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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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smithfield Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	1	9	9	7	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 W	3.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	14	13	14	14	11	16	16	14	15	14	18	16	16	15	13	12	16	15	13	14
Energy	345	69	9185	9224	6115	1065	1779	3504	1003	2597	3570	3555	6694	4234	1397	1041	1583	1346	1370	1526	1559	3034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:52AM 2.03		11:43PM 1.37	5:47AM 2.84	12:06PM 1.37	7:39PM 1.84	6:46AM 2.94		9:57PM 2.31	10:26AM 2.41		10:52PM 2.39	8:38AM 3.21		10:23PM 2.14		1:34PM 2.12	1:56AM 2.01	10:54AM 2.25	2:29PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	4:35PM 0.30	9:11PM 0.79	3:46AM 0.79	3:14PM 0.40				1:55AM 0.46		2:25PM 0.39		4:21AM 0.56	2:35PM 0.40			2:55PM 0.71		6:12AM 0.34		7:47PM 0.13	4:39AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	2	-
High °C	17	12	12	11	12	10	14	11	9	14	13	11	13	10	12	13	12	13	12	10	13	9
Low °C	10	8	10	11	10	8	12	10	8	14	11	11	12	8	10	13	11	13	11	8	13	9
Chill °C (?)	17	10	11	8	11	10	14	10	8	13	12	9	13	10	11	12	10	11	10	9	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	1.8 SE	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 W	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	6	15	13	14	14	11	16	16	14	15	14	18	16	16	15	13	12	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.6 SE	2.1 SW	-	1.2 W	1.5 SE	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	16	21	14	-	9	11	-	-	18	-	20	9	-	8	8	18	16	4	5	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Fields Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.4 NW	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	12	15	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14	16	16	16	16
Energy	345	5355	9639	69	8216	9325	9185	8879	9224	7287	7981	6115	5087	3200	1065	1212	1779	1223	3998	3504	3249	3121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.25						9:09AM 1.51				11:43PM 1.37					12:06PM 1.37		7:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				9:11PM 0.79		3:46AM 0.79				5:17PM 0.34				5:53AM 0.23							1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	12	10	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	10	14	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	17	9	9	8	4	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	6	10	14	10	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.6 NW	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	-	6	21	16	15	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	1.3 S	2.1 SW	1.5 SE	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	1.5 SE	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	-	16	-	22	21	19	14	20	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	-	17	-	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.4 SW	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	16	3	12	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08											Tuesday 09
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.2 S	4.0 WSW	0.4 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	11	11	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	733	1153	345	345	604	5355	5355	12625	9639	1068	8227	69	4358	4170	8216	8216	9384	9325	9090	9018	9185	9226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						9:52AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					4:42PM 0.29						10:33PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	14	12	12	12	12	8	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	17	13	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	10	9	4	5	8	7	7	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.2 S	4.0 WSW	0.6 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	15	8	16	16	9	16	16	16	-	16	11	6	11	11	21	21	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	14	9	9	14	-	-	-	-	14	16	16	16	16	-	-	22	22	22	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.9 S	4.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	4	15	-	-	15	10	10	16	16	6	10	3	-	-	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	14

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