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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Island New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Island New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Island New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Island New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Island New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Island New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Island New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Island New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Island New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 ENE	1.7 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	4
Energy(?)	436	672	367	307	551	536	570	434	1297	980	1173	827	2221	1151	1176	1082	1275	962	1360	641	1424	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 2.97		2:36PM 1.73	9:56PM 2.48	10:10AM 2.59	4:21PM 1.36		5:19AM 1.34	5:39PM 1.29		5:44AM 1.32	4:08PM 1.59		6:55AM 1.38		7:14PM 1.30	7:30AM 1.40		7:37PM 1.26	8:06AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 1.17	3:30AM 1.11	7:17AM 0.34					10:31PM 0.27	11:34AM 0.28		11:29PM 0.28	12:04PM 0.26		10:07PM 0.98		1:12PM 0.28	1:23AM 0.28		1:36PM 0.27	1:42AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	6	1
High °C	13	18	12	21	18	14	24	22	18	17	19	13	22	16	14	16	10	16	8	9	9	12
Low °C	12	17	11	18	17	13	20	19	17	13	18	10	18	15	13	16	10	15	8	9	7	11
Chill °C (?)	12	17	10	21	17	13	24	22	18	16	19	12	22	16	14	16	8	16	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 W	1.4 ENE	1.7 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 S	-	2.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	-	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	14	8	6	6	9	8	8	9	10	13	9	-	8	7	7	10	6	9	-	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 ENE	0.8 NE	1.1 NW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 N	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.8 W	1.3 SW	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	4	6	10	7	-	8	8	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14	14	-	4

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	7
Energy(?)	2043	1624	1248	726	413	1038	686	567	579	548	558	1124	671	1373	1082	1297	1554	1421	1173	1109	1062	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	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	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 2.86	12:53PM 1.76	1:54PM 1.76		9:08PM 2.50		3:18AM 1.40				3:49PM 1.26					4:41AM 1.32				4:45PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	2:45AM 1.16										9:57AM 0.28				8:12PM 0.97	10:29PM 0.25				10:29AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	10	8	11	12	14	13	11	15	14	12	17	22	21	19	18	15	13	13	20	24	25	19
Chill °C (?)	10	6	11	11	12	13	10	15	14	11	17	22	21	19	18	15	12	12	20	24	25	19
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	7	12	12	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	20	19	19	11	11	18	18	10	10	8	7	12	6	8	13	10	9	9	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	6	6	6	6	10	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	7

	Sunday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 SW	1.1 E	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2209	2043	2043	1317	506	2496	1879	441	437	399	393	448	489	308	332	413	411	412	381	418	373	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 1.16						8:40AM 0.25													9:17PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	7	9	9	10	13	14	15	15	15	15	12	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	4	8	8	9	12	13	14	14	14	14	9	7	14	12	12	11	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	8	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	20	20	12	11	19	19	8	8	7	8	8	8	6	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	1.1 E	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	11	3	-	3	3	3	5	5	4

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None