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

	Mon	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Murdering Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	6	4	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	0.5 E	2.0 SW	2.4 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	14	15	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	10	9
Energy(?)	2026	3328	2261	2397	3348	189	308	184	4665	210	2003	1713	2690	1092	7065	6206	3214	3171	2284	916	1919	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	off	off	cross	off	cross	on	cross	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:20PM 1.73	12:13AM 1.79		2:04PM 1.80	9:59PM 1.95			10:03PM 3.27	10:53AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)				6:34PM 0.24	7:00AM 0.23				3:51PM 0.48		4:44AM 0.20	5:06PM 0.13			5:08PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	5	8	9	8	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	25	21	1	3	10	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	13	11	13	11	14	15	14	15	12	15	13	15	13	12	13	12	14	14	12	8	9	6
Low °C	11	10	12	11	11	14	11	14	12	14	10	14	12	11	12	10	12	14	10	8	9	3
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	10	14	15	12	14	9	14	12	13	13	11	12	11	14	13	10	6	7	3
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.8 S	2.0 SW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	3.0 SE	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	15	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	2.1 NW	0.8 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.6 NNE	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	4	12	11	-	14	9	13	9	8	18	9	9	8	8	9	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	2.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SE	2.3 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	5	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9

	Mon	Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.3 S	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	10	12	9	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1040	1205	1162	1214	1065	696	3234	2205	2082	1820	3454	3280	4075	615	2580	200	406	228	224	224	402	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			12:59AM 1.74						8:42PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)					6:13AM 0.27							3:25AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	3	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	10	11	11	13	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	13	14	15	8	14	10	10	12	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	8	9	10	13	10	12	11	10	9	9	12	12	13	14	5	13	7	8	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.3 S	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	9	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	10	12	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	9	12	5	5	11	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 NNW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	3	3	5	5

	Monday 13					Tuesday 14
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.8 E	1.9 WSW	1.0 E	1.6 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	9	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	10	10	13	11	13	14	11	14	10	10	9	14
Energy(?)	1092	781	1715	2340	2108	1341	3077	3672	2938	2706	2220	2232	3311	934	2181	554	707	434	416	394	447	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)															8:10AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)									2:07AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	13	14	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	8	14	16	12	17	14	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	13	17	12	13	14	11	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	6	13	15	12	17	13	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 W	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.8 E	2.0 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.6 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	9	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	11	11	9	11	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.8 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	1.9 WSW	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	4	15	14	14	14	14	12	16	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	5

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