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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	Wed	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago
Rating	4	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	3	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	13	11	9	11	13	13	15	15	14	13	6	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	257	179	5351	2739	469	2041	1266	1887	2119	4987	3234	3757	3193	925	429	1435	5959	4688	2626	3705	3646	4662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:24AM 2.25		11:59PM 2.15			12:08AM 3.40								2:43PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)								9:42AM 0.38	5:48PM 0.14		6:07AM 0.16	5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	3	8	7	32	-	-	8	4	1	-	-	5	54	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	11	12	13	15	12	12	11	14	14	11	13	15	9	12	13	13	13	14	12
Low °C	10	14	11	11	10	12	14	10	11	11	11	13	10	12	14	8	11	13	12	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	9	9	10	12	13	11	12	10	13	14	10	12	14	5	10	11	13	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.6 NW	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	-	12	13	11	9	11	13	13	15	15	14	9	7	8	-	-	15	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 N	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	16	-	-	14	18	16	9	8	8	13	12	-	-	-	-	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 N	0.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 E
Period (s)	5	5	12	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Wed	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	9	12	10	10	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	13
Energy(?)	404	230	589	290	1187	232	367	1239	4429	3792	3335	1956	1660	1764	3566	1966	1790	1823	1968	1956	1354	2119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)										10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)												4:09AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	3	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	8	14	10	10	12	15	16	13	10	9	10	11	12	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	14	12
Chill °C (?)	6	14	7	8	11	14	15	12	8	8	8	11	12	13	12	12	11	9	8	7	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 NNW	2.4 W
Period (s)	9	12	8	10	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	8	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	16	16	15	15	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 N	1.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	10	3	8	4	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 SW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	9	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	432	177	320	180	296	230	230	88	3136	3425	3685	2990	3050	2976	1903	8497	8043	7594	7220	6588	2962	5641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:53AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)											4:05AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	9	14	11	11	14	14	14	9	11	10	10	11	11	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	6	14	8	9	12	14	14	7	8	6	6	8	8	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	10	12	12	10	12	12	12	-	-	11	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	5	5	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 SW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	2	2	5	5	5	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12

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