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.

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.7 NE	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 N	2.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.1 ENE	1.4 NNE
Period(s)	13	12	12	7	10	6	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	13	7	8	9	8	6
Energy	1213	1162	524	320	1598	231	1619	1037	1573	1750	1287	1255	508	1008	563	210	269	672	631	740	277	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:58PM 1.93			10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13	3:17PM 1.69	10:35PM 2.83	4:24AM 1.65		11:13PM 2.84	11:50AM 3.10	5:34PM 1.78	6:15PM 1.88	5:52AM 1.61		12:41AM 3.06		5:41PM 2.18	1:21AM 2.99			8:15PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.37	5:33PM 0.46		4:28AM 1.04			10:32AM 0.36	5:04PM 0.47		5:38AM 1.05		12:32AM 0.69		12:02PM 0.39	6:36PM 1.09	8:31AM 0.43		7:15PM 1.11	7:47AM 0.52	12:19PM 0.43	2:39AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	29	-	11	29	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	-	-
High °C	8	11	13	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	13	15
Low °C	8	10	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	12	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	12	12	11	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	12	10	10	9	11	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.5 S	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 N	2.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 W	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.1 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	13	12	12	7	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	13	7	8	9	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 N	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	10	9	8	12	11	12	12	11	9	13	10	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 NE	1.9 ENE	-	0.3 E	-	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	7	-	2	-	6

	Fri	Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.7 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	9	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Energy	1535	1213	1092	1180	1162	1107	524	548	634	320	521	878	1598	1387	231	2041	1842	1619	1544	1419	1037	1657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 1.93	2:56AM 1.64							10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78				10:35PM 2.83				10:53AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00PM 0.32				6:11AM 0.37							4:28AM 1.04				4:25PM 0.46				5:03AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	3	4	4	5	-	2
Temp. °C	9	8	9	8	10	11	13	10	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	8	9	11	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 NE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.5 S	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	9	5	9	6	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Friday 29					Saturday 30
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1443	1437	1535	1405	1382	1213	1240	1108	1092	1014	1180	1180	1052	1007	1162	1079	1205	1107	1054	589	524	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:56AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.32											7:20AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	5	5	5	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None