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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	5	4	3	9	5	4	5	9	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.8 S	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	12	10	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	16	16	14	21	16	16	15
Energy	774	543	546	336	735	738	737	668	692	713	214	115	4125	2364	651	8570	4892	1071	3836	15246	13498	5372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 1.85		3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91			9:23PM 1.41		3:30PM 2.22	10:06PM 1.40	4:22AM 1.73		10:00PM 1.65	11:17AM 1.31		11:37PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02PM 0.39	8:04PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		7:15PM 1.11	8:02AM 0.55		7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13	3:06PM 0.31		9:16AM 1.12			10:45AM 0.60	2:41PM 0.41		5:09AM 0.27	3:33PM 0.35		6:08AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	4	9	3	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	13	15	14	14	15	13	13	16	14	10	11	11	13	14	13	15	13	12	14
Low °C	12	10	10	10	14	13	13	14	12	12	14	7	7	10	10	12	14	12	13	13	11	12
Chill °C	14	11	9	12	15	13	13	14	13	12	16	14	10	9	10	12	12	12	15	11	12	14
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 E	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNW	3.0 W	1.8 S	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 S	2.1 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	12	10	14	13	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	16	16	16	21	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.5 S	0.8 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	1.1 N	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 NNW	0.2 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	1.5 S	1.8 S	-
Period (s)	10	9	14	-	13	10	13	9	11	9	10	11	-	11	20	-	10	10	12	22	22	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	-	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	11	-	9	-	16	14	-	16	16	-

	Wednesday 03							Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	10	11	12	11	10	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1068	1075	774	573	543	690	260	546	560	868	336	534	735	607	1061	738	777	514	737	708	668	655
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.61				4:44PM 1.77			2:11AM 1.88	4:59AM 1.65				3:54PM 1.96			1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)			6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09				8:31AM 0.43	9:34AM 0.48			7:50PM 0.61				8:02AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	2	4	3	3	2	2
Temp. °C	11	11	12	14	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14
Chill °C	10	10	12	14	11	9	9	8	7	6	8	12	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 W	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	11	12	11	10	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	7	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.1 SW	1.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	5	10	10	9	11	10	14	14	8	-	11	13	7	13	10	10	7	13	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	4	6	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W
Period(s)	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	520	1006	1068	530	1037	1075	973	1031	774	653	646	573	552	596	543	543	511	690	299	265	260	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:52AM 1.61							12:28PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 0.30																		6:36PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	10
Chill °C	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	11	10	10	9	11	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	12	13	14	5	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	5	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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