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

	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Jacks Point Canterbury	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	5	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	4	5	3	6	7	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	10	9	12	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	9	9	11	11
Energy(?)	2146	1688	3536	194	257	385	5198	2552	571	2204	2737	891	7343	5555	2799	2807	2726	1087	485	1180	1879	3278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 3.11		9:59PM 1.95	9:37AM 3.28			10:13AM 3.28									5:00AM 2.20	1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)				3:11PM 0.62		3:30AM 0.63	3:51PM 0.48		4:04AM 0.15									11:31AM 0.48		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	11	7	-	-	3	-	-	2	7	7	18	1	2	6	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	14	16	14	15	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	15	13	15	9	9	9	9
Low °C	12	9	12	15	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	10	12	10	12	13	11	13	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	16	12	14	9	10	12	11	13	11	12	11	14	15	11	14	7	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.4 S	-	3.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	3.0 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	10	9	-	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	9	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 SW	-	1.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	5	12	11	-	-	16	-	8	9	18	9	9	9	8	8	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	0.4 NW	4.0 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SE	2.5 SE	0.7 S	4.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	3	12	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	11

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.2 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	9	9	12	9	9	9	10	8	10	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	565	545	2082	1688	3088	1427	3326	3554	2219	642	387	251	237	357	381	241	700	930	4085	3420	3043	1772
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 1.73		8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11													10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:09AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	11	11	10	9	11	14	14	9	9	15	11	10	12	16	15	13	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	11	8	8	11	14	13	6	6	15	9	9	10	16	14	12	8	8	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	9	9	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	8	13	13	18	15	12	12	12	12	5	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	0.9 SW	1.1 N	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	3	4	3	5	8	10	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	675	495	2146	2145	2601	2272	2235	2620	2154	539	377	246	238	270	270	284	278	98	2482	2292	2101	2935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									8:37PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)			2:30PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	14	11	12	12	13	11	8	9	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	7	7	13	10	10	10	13	9	7	7	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 NE	0.5 E	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	13	9	13	13	13	8	9	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	8	13	8	8	8	13	13	16	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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