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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	1	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.4 W	1.0 S	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	13	12	10	12	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	12	10	11	13	11	15	13	14
Energy(?)	47	9331	5199	1431	2091	579	926	1131	681	320	3297	6463	3699	2513	1387	947	1038	1075	347	612	341	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			12:35AM 1.76		2:41PM 1.57		3:16AM 1.35		10:34PM 2.00	10:17AM 2.69		10:35PM 3.24		12:15PM 2.09	11:08PM 3.24	11:24AM 3.18		6:13PM 1.49	6:43AM 1.50		6:34PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.82	6:23PM 0.25	8:23AM 0.14		9:00PM 0.17	9:26AM 0.17	4:26PM 0.42		4:08AM 0.20	4:27PM 0.74		7:29AM 0.36			5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70	12:33AM 0.57		12:42PM 0.22	12:48AM 0.25	7:49AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	9	8	11	5	15	13	10	14	13	11	10	12	11	11	14	11	19	16	7	11
Low °C	16	10	6	6	10	3	11	11	9	9	12	10	9	12	9	11	12	10	16	15	6	10
Chill °C (?)	17	8	6	8	10	3	15	11	7	13	11	11	9	12	11	10	13	11	19	15	5	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.4 W	1.0 S	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	10	11	13	12	10	12	13	13	11	-	13	14	13	12	10	11	13	11	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	3.0 N	2.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.4 N	1.0 N	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	10	9	10	5	14	18	19	-	11	10	10	9	13	10	8	16	14	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	14	14	-	-	-	5	4	4	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	6	9	14	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	289	332	229	45	56	179	236	6523	5135	4838	3052	2396	1024	1298	1538	1256	1036	1136	1250	1191	1486	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80				1:50PM 1.60			9:09PM 1.86			9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							8:21PM 0.16							4:29PM 0.36						9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	17	17	15	11	7	6	8	7	11	9	8	9	7	7	3	8	14	17	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	17	17	14	9	5	3	7	4	10	7	8	8	5	5	0	6	13	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.5 N	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	-	0.5 NW	1.7 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	14	5	12	6	7	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	13	-	5	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	4	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	7	3

	Thursday 18
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	10	10	11	5	5	14	13	13
Energy(?)	278	383	99	49	49	49	51	4872	4872	3745	3244	2878	4278	8548	3274	3313	3826	235	235	243	600	7581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80								8:42AM 1.77													9:50PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)															2:21PM 1.12						8:09PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	14	8	15	15	14	15	11	10	11	11	11	8	7	11	11	11	13	12	11	8	6
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	15	15	13	13	8	7	8	8	8	4	2	8	8	8	10	9	8	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.1 NE	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	9	6	6	6	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	-	10	10	11	10	10	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	10	-	7	10	10	10	13	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	14	14	7	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	4	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	11	10	10	5	5	4	13	14

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