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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	Sun		Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	8
Energy(?)	310	352	285	305	598	410	1302	418	323	944	1274	1775	2970	2839	2362	4039	3660	1854	2417	2162	1357	1101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 2.99	7:22AM 1.55	1:02PM 3.18	1:26AM 3.12	8:07AM 1.53		7:19PM 1.52	8:54AM 1.52		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46	5:31PM 1.95	8:56PM 1.54	9:12AM 1.71		10:46PM 1.26	10:55AM 1.44	4:41PM 2.96		5:04AM 2.42	5:16PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)					7:13PM 1.06		2:52PM 0.53	1:22AM 0.33		1:47PM 0.41	3:08AM 0.26			2:49AM 0.33		4:39PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25		11:03PM 0.99	11:14AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	6	1	2	1	-	6	3	2	6	3	-	-
High °C	14	11	17	18	16	23	16	17	22	14	12	13	14	11	12	12	11	12	13	12	16	16
Low °C	14	10	16	17	13	19	16	16	20	13	8	12	13	8	12	12	10	11	13	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	11	17	18	15	23	15	17	22	12	10	12	12	10	12	10	8	12	12	11	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 W	1.7 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	9	16	-	15	14	14	13	12	-	20	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	8	4	16	5	12	9	17	9	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 NW	-	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	4	-	4	5	7	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	10	8

	Sunday 21			Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	8	11	8	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	799	502	511	222	209	216	216	553	366	548	616	663	1384	501	598	545	359	568	1628	1513	1286	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 1.42	12:47AM 3.15			7:22AM 1.55			6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32			7:00AM 1.64	7:03AM 1.78						1:54AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 0.78						12:31PM 0.35	2:06PM 0.58								2:34PM 0.26		7:53PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	11	9	7	11	16	12	18	14	19	18	14	13	19	23	23	19	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	8	5	10	16	10	18	12	19	18	14	12	19	23	23	19	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	1.5 NE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	8	11	8	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	11	13	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	6	6	10	11	6	6	5	5	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 SW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	6	6	8	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21	Monday 22
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	316	431	495	310	352	377	377	164	511	261	253	215	100	296	253	179	238	158	157	161	210	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)												12:56AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	14	14	13	12	9	11	10	11	11	8	8	11	11	9	12	8	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	14	14	12	12	7	11	10	10	10	5	8	11	11	8	12	6	9	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	14	11	10	8	10	8	11	11	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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