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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	2.0 E	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	0.4 E	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	5.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	13	8	9	10	9	12	12	18	13	13	9	12	7	11	11	11	9	9	12
Energy(?)	1979	775	513	27	241	599	775	611	6449	2425	189	1132	1822	2349	2542	555	5615	1229	1584	444	347	11705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:23PM 1.58	5:18AM 2.49			6:14AM 2.20								2:15AM 1.90						10:28PM 2.15	10:43AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 0.73		12:40AM 0.84	11:44AM 1.32	12:19PM 0.74	12:14AM 1.30							7:49AM 0.45		8:02PM 0.56					4:26PM 0.19		4:34AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	13	-	-	15	7	12	4	2	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	13	15	14	20	16	15	16	16	19	20	14	13	14	14	11	12	11	13	18	12	15	13
Low °C	11	15	13	16	15	14	16	16	18	18	13	11	13	13	10	12	10	12	16	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	20	15	14	16	16	19	20	13	12	13	13	9	10	8	13	18	9	14	11
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	2.0 E	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	0.7 NE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	5	12	9	10	9	12	12	13	9	13	13	12	8	11	11	11	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	16	13	14	8	12	8	12	14	-	16	18	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	-	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	-	1.7 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	5.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	8	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	9	-	7	11	-	6	7	5	12

	Friday 10							Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.2 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	11	15	10	11	10	11	10	10	13	10	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2208	1199	1022	703	1439	549	558	513	519	632	300	216	329	767	1138	1011	1644	1019	1462	1291	1112	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:24AM 1.56				4:48PM 2.46										10:54PM 1.53	12:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				10:28AM 1.35				10:42PM 0.99		5:40AM 0.34		11:25AM 0.93		3:51PM 0.53							1:15PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	9	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	21	15	18	14	15	19	16	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	16	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	18	21	14	18	13	14	19	16	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	1.2 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	6	13	13	12	15	13	13	14	13	5	13	13	5	13	12	8	-	9	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	8	7	8	8	8	9	6	-	-

	Friday 10
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	0.8 N	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	12	11	13	12	14	10	12	12	5	13	10	9	9	10	10	14	9	9
Energy(?)	2605	2419	1627	597	2097	802	881	826	990	217	859	859	48	892	237	206	192	207	144	972	179	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:00AM 2.51	4:35AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)											10:12AM 0.95					3:39PM 0.51	4:58PM 0.43	5:03PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	13	11	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	17	13	16	14	14	15	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	13	10	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	17	11	16	12	12	14	10	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	0.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	9	12	11	13	12	14	10	12	12	14	13	10	4	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.2 S	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	-	13	16	13	13	12	14	15	14	14	10	9	14	13	14	4	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	9	4	-	3	-	-	-

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