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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	2	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	-	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 NE	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	1.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	-	10	16	14	11	12	10	13	13	16	8	11	11	14	13	16	14	15	13
Energy(?)	1472	943	2512	0	54	1144	6398	1746	2589	646	1400	1005	1671	682	5323	2780	1753	3186	871	3958	2553	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 2.47		8:53PM 1.89	10:41AM 2.27	12:16PM 1.84	12:20AM 1.86		2:01PM 1.92	9:15PM 2.65			9:05PM 3.17	3:52AM 1.43	4:16PM 1.51		5:04AM 1.47	3:16PM 2.40	1:46AM 2.44	11:59AM 1.98		11:39PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 1.20		4:03PM 0.64		4:28AM 0.47		6:07PM 0.28	7:00AM 0.76			8:29AM 0.18	2:52PM 0.43		10:03AM 0.17		10:34PM 0.19	11:15AM 0.43		7:46PM 0.41	5:53AM 0.32	5:31PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	5	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	9
High °C	13	16	14	15	17	8	10	8	11	5	12	13	10	12	12	10	12	11	9	10	13	12
Low °C	12	11	14	13	16	7	8	5	10	2	7	9	10	10	11	8	11	11	7	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	15	12	13	16	4	8	6	10	5	11	11	7	10	10	10	11	9	7	8	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	1.9 NW	2.5 S	3.0 W	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 NE	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	1.6 NW	3.0 W	1.4 SW	-	2.4 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	-	6	16	10	11	12	10	13	13	16	8	11	11	10	13	16	-	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 N	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	10	12	-	14	-	14	-	-	12	15	14	13	9	-	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	0.4 SW	1.7 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.9 N	-	3.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	10	8	4	8	14	-	-	2	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	14	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 NNE	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	12	13	13	6	8	11	9	8	8	9	9	14	13	9	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1703	1942	2008	1695	1078	592	563	377	236	4805	289	1195	547	50	47	178	306	987	5371	5022	4915	3004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78					11:23AM 1.80					12:43AM 1.80		7:00AM 2.59		1:50PM 1.60						8:58AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)								5:42PM 0.96	6:33PM 0.25								8:11PM 0.32			3:22AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	8	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	12	12	17	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	17	17	15	12	5	6	4	8	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	10	17	10	12	13	12	10	12	12	16	17	15	11	1	6	1	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNE	4.5 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	2.0 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	9	7	13	7	8	11	9	8	8	6	9	14	13	16	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SW	0.5 S	-	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	-	-	10	9	8	8	10	-	9	-	-	9	5	5	6	11	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 NW	2.5 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 NW	2.1 SSW	2.3 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	13	6	6	4	-	4	8	-	5	5	4	6	9	14	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Delaware Bay Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	0.9 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 W	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	9	14	15	9	15	9	5	6	10	9	9	10	14	12	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1801	2147	2659	2542	1472	327	1307	526	206	2736	200	13	67	95	80	80	171	292	2668	4011	2512	2623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 2.78											5:41AM 2.49						11:28AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:54PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	1
High °C	12	13	13	12	13	12	15	13	15	13	15	11	11	16	17	17	14	12	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	10	12	11	14	11	13	11	12	11	9	16	17	17	11	9	9	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	9	14	9	9	15	9	6	16	9	9	9	10	7	18	13	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	17	18	-	-	9	16	9	15	10	-	10	16	-	10	10	10	10	9	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	0.7 NE	1.6 NNW	-	1.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	5	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	7	3	12	10	10	9

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