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

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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Murdering Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	7	7	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	2739	499	1031	1870	1241	5401	6455	3659	3973	2846	820	54	872	1134	1484	3750	4324	4323	6811	2051	885	782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 2.14		10:43PM 3.38	11:00AM 3.49		12:40AM 2.24		1:13PM 2.32	2:55AM 2.54		2:04PM 2.26	2:21AM 2.18	3:48AM 2.45	4:26PM 2.45			3:08PM 1.91	2:58AM 3.03		4:19PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	10:05PM 0.14	4:44AM 0.20	5:06PM 0.13		4:50AM 0.44		6:34PM 0.05	6:54AM -0.01		8:57PM 0.35	7:49AM 0.01		8:16PM 0.21	10:14AM 0.35		9:11PM 0.34	8:46AM 0.43		8:41PM 1.02	9:22AM 1.00		10:27PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	8	5	1	1	5	4	1	6	-	-	18	2	1	2	22	-	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	14	13	10	13	12	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	14	12
Low °C	11	11	12	10	9	12	10	12	11	9	11	11	14	15	15	10	12	13	13	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	9	10	11	9	14	11	10	12	11	16	17	17	12	12	11	11	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.0 SW	0.1 S	2.5 W	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	13	9	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	9	8	10	10	14	13	13	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 NW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	16	14	21	19	18	16	8	8	8	9	11	10	8	8	-	-	20	8	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.8 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1054	4001	3335	1956	1660	1048	3562	3296	2081	1025	2102	2187	2085	1474	1462	3126	5601	6455	3282	3710	6739	6395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:38PM 2.05									12:01AM 2.25				1:43PM 2.64			11:59PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)				4:09AM 0.50		10:59AM 0.11		5:49PM 0.04					6:14AM 0.01							5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	3	4	1	1
Temp. °C	13	10	11	11	12	18	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	9	10	11	12	17	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	9	8	9	11	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 W	-	1.5 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	10	13	10	10	16	21	15	15	14	18	18	16	-	16	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	3	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17
	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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	12	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	377	4887	4655	3200	5939	346	760	699	2773	1611	2548	2587	2452	1280	1155	1945	2335	2084	1419	1419	2665	2627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					10:03PM 3.27												10:53AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)												5:31AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	1	3	2
High °C	13	12	11	11	11	14	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	15	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	9	9	12	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	10	11	13	12	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	-	-	-	3.0 W	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	12	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	6	6	-	-	8	8

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