											4:47AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	6	4	2	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	-	1	4	6
High °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

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