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

	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	South Shore Canterbury	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	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	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	9	5	3	2	9	9	7	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	18	18	16	16	12	15	20	14	14	14	16	16	12	16	14	18	18	16	15	12	11	15
Energy	8371	4016	953	345	10710	10809	6015	6542	1402	1614	3504	1003	1011	1644	4257	6440	3002	1397	1251	1021	1627	3016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 1.69		9:37AM 1.53		10:41PM 1.79	6:00AM 1.73		11:49PM 1.33	5:47AM 2.84	5:44PM 2.58	7:39PM 1.84	6:46AM 2.94	12:58PM 1.45	8:29PM 1.90	9:04AM 2.01		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		11:47PM 2.46	10:59AM 2.22	12:19PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		9:36PM 1.16	3:35AM 0.42	4:35PM 0.30			5:05PM 0.64				1:55AM 0.46			2:46AM 0.34		2:35PM 0.40	2:17AM 0.31		2:46PM 0.23		4:44AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	15	17	9	10	12	12	10	13	11	9	13	13	11	12	13	11	12	14	14	16
Low °C	10	11	12	10	8	7	10	10	9	10	10	8	12	10	10	12	11	10	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	17	7	9	11	11	10	13	10	9	13	12	9	10	13	10	10	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:30	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSE	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	16	15	21	14	14	14	16	16	12	16	14	18	18	16	15	12	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNE	0.2 ENE	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	19	-	-	8	8	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	4.5 S	4.0 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	12	15	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	South Shore Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	9	9	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	4.5 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 SSE	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	18	18	17	18	16	18	16	15	16	16	21	12	12	16	15	15	20	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	8371	9607	1619	4016	822	979	953	751	345	3234	2955	10710	14270	11001	10809	6798	6015	9229	8740	6542	4606	3273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 1.69	7:59PM 1.55					9:37AM 1.53				10:41PM 1.79								11:49PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				9:36PM 1.16		3:35AM 0.42				4:22PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.79		11:43AM 0.56		5:12PM 0.61				5:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	13	11	10	11	12	15	17	9	9	8	9	9	7	10	12	11	10	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	9	10	11	14	17	6	7	5	6	8	5	10	11	10	9	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	1.5 SSE	3.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	18	18	17	18	16	18	16	15	16	8	21	16	12	16	15	15	21	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	1.5 S	0.7 SE	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	4	4	8	8	9	14	13	-	21	21	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.8 N	0.3 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNW	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	3	8	4	-	16	8	12	12	16	15	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	9	9	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16
Energy	3430	9620	8371	8888	9109	9607	9932	3728	1619	1619	3567	4016	991	823	822	873	925	979	946	994	953	912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					4:02PM 1.69																	9:37AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																3:35AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	13	14	11	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 W	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	-	4	-	4	4	4	3	3	8	8	8

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