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

	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	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	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	9	9	6	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 NW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 W	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	16	14	13	14	14	11	16	16	15	15	14	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	14	13	13	13
Energy	69	8321	9097	5806	1373	1812	3267	1003	1084	5571	3318	5536	3119	1564	1039	1204	1901	3546	4213	3374	1657	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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		11:48PM 2.12	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85		1:34PM 2.12	10:37PM 2.11	11:55AM 2.28		12:11AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11PM 0.79	3:46AM 0.79	3:14PM 0.40				1:55AM 0.46		5:32PM 0.94		4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55			2:55PM 0.71		7:11AM 0.07			5:38AM 0.00	4:43PM 0.61	6:06PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	1	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	10	14	11	9	12	13	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	13	8	13	10
Low °C	9	10	11	10	8	12	10	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	12	12	10	11	12	8	13	8
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	10	10	14	10	8	11	12	9	10	8	10	11	11	9	8	13	7	12	9
Sunrise	-	8:06	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.7 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	1.8 W	2.3 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	5	15	13	14	14	11	16	16	15	15	14	18	17	16	15	14	16	16	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 SSE	2.1 SW	-	-	1.5 SE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	21	14	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	20	-	10	8	8	7	13	-	8	-	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	13	-	3

	Mon	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smithfield Canterbury	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.4 NW	4.0 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	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	973	69	9415	8878	8321	8451	9097	7157	7872	5806	5087	3200	1373	1212	1812	1230	3947	3267	3226	3193	1003	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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	off	off
Tide State	-	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	high
High Tide / height (m)						9:09AM 1.51				11:43PM 1.37					12:06PM 1.37		7:39PM 1.84				6:46AM 2.94	11:13AM 2.31
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	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	10	14	11	11	10	10	10	8	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	6	10	14	10	10	8	8	8	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.5 NW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	5	17	16	15	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	14	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.2 S	2.1 SW	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	0.1 W	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	16	23	22	21	19	14	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	20	17	-	7	12	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.3 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	16	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08					Tuesday 09
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	1	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	3.5 W	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S
Period(s)	9	10	16	10	11	16	16	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	2808	3072	973	3354	7858	69	69	4227	9415	9291	8960	8878	8679	8457	8321	8312	8259	8451	7748	10532	9097	8404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																9:52AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					10:33PM 1.15					3:46AM 0.79												3:14PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	7	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	-	4.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	3.5 W	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	11	5	5	11	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 S	1.0 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	16	16	16	16	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	6	10	10	3	3	-	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-

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