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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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	4	5	3	2	2	3	5	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 S	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	10	12	10	9	12	12	14	13	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	13	8	8	9
Energy(?)	2934	2146	2238	545	190	257	392	4636	2338	466	2966	1933	2143	6454	4138	4902	4090	3009	1173	406	654	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 1.83			9:24PM 3.12	10:12AM 2.05			10:43AM 2.25											1:32AM 2.07	3:48AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 0.40			3:11PM 0.62		4:05AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.19		4:34AM 0.10											7:21PM 0.29	10:14AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	20	10	12	-	-	3	-	2	3	15	15	4	10	5	24	2	1	1	-	-	3	-
High °C	11	13	12	11	16	14	15	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	14	9	8	8
Low °C	10	12	11	10	15	11	12	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	9	7	7
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	16	12	14	7	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	9	11	14	7	6	7
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 S	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.4 S	-	3.0 W	1.1 SW	-	2.5 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 S	1.0 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	10	12	10	9	-	12	14	-	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	13	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.8 E	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	1.5 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	5	12	11	-	-	10	-	21	8	18	9	9	9	-	9	9	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	1.0 N	0.5 NW	4.0 WSW	-	0.3 NE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	5	4	12	-	2	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.5 S	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.2 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	12	9	12	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	1005	3530	3023	1920	2101	1688	4018	3052	4677	1378	740	200	368	232	260	704	385	205	884	289	3762	4548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					8:42PM 2.94					9:22AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)								3:25AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	3	10	5	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	9	13	12	12	14	9	14	11	11	12	16	15	14	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	7	13	12	11	14	6	13	9	9	10	15	14	13	8	6
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.5 S	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	12	9	12	9	9	9	10	10	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	12	13	5	8	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.6 W	0.9 N	0.5 W	1.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	3	9	4	5	9	-	-	12

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	3.5 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	10	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1177	2773	2934	2680	2218	2032	3341	3262	2431	2319	794	351	531	346	282	306	199	246	238	248	4018	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	8	3	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	14	15	14	11	11	13	12	12	15	10	15	12	13	13	14	12	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	13	14	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	10	15	11	12	12	14	11	12	10	7
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 NNW	0.8 E	3.5 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	10	13	9	9	5	13	5	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	8	14	6	14	13	9	8	9	8	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.4 SW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	5	5	3	5	3	-	4

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