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

	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	5	8	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	215	5688	2739	1155	1215	1006	2133	4278	5368	2491	2417	3090	133	1378	2466	7063	14367	6843	3826	4508	4338	1676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									11:59PM 2.15	11:45AM 3.47						3:48AM 2.45			4:47AM 2.34	5:29PM 2.35		5:56AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)								5:48PM 0.14		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49		9:19AM 0.28			10:14AM 0.35			11:15AM 0.42		11:47PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	3	10	-	1	7	10	3	8	-	5	32	37	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	12	13	12	11	11	13	12	14	14	12	14	12	10	16	14	13	13	15	13	12
Low °C	13	11	10	9	12	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	13	14	11	12	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	8	10	11	11	10	9	12	11	13	13	11	12	9	7	15	14	12	12	15	13	12
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	5.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	-	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	8	9	9	12	11	12	20	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.3 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	-	10	14	21	14	8	16	9	9	8	8	-	-	9	-	14	13	20	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	0.7 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.2 S	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	-
Period (s)	3	12	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	9	11	11	11	9	11	11	-

	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	8	10	9	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	246	857	994	241	597	2629	3817	4003	3387	1956	1669	1207	1215	1857	1918	1006	2750	2227	1197	1505	3035	3355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	high	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								10:38PM 2.05					12:55PM 2.60								1:43PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)										4:09AM 0.50									7:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	10	10	12	15	16	13	9	9	10	11	12	18	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	14	16	12	6	7	9	11	12	17	11	11	11	9	8	7	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	10	8	10	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 SW	0.2 W	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	14	-	16	21	15	15	19	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 W	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	8	5	9	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16
	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	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.4 S	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	212	244	269	188	163	425	3505	4541	4797	3478	3371	111	3423	6588	6244	3248	2382	5090	2848	2863	4074	4074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:37AM 3.28			12:10PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:35PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	13	13	10	9	11	11	12	12	17	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	10	12	8	4	8	8	9	9	16	9	7	7	8	7	8	6	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	11	10	-	-	10	13	-	10	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 N	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	5	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	11	8	-	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.8 NNW	1.3 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	5	9	9	11	11	10	11	5	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12

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