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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.1 E	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	4.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	14	11	12	12	11	12	9	10	13	14	14	13	12	9	9	13	16	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2647	1437	3490	2756	1881	1807	2002	212	267	183	279	8847	774	2477	1457	2854	1361	1223	1982	3040	2927	821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:28AM 1.83	10:02AM 2.15		10:38PM 2.05	10:53AM 2.14		11:08PM 2.23	11:00AM 3.49		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47		12:03AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)									8:19PM 0.21	3:55AM 0.19	3:46PM 0.13		4:44AM 0.20	4:56PM 0.02		4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49		6:28AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	13	18	8	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	1	-	20	12	18	9	7	3	2
High °C	14	18	15	11	13	11	15	16	10	16	10	11	11	13	12	16	14	13	14	14	13	13
Low °C	11	14	12	8	12	10	12	14	10	15	9	10	11	13	11	16	13	11	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	18	14	9	11	10	14	15	7	16	7	7	10	11	11	14	14	12	13	13	12	13
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.1 E	0.4 NW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 NW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	15	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	9	10	10	-	14	13	12	11	9	13	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	-	1.8 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	18	16	14	13	13	12	5	12	11	9	-	8	-	15	16	10	8	8	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.4 NNW	2.3 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	14	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	10

	Monday 13							Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1883	2163	1665	1305	1680	1247	1077	1341	1162	1477	2082	3754	3400	2088	1626	1807	1478	1359	1674	1662	1794	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)									12:59AM 1.74		8:10AM 2.74								8:57AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)																	2:50AM 0.80					3:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	13	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	18	16	18	19	13	12	14	11	10	11	13	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	19	12	10	14	10	8	11	12	5	11	11	9	10	10	9	12	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	-	-	15	14	16	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.3 SSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	16	16	10	10	17	12	11	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1521	1799	1883	1922	1807	1989	420	535	67	2078	977	5457	5630	3549	3549	1829	3127	3127	3278	3150	3589	3029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				7:56PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)															2:09PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	3	3	6	2	3	3	3	2	1	2
High °C	19	19	18	17	11	11	13	12	13	14	16	14	14	11	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	9	9	12	12	13	12	16	12	12	9	10	12	12	14	13	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	16	16	10	10	10	12	11	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	12	12	13	17	17	16	18	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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