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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	5	4	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	2.2 NNW	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 SW	1.6 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 N	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	4.0 W	3.0 S	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	8	10	9	10	10	12	10	11	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	19	17
Energy	1933	1381	1054	1625	505	894	533	244	290	291	695	791	602	1169	1196	1064	300	346	4379	1506	6098	9196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 2.78	4:50PM 1.79	11:32PM 2.55	6:03AM 1.33				12:28PM 3.05	2:11AM 1.88		12:09PM 2.89	12:55AM 2.74		1:32PM 2.58	12:55AM 2.38		1:23PM 2.67	1:55AM 2.88				4:22AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					12:10PM 0.29	11:53PM 0.43	6:15AM 1.07		8:10PM 0.55	6:54AM 1.09		6:44PM 0.55	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	8:21AM 0.61		7:39PM 0.67	9:16AM 1.12	3:44PM 0.38	10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	6	2	11	3	-	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	16	15	18	18	12	12	14	11	15	14	15	14	16	14	13	14	12	11	12	11	12
Low °C	16	15	14	17	17	12	10	13	11	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	12	9	8	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	18	18	11	12	14	9	15	14	15	13	16	13	13	14	11	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.2 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 SW	1.6 NNW	1.4 N	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 N	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	4.0 W	0.3 ENE	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.1 N	1.1 N	0.6 N	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.1 W	-	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	9	13	12	10	10	10	14	8	12	8	8	13	9	10	-	-	26	-	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 NE	-	2.5 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	2.1 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	6	4	-	-	3	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NE	1.6 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.8 W	1.8 NE	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period(s)	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	10	10	10
Energy	1120	1746	1933	1820	1381	2067	1574	1054	878	604	1625	1167	505	598	1003	894	501	739	533	599	244	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:53AM 2.78				11:32PM 2.55			6:03AM 1.33			4:38PM 1.68			12:04AM 3.12	5:52AM 1.61			12:28PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		4:47AM 0.48				5:04PM 0.47						11:17AM 0.37	12:10PM 0.29			11:53PM 0.43			6:15AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	7	5	-	24	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	17	16	18	11	12	12	10	12	10	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	16	17	17	15	18	10	11	12	10	12	9	11	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 W	1.8 NE	1.2 W	1.6 NE	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	0.8 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	13	13	13	12	12	4	11	10	10	13	10	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	2.2 NE	1.5 N	2.5 NE	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	5	9	-	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Monday 01
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 N
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1730	1692	1120	1120	1712	1746	1746	1896	1933	1943	1804	1820	1786	1799	1381	1912	2029	2067	1929	1789	1574	1671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:53AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)					4:47AM 0.48													5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	-	7	10	8	6	4	3	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 N
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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