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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	5	4	2	2	2	5	4	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	4.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	3.0 S	1.9 SE	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	9	13	13	12	14	14	14	15	14	13	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	796	2146	1688	2907	188	227	215	5816	246	453	4423	2495	6242	4020	3297	2979	3308	2567	70	1722	1001	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:32AM 1.94	2:04PM 1.80	9:49PM 2.03			10:38PM 2.05	10:53AM 2.14			10:55AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)				3:25AM 0.40				3:51PM 0.48		4:44AM 0.20	4:31PM 0.40		4:45AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	2	14	15	3	18	6	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	13	12	14	15	15	16	13	14	13	14	13	11	12	14	13	14	11	10	10	9	9
Low °C	10	12	10	12	14	12	14	12	14	11	12	12	10	11	13	12	13	10	9	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	14	14	15	15	10	12	12	13	12	9	10	12	13	14	10	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	-	9	13	14	12	14	14	14	15	14	13	10	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.1 S	2.3 NW	1.4 NNW	-	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.4 NE	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	15	13	13	12	5	11	11	-	14	16	10	8	8	-	8	9	9	8	10	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 N	-	4.5 WSW	1.0 W	0.3 NE	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	2	5	-	12	4	2	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Crossroads Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	12	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1200	1123	1005	3560	565	1950	2154	1688	3395	3055	3073	3758	2534	692	356	227	238	231	215	215	219	1759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)					1:20PM 1.73						8:57AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)										3:25AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	9	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	10	10	13	11	12	11	10	9	11	14	14	9	9	14	11	10	14	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	13	9	11	11	8	8	11	14	13	6	6	13	8	8	13	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	1.5 E	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	12	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	12	12	12	5	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	3	3	-	5	5	10

	Tuesday 14
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Crossroads Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	11	10	13	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	10	14	10	10	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1338	1650	1323	2281	1010	1571	3136	2323	3076	3081	2218	2872	2295	755	565	371	339	333	352	346	340	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	2	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	9	12	10	12	14	12	10	10	14	14	15	13	13	17	15	14	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	9	10	7	11	8	11	12	11	8	9	13	13	14	12	13	17	15	14	15	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 W	1.9 E	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	11	10	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	10	9	10	10	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	16	12	13	16	13	14	14	13	14	14	12	14	11	14	14	14	14	8	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	3	-	8	3	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4

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