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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	5	5	7	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.5 N	1.0 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.0 N	1.4 NW	1.2 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	11	12	10	14	7	13	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	11	9	11	18	16	16	18
Energy	1740	1369	1221	538	569	546	262	732	654	639	939	1168	801	744	3199	2457	3144	3414	6546	10364	9964	8457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:05AM 1.85		5:26PM 1.72	1:21AM 2.99		12:49PM 2.81	12:55AM 2.38		2:36PM 2.80			4:02PM 1.69	9:59PM 1.59	3:42AM 2.61	4:58PM 1.67	8:47PM 1.55	5:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 0.43	6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	8:04PM 0.55	6:54AM 1.09		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	8:24AM 1.13		9:19PM 0.63	9:16AM 1.12			10:05AM 0.79			11:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	13	7	-	5	5	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	12	13	12	11	13	14	13	15	14	15	12	12	11	10	11	9	13	12	12	11
Low °C	17	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	8	8	10	7	12	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	18	13	11	13	11	9	12	13	12	15	14	15	12	11	9	8	9	7	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.5 N	1.2 ENE	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.5 N	2.0 N	1.4 NW	1.2 W	0.6 NW	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	10	14	7	7	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	11	21	11	18	16	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	1.6 WNW	1.2 N	1.2 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.1 S	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	12	13	10	12	14	9	13	10	9	11	10	8	10	8	9	10	9	-	-	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.0 N	-	2.3 NNW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	9	11	-	16	16	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 N	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.1 W	2.1 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 SW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 N	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	10	10	7	13	13	13
Energy	1191	1489	1740	2154	1369	774	1369	1221	508	1056	538	515	569	304	266	546	761	876	262	639	732	748
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			6:03AM 1.33						12:29AM 2.03	5:52AM 1.61								4:59AM 1.65				5:26PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)								11:53PM 0.43			6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09				6:54AM 1.09	9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	18	14	15	12	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	10	10	9	9	11	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	18	13	15	11	9	12	11	11	13	11	12	9	8	6	6	9	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 N	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.1 W	2.1 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.5 ENE	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 N	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	11	13	7	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	0.5 S	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.5 W	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	10	5	10	10	12	10	10	14	14	8	9	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	7	7	7

	Tuesday 02
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.0 NE	2.4 N	2.4 NNW	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	10	10	11	11
Energy	1312	1025	1191	1149	1002	1489	1137	1704	1740	1764	2660	2154	1326	1314	1369	1126	821	774	1217	1319	1369	1313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	16	17	17	16	18	15	15	14	13	16	15	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	16	14	16	14	16	17	17	16	18	15	14	13	12	16	15	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	1.6 ENE	2.4 N	2.4 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	8	9	-	13	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NE	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 N	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	-	-	-	7	6	-	4	4	4	4

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