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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.7 S	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	8	15	14	7	12	16	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	11	11	12
Energy(?)	285	853	596	1916	2376	860	551	534	211	1548	1318	495	2104	1703	439	681	6396	1490	335	1902	722	1695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:30AM 1.74		7:33PM 1.84	8:02AM 1.67		8:41PM 1.80	9:10AM 1.66		11:04PM 1.79	11:37AM 1.49		12:05AM 1.62		12:34PM 1.47	1:00AM 1.57	11:30AM 1.82	2:02PM 1.36	11:56PM 1.86	9:01AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 0.26		2:50PM 0.07	2:01AM 0.24		3:37PM 0.39		3:04AM 0.25	4:35PM 0.41		5:30AM 0.09	5:46PM 0.10		6:58AM 0.11		6:42PM 0.13	5:15AM 0.26				2:39PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	11	11	12	10	13	13	12	10	17	16	12	16	12	15	14	10	13	15
Low °C	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	8	10	13	11	10	17	16	10	14	11	14	12	9	10	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	4	8	10	11	8	11	11	12	10	16	14	12	14	10	15	13	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	11	11	10	15	14	7	12	16	15	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	10	11	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	10	15	8	-	11	13	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	9	-	-	12	15	9	12	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	0.6 W	1.1 SW	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	-	2.5 W	0.7 NW	-	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	0.8 SSE	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	9	8	8	10	8	3	6	-	5	5	-	13	5	-	12	12	-	4	11	6	12

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.3 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	14	9	14	14	13
Energy(?)	65	647	338	874	526	606	1005	582	551	1327	1198	1166	1112	1044	1238	686	513	568	631	534	515	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:29PM 3.23	5:45PM 2.02	6:04PM 1.92				8:35AM 2.38					9:11PM 1.72				9:40AM 1.53						4:11AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)					12:56AM 0.22				1:17PM 0.17					3:36AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	11	12	10	12	8	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	6	9	7	5	5	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	8	10	12	8	11	5	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	14	9	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.9 SW	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 E	1.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.8 S	0.1 S	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	14	7	15	7	8	8	8	8	10	8	14	14	14	9	18	10	10	8	10	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 E	-	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	1.6 S	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	6	8	6	-	-

	Tuesday 21											Wednesday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.9 SW	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	5.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.8 SW	5.0 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	13	11	13	13	14
Energy(?)	87	654	476	285	290	290	341	421	421	416	1465	2361	2208	2266	5979	2227	2402	485	5831	454	231	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					8:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	8	7	8	11	8	7	10
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	5	7	4	3	8	7	6	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.1 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.7 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 S	0.8 E	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	14	9	10	7	7	16	9	9	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	13	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 E	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SW	3.0 SE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	5.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	5.0 SSE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	3	6	-	3	-	-	3	6	6	3	10	8	8	8	11	8	8	-	11	-	-	2

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