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

	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	0.7 WSW	2.1 ENE	1.7 WNW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	12	11	11	10	12	6	10	8	9	13	11	16	14	13	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	3298	1454	1293	424	1989	1988	775	308	270	333	906	1101	1018	6595	913	1938	2015	1882	2421	1729	1700	1284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:58PM 1.36	8:04AM 1.40		8:39PM 1.49	8:51AM 1.42		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	6:55AM 1.62					8:31PM 1.70	8:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33PM 0.34			3:31PM 0.50			2:59PM 0.59		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53							2:42AM 0.52					3:11PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	5	6	3	22	7	2	-
High °C	20	16	18	15	12	13	15	14	14	20	15	20	16	19	17	15	14	13	11	12	13	13
Low °C	18	13	15	14	10	11	14	13	13	19	13	18	16	18	16	14	12	12	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	20	16	18	15	9	13	14	13	13	20	14	20	16	19	16	15	14	12	10	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:06	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	1.7 WNW	1.8 E	0.1 S	4.5 ENE	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	0.5 NW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	-	11	11	10	10	13	10	9	13	13	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 N	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.4 W	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	14	13	15	-	16	13	4	12	6	12	-	-	-	19	16	14	10	14	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	-	0.4 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	0.7 SE	0.3 NNE	2.1 ENE	1.0 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	12	-	-	4	3	6	5	8	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	11	11	13	11	13	15	14	11	10	11	9
Energy(?)	1125	1025	1008	1157	1093	1094	1293	1313	1196	1083	1023	1043	2308	1097	1189	1348	1460	1239	588	520	519	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:39PM 1.51	9:01PM 1.63			7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55			5:24AM 1.56				5:23PM 1.51				5:18AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 0.32			2:05AM 0.58				2:02PM 0.61			10:09PM 0.71								10:42PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	14	17	13	14	15	18	16	13	12	13	9	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	10
Chill °C (?)	22	19	14	16	13	14	15	18	15	11	10	13	7	6	7	12	13	13	13	13	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 W	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	13	11	13	11	10	11	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 N	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	6	13	13	9	15	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	6	4	6	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08											Thursday 09
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	3.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	15	15	14	10	15	15	8	8	12	8
Energy(?)	2363	2867	102	3361	109	1409	1375	1391	1390	1398	1353	322	258	261	736	1781	918	914	293	289	376	320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:16PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)																					8:39AM 0.91	9:14AM 1.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	20	19	19	19	16	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	22	22	20	19	19	19	16	14	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	16	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	15	15	14	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	9	5	5	6	14	15	15	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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