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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	Sun		Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	Haast Beach 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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.4 WNW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	4.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	12	9	12	12	11	12	10	10	9	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1644	1354	1806	1250	1829	2692	3054	1677	3255	430	479	233	972	2454	1006	7161	3554	3007	3311	3885	1588	1472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:42PM 2.94							10:43AM 2.25	3:36PM 1.90	11:18PM 2.12	11:25AM 2.30		11:59PM 2.15	11:45AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)								2:50AM 0.80				7:47AM 0.19			4:34AM 0.10			5:15AM 0.05	5:13PM 0.40		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	23	-	-	-	19	17	6	3	-	3	1	1	1	23	6	25	4	9	7	16	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	14	11	11	12	11	14	16	10	12	12	10	11	14	13	12	11	13	15	15
Low °C	17	16	18	14	11	11	12	8	12	11	9	11	11	8	11	12	12	11	10	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	12	10	11	12	11	14	16	8	10	10	8	9	12	13	12	11	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	9	11	12	12	9	10	12	11	12	10	10	9	13	15	14	-	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.7 S	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	14	-	5	18	13	12	14	13	12	8	10	9	11	9	-	-	21	15	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	4.5 W	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	8	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12			Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	2.1 E	1.8 W	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	3.0 WNW	1.6 E	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1644	1645	1184	1354	1851	2020	1806	1348	1075	1121	1154	1338	1218	1003	2328	678	3054	1915	2044	3238	1741	2705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	high	-	-	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)												11:28PM 1.70			8:40AM 1.88				8:42PM 2.94	9:17PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	17	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	8	-	4	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	18	18	18	16	18	16	19	13	14	13	11	9	10	13	12	11	11	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	18	18	16	18	15	19	12	14	12	10	7	10	13	12	10	11	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.3 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	2.1 E	1.8 W	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	3.0 WNW	1.6 E	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	-	-	4	5	5	17	6	-	4	16	16	16	14	15	14	13	13	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.6 W	2.4 E	1.3 W	1.4 E	1.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	9	10	13	13	11	13	17	11	11	16	11	11
Energy(?)	482	1180	1644	1720	1811	818	952	652	1184	557	351	469	45	48	798	31	1977	1160	737	2948	923	986
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								7:03PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	1	5	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	15	18	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	17	17	17	18	15	18	12	12	11	11	11	13	10	13	14	14	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.6 W	2.4 E	1.3 W	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 ENE	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	11	10	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.3 W	1.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	13	14	14	14	-	-	13	-	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	17	10	19	16	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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