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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smithfield Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	1	9	9	7	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 NW	2.3 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	11	16	16	12	16	14	18	16	16	15	13	16	15	7	9
Energy	914	345	99	8580	9303	6135	1402	1252	3555	1003	1009	3441	4326	7943	4327	1254	1344	1223	1094	1254	742	1089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:37AM 1.53			9:52AM 2.03		11:49PM 1.33	5:47AM 2.84	12:06PM 1.37	10:14PM 1.72	6:46AM 2.94	12:58PM 1.45	9:57PM 2.31	9:04AM 2.01		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		10:23PM 2.14	10:59AM 2.22		10:02PM 3.36	10:29AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 0.30	9:11PM 0.79	3:46AM 0.79	3:14PM 0.40									2:35PM 0.40			2:46PM 0.23		4:44AM 0.10	5:13PM 0.22		4:14AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	16
High °C	16	17	12	11	11	12	10	14	11	10	12	14	11	11	10	10	12	10	13	15	12	12
Low °C	13	11	8	10	10	10	8	12	10	8	11	10	10	11	7	9	12	9	11	14	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	17	10	11	8	11	9	14	9	10	12	13	11	10	9	9	10	8	12	14	11	10
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:02
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	1.8 SE	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	6	15	13	14	14	11	16	16	12	16	14	18	16	16	15	13	12	15	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.6 SE	2.1 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	9	16	21	14	-	-	-	13	-	16	24	19	14	-	8	7	18	16	-	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	-

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	16	18	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14
Energy	812	979	914	750	345	5129	6332	99	11184	10375	8580	8444	9303	7507	7276	6135	4280	3177	1402	1212	1252	1230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:37AM 1.53		4:20PM 2.25						9:09AM 1.51				11:49PM 1.33					12:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35AM 0.42						9:11PM 0.79		3:46AM 0.79				3:14PM 0.40				5:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	16	17	13	12	10	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	8	10	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	15	17	10	9	8	6	7	9	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	6	9	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NW	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	18	16	15	16	16	16	6	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 S	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	4	4	14	8	9	-	-	16	22	22	21	19	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	4	-	10	10	-	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08
	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	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	991	813	812	873	925	979	946	965	914	873	807	750	769	836	345	336	328	5129	5496	5781	6332	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:37AM 1.53	10:15AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.42													4:35PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	16	17	15	17	17	15	13	12	12	12	8
Chill °C (?)	11	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	13	13	15	17	14	17	16	14	10	9	9	9	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	14	14	14	8	8	8	4	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	10	10	10	10	6

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