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

	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	0.5 SW	2.1 N	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	1.8 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NE	2.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	14	8	10	10	9	9	9	11	9	9	8	20
Energy	2092	1624	1745	1524	2524	1003	564	945	616	264	238	824	1297	774	1448	446	1030	1117	388	288	1011	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78		10:47PM 3.03	5:08AM 1.64			5:52AM 1.61	12:28PM 3.05	2:11AM 1.88		12:50PM 2.65	1:21AM 2.99			2:03AM 2.48		1:23PM 2.67	9:08PM 1.75	7:09AM 1.55	4:53PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		11:17AM 0.37	12:04PM 0.34	11:53PM 0.43			8:10PM 0.55	7:19AM 0.53		7:15PM 1.11	7:27AM 0.61	1:32PM 0.42	7:53PM 0.63	8:24AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	18	25	11	19	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	1	-	12	3	2	13	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	18	12	12	14	11	14	16	13	15	16	14	12	14	9	9	9
Low °C	15	16	16	16	14	16	14	12	12	12	10	13	14	12	14	14	13	12	13	7	8	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	16	16	15	17	11	11	14	9	13	16	12	14	15	13	12	14	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 W	0.6 SW	2.1 N	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NNW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	8	10	10	9	9	9	11	-	9	10	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.1 N	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 N	-	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	4	5	10	9	10	15	8	10	13	10	9	-	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 N	0.6 NE	-	2.2 NNW	-	-	1.6 NE	-	0.4 E	1.6 NNW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	8	-	-	9	-	3	9	3	8	9

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 N	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.2 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	12
Energy	2092	2042	1842	1624	1131	1607	1745	1512	1524	1793	1791	2524	853	1518	1003	1064	564	1067	558	945	826	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:35PM 2.83				10:53AM 2.78				10:47PM 3.03						5:34PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						4:47AM 0.48				5:04PM 0.47						11:17AM 0.37	12:04PM 0.34		6:25PM 0.52	11:53PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	8	10	13	4	-	4	6	5	5	14	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	18	12	11	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	15	16	17	10	11	12	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 N	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.2 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	4	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1743	1888	2092	2041	2041	2042	2002	1956	1842	576	1764	1624	1623	1521	1131	1131	1607	1607	1606	1745	1745	1637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:35PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)																	4:47AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	4	3	2	3	6	6	4	2	-	1	1	3	1	-	-	2	1	2	3	2	2
High °C	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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