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 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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	Cobden Breakwater 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 N	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	12	11	10	13	13	8	8	8	11	12	12	11	11
Energy	1916	2041	1730	1828	1292	1552	2303	523	561	534	277	228	751	201	1630	629	544	2311	2277	1784	1080	1559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78	4:50PM 1.79	11:32PM 2.55	5:08AM 1.64		12:29AM 2.03		12:28PM 3.05	12:15AM 2.80	3:22AM 1.95	2:44PM 1.84	12:29AM 3.02	7:21AM 1.55	12:49PM 2.81	2:30AM 1.88		2:36PM 2.80	2:53AM 2.84	3:28AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		4:25PM 0.46		4:47AM 0.48			11:17AM 0.37	12:10PM 0.29	6:25PM 0.52	6:15AM 1.07		6:05PM 0.50	9:34AM 0.48		6:16PM 0.51			8:22PM 0.56	8:24AM 1.13		8:44PM 1.15	9:51AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	15	22	16	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	16	15	12	13	14	11	12
Low °C	12	15	16	16	15	14	16	17	10	10	12	13	12	13	13	15	14	11	10	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	15	15	16	14	14	16	17	12	13	14	13	10	13	13	15	15	10	13	14	10	11
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 N	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.9 N	0.5 S	1.2 N	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	12	11	10	6	13	8	11	8	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 NNE	0.1 N	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	9	10	10	11	13	11	-	12	-	8	13	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	2.5 NE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.2 NNE	3.0 NNW	2.0 NE	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	7	3	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NE	2.2 N	2.3 NE	2.5 NNW	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 N
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	7	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	1916	1664	2041	2042	546	1730	1587	1607	1828	1644	1292	1126	870	1552	697	1398	2303	1147	523	901	586	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	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	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:15AM 2.78				10:35PM 2.83				10:53AM 2.78				11:32PM 2.55						5:34PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				4:25PM 0.46				4:47AM 0.48				5:48PM 0.51			12:01AM 0.31			11:17AM 0.37	12:10PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	8	7	-	4	4	5	7	9	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	15	17	12	12	12
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.2 N	1.2 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	14	9	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	2.3 NE	-	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.2 NNE	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	7	10	9	-	6	3	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 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	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	10
Energy	1226	1500	1916	1916	1406	1664	1743	1888	2041	2041	2041	2042	1925	1842	546	562	1764	1730	1114	1623	1587	1607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)					10:15AM 2.78												10:35PM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)											4:25PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	1	5	5	2	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	1
High °C	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 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	3.0 NNW	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	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 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-

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