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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.7 E	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	5.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	12	11	14	13	12	13	11	10	10	9	11	15	15	13	10	13	15	14	14
Energy(?)	705	514	1201	1994	816	3170	2142	1609	203	1450	779	463	399	2472	949	1877	2862	1411	2927	3866	9238	4625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:28PM 1.70	8:50AM 1.80												11:00AM 3.49		11:24PM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)					2:09PM 0.47													9:57PM 0.12	4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	14	-	-	-	15	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	8	1	1	15	9	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	19	15	14	14	14	12	14	15	12	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	13
Low °C	15	17	16	18	12	11	12	12	10	11	14	9	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	19	15	12	14	13	11	14	15	9	12	9	9	11	11	13	12	10	9	13
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.3 ENE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	-	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	5.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	11	12	11	13	13	12	10	11	10	10	9	-	15	15	13	10	13	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	8	-	4	4	16	14	13	13	9	12	12	10	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	3.0 W	-	-	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.3 NW	3.5 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	14	-	-	7	7	-	5	2	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 NW	2.3 ENE	1.8 W	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 W	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1175	1132	1359	936	1036	1040	1131	1201	1413	2039	1994	1610	1240	1099	1090	1363	1222	1011	2142	1836	1609	1689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	low	low	high	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 1.40						7:38PM 1.60												8:15AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			6:23AM 0.33		1:15PM 0.60	4:53PM 0.34															2:30PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	15	14	15	18	18	16	18	19	19	15	14	10	10	11	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	17	15	12	15	18	18	16	18	19	19	15	14	10	8	9	12	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.9 NW	2.3 ENE	1.8 W	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	0.4 SW	1.9 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.3 SW	1.4 NW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	12	9	-	4	4	4	7	5	18	5	4	14	4	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	-	2.0 W	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	12	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 NW	3.0 NE	1.5 WNW	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	13	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1141	1162	1175	1153	647	2077	851	1156	1359	1352	449	936	955	555	559	742	85	16	578	652	641	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 1.40																			7:03PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:45PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	14	13	15	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	13	14	15	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	13	12	14	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	13	13	15	15	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 NW	2.3 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	0.5 SW	1.8 ENE	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	18	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	3.0 NE	1.3 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	-	9	5	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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