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

	Sun	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Jacks Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.4 W	0.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	1.6 NW	1.2 S	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.4 W	1.7 S	1.8 SE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	15	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	6	9	12	14	15	13	13	12	14	14	9	10	11
Energy(?)	1466	2647	203	2813	2832	2284	1838	2938	210	220	331	3490	9656	2620	3691	2875	1803	5388	2543	774	680	2460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:19PM 1.93	10:38PM 2.05	10:53AM 2.14			11:00AM 3.49		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47		12:08AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)											8:43AM 0.20			4:44AM 0.20	5:06PM 0.13		4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	14	16	8	2	-	-	-	-	8	5	1	-	26	6	5	8	1	1	-
High °C	19	14	13	12	11	12	10	14	17	16	15	12	11	13	15	13	12	13	12	8	10	7
Low °C	16	12	12	11	9	11	9	12	16	15	12	12	11	10	13	11	10	12	11	8	9	6
Chill °C (?)	19	13	12	10	11	10	10	14	17	14	14	10	8	11	13	12	12	11	11	5	7	4
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.4 W	0.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.8 E	0.4 S	1.2 S	0.1 N	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.4 W	0.5 SW	1.8 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	15	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	14	15	-	13	12	14	14	14	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.7 S	-	1.6 NNW	0.3 WSW	1.1 N	1.6 NNW	1.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	13	13	13	12	5	11	11	-	-	9	-	8	20	8	8	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NW	0.8 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.5 N	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.5 SW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	12	14	3	13	-	-	-	-	9	4	11

	Sun	Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 E	2.0 W	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1184	1466	1887	2016	1668	1305	1680	1121	1042	1263	1162	1205	2832	3199	3180	2792	2191	1838	1598	2435	2449	1819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)											12:59AM 1.74		8:50AM 1.80				8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)																			2:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	13	3	2	6	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	16	18	19	14	12	13	10	11	11	9	11	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	16	18	19	13	11	12	10	10	9	8	11	12	12	10	9	8	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 E	0.5 SW	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	5	-	-	4	21	16	16	13	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 W	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	17	10	12	18	10	12	16	16	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	952	1026	1184	1231	1304	1466	688	1577	317	861	54	628	2667	3015	3258	1104	1213	1356	1541	1747	1849	1849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)															8:03AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)												5:27AM 0.32								1:44PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
High °C	18	18	18	18	19	19	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	19	10	12	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	16	16	15	15	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	17	10	17	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.1 S	1.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	13	12	18	13	17	16	16	18	18	17	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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