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

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	9	6	4	4	4	4	9	9	5	4	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	8	15	13	13	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	10	14	14	15	14	13	12	18
Energy	1863	234	321	113	3328	7964	1709	3201	2396	890	3205	6942	4009	1935	1191	6211	5372	2429	1512	1078	1192	2092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 1.58		9:08AM 1.43	3:54PM 2.46	10:44PM 1.64	10:22AM 1.45		10:25PM 1.59	11:35AM 1.63		12:15AM 1.72		1:37PM 1.32	8:26PM 1.90		12:23PM 1.78	12:32AM 1.89			9:33PM 3.27	11:11AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 0.70		8:56PM 1.54	3:10AM 0.51			4:17AM 0.43	4:30PM 0.37		5:25AM 0.37	5:41PM 0.32		7:09AM 0.65		2:34AM 0.33	6:09AM 0.21		6:20PM 0.17	6:41AM 0.14	4:35PM 0.16		4:58AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	12	15	8	7	12	11	8	15	11	10	12	11	13	9	10	10	12	10	8	8
Low °C	15	14	10	14	6	6	8	9	7	10	10	9	11	11	10	7	8	9	10	9	6	6
Chill °C (?)	16	14	10	14	4	3	11	10	6	15	8	7	10	10	11	8	9	8	10	8	5	8
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:28	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	0.5 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	0.6 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	8	8	10	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	14	13	17	14	14	15	14	13	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	10	15	14	-	11	11	11	11	10	22	10	16	10	10	10	9	10	24	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	0.3 NE	0.5 WNW	0.3 NW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	2	3	2	13	13	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09							Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	9	5	4	5	4	5	4	9	9	7	6	5	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 N	1.9 WSW	2.0 N	1.1 ENE	1.9 NNW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	2.3 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 SW
Period(s)	11	16	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	4652	4151	761	685	746	579	396	2889	12973	3002	3498	3259	1360	3286	2975	9349	9249	6194	5257	4699	1215	5295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:01AM 1.63			2:47PM 2.50			9:14PM 1.50				10:21AM 1.50				9:36PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11AM 1.59			3:39PM 0.47				3:57AM 0.48				5:19PM 0.31				3:38AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	11	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	13	15	12	13	12	9	10	11	14	15	12	10	5	5	6	8	11	14	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	12	14	11	13	12	6	8	10	14	15	12	8	1	1	2	5	9	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 N	2.5 NNE	-	1.1 ENE	1.9 NNW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 W	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	9	10	10	10	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	-	7	16	7	13	10	10	9	9	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	14	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	2.0 N	1.5 SW	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	9	10	7	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	13	-	12

	Saturday 09
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	9	5	4	5	4	5	4	9	9	7	6	5	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.3 N	1.5 ENE	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	6.0 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	16	10	10	10	13	13	9	15	12	12	13	14	10	14
Energy	6146	8976	983	725	1997	746	386	330	196	337	323	787	35	63	2324	431	1513	9326	10216	6839	2229	19174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:14AM 3.32						8:17AM 1.41	9:13AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	15	11	15	16	13	13	9	13	13	13	15	17	12	14	13	10	10	10	13	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	10	13	14	13	12	6	12	13	13	13	16	10	12	11	6	6	7	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	3.5 N	-	1.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 NE	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	2.0 N	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 SW	1.7 NW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	11	-	10	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	11	9	10	9	10	14	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 W	-
Period (s)	16	16	-	16	-	13	5	5	16	12	5	13	10	13	14	9	9	-	-	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.3 N	0.7 SSW	3.5 NNW	2.0 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 W	0.6 W	2.1 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	6.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	4	10	8	5	5	6	4	-	4	6	7	9	4	12	12	13	14	10	14

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