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

	Wed		Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.8 S	2.3 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSE	4.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	8	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	14	14	15	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	196	282	494	1550	2725	2154	1605	1623	1697	1766	5389	4142	3747	1185	2751	949	1797	3915	2009	2803	1602	906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:20PM 2.18	12:08AM 3.40		12:34PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)	3:06PM 0.28	8:54PM 0.45													6:18AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	2	4	1	13	2	-	1	10	-	2	4	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	14	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	12	14	15	11	9	11	9	10	13	13	14	15
Low °C	14	10	11	10	11	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	14	9	8	10	9	9	13	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	8	9	10	11	11	10	13	11	14	13	8	7	10	7	9	11	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.8 S	-	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	10	8	-	12	13	11	12	11	12	14	14	15	9	11	18	11	16	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 N	1.6 NNW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	5	12	11	-	-	-	-	16	15	14	16	8	8	12	18	18	10	14	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	2.3 SW	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	4.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	12	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.7 S	1.2 S	2.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	10	10	8	9	9	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2369	216	631	234	827	315	1088	237	639	897	3971	4295	3335	1956	1660	1415	1605	1184	1690	1623	1764	1590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)																10:18AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)														4:09AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	4	2	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	9	14	10	10	10	15	14	13	9	8	10	11	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	13	6	14	8	8	8	14	13	12	6	6	9	11	12	13	10	12	11	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	11	5	10	12	9	10	8	9	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 W	1.0 N	1.7 S	0.4 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.1 W	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	10	3	8	5	9	10	13	12	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15											Thursday 16
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.4 S	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSE	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2973	235	699	195	235	240	241	182	273	328	645	347	2427	2166	2713	2770	5343	2601	7127	7862	8654	8202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																3:30AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	14	14	12	14	14	14	9	9	11	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	15	12	12	10	14	12	12	6	5	8	9	9	9	5	5	5	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	5	10	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	14	12	12	12	12	-	10	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.3 S	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	5	8	8	12	11	12	12	12	9	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 N	1.2 N	2.0 W	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	11	12	12	12

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