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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	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 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	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	4.0 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	10	9	11	10	11	12	11	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1037	327	562	1287	517	4003	118	631	2346	763	1131	1377	1074	1074	595	1011	673	769	613	3724	377	1755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:36PM 1.73	3:58AM 1.64		2:29PM 1.66	2:51AM 1.71	4:47AM 1.43	3:56PM 1.70		6:03AM 1.36	6:24PM 1.29		6:27AM 1.39	6:52PM 1.21	11:37PM 2.98	7:12AM 1.40		1:00AM 3.08		2:38PM 1.91	3:10AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 0.50	9:29AM 0.27		9:43PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.35		8:30PM 0.30	11:03AM 0.30		11:49PM 0.27	12:20PM 0.28		9:48PM 0.34	12:50PM 0.27				6:47PM 1.04		7:44AM 0.58		8:57PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	22	19	17	23	16	12	16	18	13	22	15	19	11	13	14	13	15	12	14	13	10
Low °C	11	18	17	13	20	15	10	14	18	10	18	15	11	10	13	13	11	15	9	13	12	8
Chill °C (?)	8	22	19	17	23	14	10	16	18	13	22	14	18	10	12	12	12	13	11	13	12	8
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	11	10	9	11	8	11	12	11	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	-	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	7	7	5	16	10	-	-	9	19	8	10	10	-	12	10	-	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	4.0 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	2.1 SW
Period (s)	7	-	10	10	-	11	-	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	5	4	-	14	-	13	-	12

	Sun	Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.8 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	9	9	10	10	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	9	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	686	544	1238	578	538	1080	1238	1000	1010	1383	1493	1208	1811	1017	1111	1473	1697	1893	1362	1202	1170	1458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 2.50		2:18AM 1.75				1:50PM 1.66					4:34AM 1.32						10:36PM 3.08				12:13PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)					9:23AM 0.33				8:40PM 0.31	10:21PM 0.24			8:14AM 0.33	10:29AM 0.28						5:22AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	11	11	18	22	21	23	19	14	13	13	17	24	23	16	20	15	15	9	13	15
Chill °C (?)	10	15	10	9	18	22	21	23	19	14	12	12	17	24	23	16	20	14	15	7	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.1 ENE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	6	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 W	-	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	6	12	10	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	14	8	5	16	9	11	11	9	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NE	2.2 ENE	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	-	10	10	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	-	9	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 16				Monday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	1.0 E	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	7	10	10	11	10	7	7	7	12	12
Energy(?)	795	337	613	532	542	362	362	854	1238	438	438	448	342	346	332	126	347	217	222	1785	56	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:32AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)													7:33AM 0.31		9:41AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	12	11	11	9	8	15	11	11	12	12	10	16	17	13	21	17	16	13	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	15	10	9	9	7	6	15	10	10	11	11	10	16	16	12	21	17	15	10	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	1.0 E	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	6	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	11	10	7	7	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	1.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	18	7	11	6	10	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	10	6	7	8	12	10	10	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE	2.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.4 NE	1.1 NW	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	3.0 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	10	7	-	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	7	-	-	7	4	4

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