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

	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	8	4	9	8	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	16	14	14	13	14	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	576	902	4550	1565	1851	1846	2307	1101	1400	731	714	716	642	478	596	828	802	8982	8046	6027	5883	1942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 1.95	12:15PM 2.18		3:11AM 2.06	11:31AM 3.00		1:26AM 2.19		4:27PM 1.88		6:47AM 1.71			7:25AM 1.94					3:51AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.26	6:33PM 0.05	8:53PM 0.03	5:20AM 0.16		7:15PM 0.01	10:01AM 0.12		10:38PM 0.08		1:06PM 0.14	10:45PM 0.16		1:44PM 0.22	11:47PM 0.25	9:26AM 0.26	2:49PM 0.20	9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38	3:36PM 0.24	10:24PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	8	13	14	11	14	15	13	18	21	19	22	18	16	18	14	15	14	15	14
Low °C	10	10	10	6	12	13	10	13	15	12	13	20	16	18	17	14	16	12	13	11	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	7	11	12	9	14	15	12	18	21	19	22	18	15	18	12	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.1 NE	-	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 E	1.1 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	11	-	11	10	16	14	14	10	14	9	11	14	14	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	0.3 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.3 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	-	-	11	-	-	8	11	11	7	9	13	10	12	14	10	11	9	14	9	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 N	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	20	18	11	17	16	12	16
Energy(?)	2130	1622	1256	3435	689	671	648	2537	1597	1463	3238	3238	1093	1526	2699	1413	1178	2307	1271	1239	1323	1278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18						5:09AM 1.79							1:26AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)									9:08PM 0.03				9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			7:15PM 0.01	11:51PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	9	9	8	12	11	12	10	9	7	9	9	9	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	7	7	5	11	10	11	8	8	6	6	6	7	11	12	9	11	8	10	10	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	2.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	11	17	16	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	10	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	20	10	8	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.4 S	2.5 S	0.4 ENE	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	11	3	-	11	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.5 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 S	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	13	13	8	8	12	13	13	12	12	9	12	11	9	11
Energy(?)	2483	1646	1646	5530	576	1622	1467	4514	3036	3036	1002	1210	2740	5088	4933	3148	936	2436	904	823	2032	738
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:02AM 2.10		2:26AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	10	10	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	8	11	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	16	7	7	6	12	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	8	10	4	10	11	4	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	3.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.1 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 E	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	8	13	13	10	10	10	14	14	12	11	11	12	12	9	12	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	11	11	-	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	9	12	10	-	11	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	13	13	8	8	-	13	13	-	-	9	-	-	9	-

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