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

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	1	5	5	4	4	3	4	9	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	10	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	18	17	10	15	16	17	16
Energy	530	696	543	546	338	542	665	683	751	1032	1069	211	142	5056	7053	1614	1384	631	1351	11780	6992	7277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:05AM 1.85		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:44PM 2.41	12:55AM 2.38			9:23PM 1.41		3:26PM 2.25	7:59PM 1.55	8:19AM 1.47			6:00AM 1.73	5:13PM 2.33	11:49PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 0.30	6:15AM 1.07	12:02PM 0.39	8:04PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	7:43AM 0.66	3:14PM 0.30		9:16AM 1.12		2:26AM 0.46		3:47PM 0.41	10:58PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	9	14	8	2	2	1	1	7	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	11	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	10	9	12	12
Low °C	12	12	11	9	10	14	13	14	15	14	14	11	6	8	10	11	13	12	7	7	11	9
Chill °C	14	13	11	9	12	14	13	15	14	15	14	10	11	10	8	11	12	13	7	7	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:27	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 W	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	10	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	8	9	10	9	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.9 N	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	10	9	14	7	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	-	22	18	17	17	15	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	4.0 WSW	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	9	3	5	10	12	8	9	3	-	16	-	16

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 NNW	1.0 SW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	10	12	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	8	13	9	9	9	10	9	9
Energy	1088	530	1067	1075	696	573	543	343	260	546	788	582	338	761	542	767	542	665	777	732	683	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 1.61								3:22AM 1.95			1:07PM 2.97	5:26PM 1.72			1:21AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)					6:15AM 1.07		12:02PM 0.39		6:36PM 1.09				8:31AM 0.43	9:34AM 0.48			7:01PM 0.58				7:37AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	1	3	3	5	5	3
Temp. °C	11	13	11	11	12	13	12	12	10	10	9	10	10	12	15	12	14	13	13	14	14	15
Chill °C	9	12	10	10	12	13	11	12	9	8	6	7	8	11	14	11	13	12	12	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	12	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	14	11	13	13	13	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 W	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	5	10	10	9	10	10	14	14	10	7	7	10	13	14	10	10	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	1.6 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.1 N	1.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 W	2.0 ENE	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	1220	527	1088	512	532	530	520	566	1067	539	1037	1075	667	1033	696	653	646	573	710	561	543	543
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	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:52AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)							12:50AM 0.30						6:15AM 1.07						12:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	11	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	11
Chill °C	10	14	9	12	10	12	12	9	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 W	2.0 ENE	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	7	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 S	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	14	14	14	5	13	5	5	5	12	5	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	3	3	4	4	3	5	5	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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