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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ward Beach Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	5	9	5	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 S	3.5 S	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	12	10	14	13	7	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	5	10	17	17	16	19
Energy	1795	1341	1054	703	529	546	540	508	622	676	686	1000	753	789	1842	1604	292	3497	10152	3770	7798	6617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.78				2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	5:41PM 2.18	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:40AM 1.81		2:36PM 2.80				8:49PM 2.00	4:22AM 1.73	4:23PM 2.71		6:00AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM 0.30	6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	8:04PM 0.55	9:34AM 0.48		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	8:24AM 1.13		9:19PM 0.63	8:58AM 0.67	4:33PM 0.24	3:00AM 0.88	10:45AM 0.60		11:55PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	15	8	5	34	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	12	13	12	11	12	13	14	15	14	12	13	13	11	12	16	8	12	12	12	14
Low °C	17	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	14	13	11	12	12	9	12	8	6	9	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	13	11	13	11	9	11	12	14	14	14	10	13	12	9	12	16	6	11	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	12	10	14	13	7	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	7	12	17	17	16	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 N	1.2 NW	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	10	12	14	10	13	10	9	12	12	8	10	8	24	10	10	-	-	25	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	5	10	-	-	16	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 W	2.1 ENE	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	7	9	9	9
Energy	1795	1927	1341	1306	1088	1054	607	1144	703	515	529	304	260	546	1060	470	540	814	508	582	560	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:03AM 1.33			5:34PM 1.78			12:04AM 3.12	5:52AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)						10:41PM 0.30			6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09					9:34AM 0.48			7:40PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	8	4
Temp. °C	17	18	14	12	12	11	12	11	10	13	12	11	10	10	9	10	10	12	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	13	10	10	10	12	11	9	13	11	10	9	8	6	8	7	11	12	12	12	14
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 W	2.1 ENE	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	7	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 N	0.5 S	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	12	10	5	10	10	12	10	10	14	14	13	10	13	13	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	0.5 NE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 N	1.2 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	7	7	8	7	7

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 W	2.1 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	11
Energy	1574	1669	1795	1776	1902	1927	1440	1314	1341	1369	1347	1306	1220	1170	1088	1110	1054	1054	1022	580	607	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:03AM 1.33											5:34PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:41PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	15	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 W	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.0 N	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	4	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	-	5

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