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

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.2 N	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 NNW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 W	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	8	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	7	9	9	12	19
Energy	1162	524	360	1120	1672	255	1210	1495	1284	1043	1160	820	799	618	231	537	524	506	516	940	1164	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:16PM 3.14	10:15AM 2.78		12:13AM 1.96	10:53AM 2.78		11:28PM 3.15	11:31AM 2.76			5:52AM 1.61		12:40AM 2.59	3:22AM 1.95	3:54PM 1.96	12:29AM 3.02	6:24AM 1.45			6:24AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.46		4:08AM 0.49	4:25PM 0.46	6:12PM 0.47	4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		5:26AM 0.48		11:53PM 0.43		12:02PM 0.39	6:31PM 0.53	9:34AM 0.48		6:16PM 0.51		12:19PM 0.43	10:54PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	13	3	3	9	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	14	16	14	17	16	16	15	18	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	11	11
Low °C	9	12	13	14	15	13	16	16	14	15	16	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	13	15	14	17	16	15	15	18	9	11	11	11	10	12	12	13	15	8	9
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.2 N	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 N	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	8	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	7	9	9	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.3 NW	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	13	6	12	10	8	8	12	13	4	9	9	8	11	-	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.8 NNW	0.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.9 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	4	-	-	5	7	7	2	9	12	6

	Saturday 30					Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tue
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.2 NE	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N
Period(s)	12	12	12	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	7	8	12	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1162	1141	524	618	501	360	545	968	1120	1509	1672	562	656	255	1910	1137	1210	1054	1495	1411	1483	1284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:13PM 1.46		10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78						4:24AM 1.65		11:38AM 2.04				11:28PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	6:11AM 0.37							4:28AM 1.04												5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	7	-	1	4	2	7	8	5
Temp. °C	9	11	12	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	13	15	15	17	15	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	7	11	12	15	13	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	17	14	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 NE	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	7	8	12	12	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 W	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	5	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	6	-	14	12	9	10	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	-	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	-	3.0 NNW	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30																	Sunday 31
	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	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NE	1.0 S	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNW	2.2 NNW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	7	11	8	8	7	8	9
Energy	1052	1007	1162	1079	1136	1141	1048	589	524	524	548	618	569	519	501	648	564	360	427	676	545	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20AM 0.39														9:38PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	15	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.9 S	1.9 NNW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	5	5	5	9	9	9	6	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	1.7 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	3	-	-	7	2	2

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