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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 ESE	5.0 SSW	2.5 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	11	8	11	11	9	16	15	11	11	11	12	9	12	12	13	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	763	454	5477	2673	1935	2256	759	741	1883	975	225	165	245	725	836	4066	3226	1352	2140	1862	881	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:50AM 2.86		10:55PM 2.84	11:43AM 3.27			4:25AM 1.79	6:36PM 1.45		7:10AM 1.42		7:14PM 1.42	7:40AM 1.52		8:19PM 1.38	6:12AM 1.78	6:34PM 1.76			5:28PM 2.17	7:35PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	3:51AM 0.33	4:38AM 0.49	4:48PM 0.39		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.18	10:08PM 0.16	10:36AM 0.23		12:39AM 0.65		1:28PM 0.17	1:26AM 0.15		1:59PM 0.17	2:32AM 0.14	12:30PM 0.23		1:06AM 0.77	10:11AM 0.23		1:57AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	12	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	15	14	16	12	12	13	15	13	22	20	17	20	17	12	15	16	15	16	21	14
Low °C	13	12	15	12	15	12	11	12	15	13	18	19	15	17	16	10	12	15	13	15	19	13
Chill °C (?)	14	10	12	12	16	10	11	13	15	12	22	20	17	20	16	9	14	16	14	16	21	14
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	0.9 W	-	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	11	8	11	11	9	16	15	11	11	11	12	14	-	12	13	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.3 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 N	-	0.9 E	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	13	10	14	10	11	11	7	9	6	7	5	8	6	9	-	11	16	-	-	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	-	1.8 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	10	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	2	7	-	9	12	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	18	17	17
Energy(?)	1032	1132	1224	1074	572	857	1011	2174	4644	3821	3042	3855	1935	1537	1094	1291	1392	1193	1124	1054	3026	1276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 2.50	10:31PM 2.70				11:05AM 2.61	3:23PM 1.65					5:36AM 1.36				5:56PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				4:24AM 0.48						10:55PM 0.69				11:41AM 0.25			9:54PM 0.15				8:31AM 0.26	10:33AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	15	14	13	18	13	12	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	16	11	11	11	10	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	12	14	13	12	18	11	10	12	13	14	13	16	15	15	16	10	10	10	8	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	18	17	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 E	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	21	21	12	20	8	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	7	10	11	10	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15				Monday 16
	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	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Breaker Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	6.5 S	6.5 S	5.5 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1804	1315	1619	1594	775	1218	195	222	9712	10018	7143	11647	5773	6282	6862	8245	343	497	394	694	990	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:16PM 2.68						4:23AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	17	16	14	15	11	11	13	14	12	16	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	16	13	14	9	9	9	10	8	14	9	9	9	14	11	11	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.4 E	4.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	4.5 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	5	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	18	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	6.5 S	6.5 S	5.5 S	5.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	-	8	7	3	-	-

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