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

7 day 48 hour

	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04
	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
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	6	7	9	9	10	9	7	8	10
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 ENE	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.5 SW	5.5 SSW	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	12	13	17
Energy(?)	1597	1697	1230	504	704	1786	1648	1254	5497	6650	8907	12570	18530	8006	7420	6094	9908	9536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:45PM		3:59AM	4:46PM		5:04AM	4:12PM	2:03PM	7:47AM		8:22PM 5:12PM	8:49AM		7:21PM	9:41PM	1:40PM	1:43AM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:27AM		9:56PM	10:25AM 9:27AM		10:59PM	11:33AM		10:25PM		3:24PM	2:44AM		1:51PM	1:33AM 8:57PM	7:31AM		7:26PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	5	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	14	11	10	18	10	9	10	11	9	11	10	13	10	9	8
Low °C	11	14	10	14	9	8	16	9	7	9	10	9	10	10	11	10	8	6
Chill °C (?)	13	15	10	14	10	10	17	8	7	7	8	5	8	7	13	6	5	5
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 ENE	2.0 W	0.1 N	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	4.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	15	12	17	15	16	11	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	7	-	10	-	19	-	-	-	12	12	10	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 W	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SSW	-	-	4.5 SW	5.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	14	14	14	14	16	-	-	12	13	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 01
	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
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1597	1647	1697	1471	1326	1230	824	527	504	835	704	1087	1170	1786	2165	1338	1648	1162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				3:45PM 1.83									6:13PM 2.11					10:35AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		9:27AM 0.47				9:56PM 0.64			8:49AM 0.62		1:24PM 0.45			10:59PM 0.66		4:53AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	15	14	11	10	11	14	14	10	11	9	10	8	10	12	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	13	15	14	10	8	9	14	14	8	10	8	10	7	8	10	15	17
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	15	14	10	7	10	14	-	13	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	11	3	-	13	-	-	4	3	-

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