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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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Murdering Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	1.8 W	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 SE	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	13	11	8	11	12	15	14	14	14	9	8	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	179	5751	2917	469	1189	1943	1640	3058	7520	6704	3148	2852	1225	1205	2317	1068	1461	4770	2554	2066	1447	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:18PM 2.12	11:35AM 2.19		11:24PM 3.43					3:28PM 2.55			1:29PM 3.23			2:58PM 1.99		3:23AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)							5:25AM 0.16	5:13PM 0.40								7:10AM 0.67			8:11AM 0.84		9:16PM 0.54	9:47AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	9	6	34	2	6	21	2	2	21	14	1	5	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	12	11	15	16	12	12	13	16	13	9	12	14	12	16	13	13	13	12	13
Low °C	14	11	10	10	11	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	9	11	12	12	15	12	13	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	9	8	10	9	13	16	11	10	13	16	12	5	10	13	12	15	11	13	13	11	13
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 N	3.0 W	1.0 SW	1.8 W	0.7 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	3.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	10	11	12	13	11	14	11	12	15	14	14	14	10	9	9	12	11	9	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	-	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 N	1.0 NNW	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	1.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	16	14	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	19	-	-	10	8	14	8	9	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	4.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	2.5 SE	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	4.5 SE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	-	2	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	9	8	10	3	-	11	-	-	-	11

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	11	13	12	12	13	14
Energy(?)	1016	1166	299	3357	4756	4003	3387	1956	1669	1189	3241	1966	2004	1006	2933	1953	1640	2442	1574	3031	5359	4170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						10:38PM 2.05																11:49PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)								4:09AM 0.50								4:50AM 0.44				5:38PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	2	3	1
Temp. °C	11	14	16	12	11	9	10	11	12	18	12	12	11	10	10	14	14	12	15	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	13	15	11	10	7	9	11	12	17	10	11	9	8	8	14	14	11	15	11	10	10
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	9	11	13	12	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 SW	0.2 W	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	-	16	21	15	11	8	18	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	5	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.7 S	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.7 S	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	8	10	8	8	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	352	702	179	424	532	5188	5465	3680	3696	171	2259	5090	4792	2809	6145	3162	6079	5377	2739	1944	3387	1797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:03PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	15	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	9	11	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	13	12	13	9	9	9	9	12	7	8	8	7	6	9	9	6	10	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.7 S	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.6 SW	-	-	0.1 S	1.8 SW	-	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	10	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	11	13	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.1 WSW	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	6	4	4	11	12	11	11	4	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	-

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