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

	Sat		Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	6	4	2	6	6	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.4 W	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	15	9	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	10	13	13	12	18	19
Energy	192	441	604	8638	3235	1737	2422	1826	842	10907	8111	8859	3124	2788	1032	1140	621	1630	1198	1453	2432	715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:59PM 1.63	9:31AM 1.39		9:37PM 1.54	10:22AM 1.45		12:20AM 1.53		1:03PM 1.25	7:35PM 1.78	8:05AM 1.81		1:49AM 1.46			8:47PM 3.11				3:54AM 1.67	4:18PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39PM 0.47		3:30AM 0.47	3:41PM 0.43		4:17AM 0.43	5:10PM 0.39		6:41AM 0.14		1:45AM 0.45		5:45PM 0.23	7:33PM 0.21	8:02AM 0.16	2:33PM 0.66	2:55AM 0.67	9:02AM 0.48	4:35PM 0.16	9:24PM 0.64	10:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	17	11	8	11	10	8	14	12	9	10	14	12	9	11	10	8	9	8	10	12
Low °C	13	11	14	11	7	7	9	6	10	11	9	10	13	11	7	9	9	7	9	7	8	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	7	4	10	8	7	14	9	6	7	12	10	8	10	8	8	8	6	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	2.4 W	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	13	8	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	10	13	13	12	18	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	7	8	12	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	22	19	18	9	14	10	9	10	23	20	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 NW	5.0 WSW	3.0 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	14	13	3	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	6	9	4	4	4	2	4	5	6	9	8	6	4	4	5	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	12	14	14	15	14	14	12	15	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12
Energy	631	582	2444	5093	12621	1077	2994	1257	496	1679	3025	5425	10000	7117	5929	1462	1255	3045	5210	1379	1633	1140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:10PM 1.49				11:12AM 1.44											7:29PM 1.69		12:20AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:39PM 0.47				3:33AM 0.48				5:36PM 0.31		11:58PM 0.68		5:45AM 0.30		11:59AM 1.11		5:57PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	12	11	12	12	16	16	15	10	8	5	7	8	11	13	8	8	9	6	6
Chill °C (?)	12	10	12	11	8	10	11	16	16	14	8	6	1	4	6	10	13	8	6	6	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	15	14	14	12	15	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	5	7	13	10	10	10	9	13	15	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	3	-

	Saturday 09											Sunday 10
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	6	9	4	4	4	2	4	5	6	9	8	6	4	4	5	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.4 W	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	15	15	12	10	10	12	13	13	15	14	14	9	9	9	14	15	14	15	15	15
Energy	702	636	192	204	583	360	528	57	345	455	1681	5294	10537	109	91	1564	1720	102	4494	79	247	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	4:32AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			2:54PM 0.47								10:42PM 0.67							5:19AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	12	9	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	7	12	12	11	11	11	5	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.3 NW	1.4 W	0.7 NE	-	0.5 NW	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	15	10	14	9	9	10	14	13	-	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	5	7	8	10	9	7	12	13	13	10	9	10	8	8	15	10	8	-	8	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 NE	-	1.7 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.7 NW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	3	4	10	14	14	-	-	9	9	4	14	-	4	9

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