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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	-	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	3.0 W	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	2.4 NE	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	-	10	9	14	10	12	10	12	13	-	8	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1516	973	2658	0	54	120	4499	1537	2414	511	730	921	0	1374	4822	4498	883	4982	2323	3782	999	996
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 2.47		8:53PM 1.89		12:16PM 1.84	12:20AM 1.86		1:57PM 1.78	9:15PM 2.65			9:05PM 3.17	9:24AM 3.83	4:16PM 1.51		5:04AM 1.47	4:47PM 1.90	11:43PM 2.02	11:24AM 2.74		11:20PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 1.20		4:03PM 0.64		5:37AM 0.22		6:07PM 0.28	7:00AM 0.76			8:29AM 0.18	2:52PM 0.43		3:12AM 0.67		10:34PM 0.19	11:15AM 0.43			5:17AM 0.15	5:33PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	5	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	4	9
High °C	15	16	14	15	17	15	10	8	11	7	15	15	11	12	10	8	14	11	10	10	11	12
Low °C	13	11	14	13	16	10	7	5	10	4	12	12	8	10	10	7	8	11	8	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	13	16	14	8	6	10	5	15	14	9	10	7	6	13	9	8	8	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	1.8 NW	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	2.1 NE	0.9 SW	2.2 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	-	6	6	10	10	12	10	12	13	12	8	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	10	9	-	12	-	11	5	15	10	15	8	-	7	12	-	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.9 NE	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 NE	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.0 WNW	-	0.5 N	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	5	10	8	-	-	14	-	-	-	6	4	6	8	14	13	5	-	4	13	4	7

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.6 NE	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	2.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.2 N	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	14	7	13	6	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	7	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1703	1942	1101	1793	924	439	554	323	220	5296	255	1244	629	215	82	208	501	549	5579	5015	3251	3087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78					11:23AM 1.80					12:43AM 1.80		7:00AM 2.59		1:50PM 1.60						9:00AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)								5:42PM 0.96	6:32PM 0.26								8:11PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	12	15	17	12	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	17	14	12	6	6	8	7	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	11	14	17	10	12	9	12	10	12	12	12	17	13	11	3	3	6	4	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	2.0 NNW	1.2 N	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.2 NNE	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	14	7	13	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	6	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.1 S	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.1 E	1.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	9	-	9	9	7	9	7	-	9	-	-	11	5	4	13	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 NW	2.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	6	8	-	4	9	-	-	4	5	5	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.8 N	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	15	9	14	15	14	15	9	5	6	5	9	9	10	6	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1801	2147	1532	2580	1664	321	1288	495	521	2906	198	11	75	22	80	80	125	313	3706	3118	2073	1758
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78				10:29PM 1.75							5:41AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1
High °C	12	13	13	12	14	12	15	13	13	13	15	11	11	12	17	17	14	16	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	10	12	11	14	11	11	11	12	11	9	12	17	16	11	14	10	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	2.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	15	9	14	9	10	15	9	16	16	16	9	9	10	10	12	14	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	18	-	-	9	16	9	15	14	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	14	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	1.4 NNW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-	2.3 NW	1.8 N	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	6	5	-	5	5	6	5	-	-	6	6	9	10	9	9

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