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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	1	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 NE	1.9 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	16	14	13	12	10	14	13	6	8	11	13	14	13	13	15	12	13	13	14	8	9
Energy(?)	84	1291	4990	1431	2253	585	1556	1156	228	425	3954	6903	4363	2945	1691	873	776	2173	1205	920	598	2691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:35AM 1.76		2:41PM 1.57		3:16AM 1.35	1:59PM 2.36	10:34PM 2.00	10:17AM 2.69		10:35PM 3.24		12:15PM 2.09	11:08PM 3.24	11:24AM 3.18		6:13PM 1.49	6:43AM 1.50		6:50PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.82	6:23PM 0.25	8:23AM 0.14		9:00PM 0.17	9:26AM 0.17			4:08AM 0.20	4:27PM 0.74		7:29AM 0.36			5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70	12:33AM 0.57		12:42PM 0.22	1:04AM 0.24	7:49AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	9	-	7	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	7	9	8	11	5	14	13	10	14	12	11	13	12	13	11	14	10	14	10	8	11
Low °C	16	6	6	6	10	3	8	11	8	12	11	10	12	12	12	10	12	9	13	9	5	8
Chill °C (?)	17	2	6	8	10	3	13	11	8	14	11	11	10	12	12	9	13	10	14	9	6	9
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.7 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	3.5 NNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	0.7 ENE	2.5 S
Period (s)	9	16	11	13	12	10	14	13	6	10	11	13	14	13	13	15	12	13	13	14	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.2 S	1.8 WNW	2.5 N	2.2 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 SW	0.7 N	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	12	-	10	8	10	13	14	10	16	12	10	10	10	9	12	8	8	8	6	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	1.9 NE	1.5 N	0.8 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	4	9	14	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	7	4	8	9

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	2.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	7	9	14	9	9	14	13	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	497	1154	229	44	75	181	236	1044	5304	5015	3140	2433	1025	1294	1538	1248	1052	1300	1318	1237	1047	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80				1:50PM 1.60						9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							8:21PM 0.16							4:29PM 0.36						9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	17	17	15	11	5	6	8	7	11	9	8	9	7	7	3	8	14	15	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	17	17	14	9	1	3	7	4	10	7	8	8	5	5	0	6	13	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 W
Period (s)	6	8	12	9	9	14	13	16	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	1.3 NW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 S	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	14	6	5	6	7	11	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	-	-	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	2.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	9	4	4	5	4	4	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	4	3

	Thursday 18
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	14	12	11	10	10	14	14	10	10	11	5	5	14	13	13
Energy(?)	318	341	99	77	49	49	51	533	4914	3501	3014	3014	4046	8548	3287	3497	3655	235	221	243	236	5091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80								8:42AM 1.77													9:50PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)															2:21PM 1.12						8:21PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	8	15	15	14	15	9	10	11	11	11	8	7	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	6
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	15	15	13	13	6	7	8	8	8	4	2	8	8	8	10	9	8	9	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSE	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	6	6	6	10	14	10	12	10	10	12	-	10	10	11	10	10	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	10	-	7	10	10	10	13	12	16	19	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	14	14	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	2	2	2	3	4	8	12	11	12	12	14	14	11	11	10	5	5	4	4	13

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